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Some roles for North American ecologists in land-use planning in the tropics

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Suggestions are presented for conservation planning in less developed countries, as a response to guidelines produced by the Ecological Society of America. These include partnerships between scientists from both developed and developing nations; collaborations between ecologists, sociologists and economists; and the acceptance of local expertise along with academic theory.

Zimbabwe, Developing countries, Environmental policy, Tropics

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The application of ecological principles to urban and urbanizing landscapes

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Recommended categories are presented for conservation and land-use planning which incorporate the human-ecosystem dynamic. These include connectivity, or spatial and functional continuity; heterogeneity, or the temporal and spatial distribution of habitat patches within a landscape; and context, or a patch's location within a landscape and the resultant interactions.

Research, Environmental aspects, Human ecology, Urban ecology, Urbanization

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ESA report: ecological principles and guidelines for managing the use of land

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An overview is presented on the Ecological Society of America's conservation land-use recommendations. These include implementing strategies that are compatible with a region's natural potential, avoiding uses that will deplete natural resources, preventing habitat fragmentation, and preserving rare landscape characteristics along with associated species.

Reports, Environmental policy research, Nature conservation, Conservation of natural resources, Natural resource conservation

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