Designing Systematic Conservation Assessments that Promote Effective Implementation: Best Practice from South Africa
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Key components of a successful conservation planning process, drawn from eight plans implemented in South Africa, include stakeholder collaboration, conservation assessment team skills, planning process design, and mainstreaming and interpretation of data for stakeholders. The important role of social learning institutions is also discussed.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2006
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The Environmental Limits to Globalization
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The negative environmental effects of globalization include increases in pollution levels, declines in biodiversity, and acceleration of climate change. It is recommended that both the social and the environmental problems resulting from globalization should be addressed as interrelated issues.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2005
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Wildfire Policy and Public Lands: Integrating Scientific Understanding with Social Concerns across Landscapes
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The authors advocate conservation management plans that reduce fuel loads in urban-wilderness interface zones, but do not disturb the integrity of watersheds, soil, or water supplies. Greater community responsibility and public involvement are recommended.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2004
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