Management Planning for Nature Conservation A Theoretical Basis & Practical Guide / by Mike Alexander.

The first edition of Mike Alexander’s Management Planning for Nature Conservation, brought a new dimension to the modern literature on conservation management. This second edition, a significant enhancement of the original, deals with the development both, conceptual and practical, of adaptive manag...

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Main Author: Alexander, Mike (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:2nd ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Need for Planning and Core Management Planning Principles
  • 2. Structure, Preparation & Precautionary Principle
  • 3. Language and Audience
  • 4. Local Communities and Stakeholders
  • 5. Survey, Surveillance, Monitoring & Recording
  • 6. Adaptive Management, Adaptive Planning, Review and Audit
  • 7. The Ecosystem Approach
  • 8. Ethics and Conservation Management: Why Conserve Wildlife?
  • 9. What do we value?
  • 10. Approaches to Conservation Management
  • 11. Legislation and Policy
  • 12. Description
  • 13. Features and Evaluation
  • 14. Factors
  • 15. Objectives and Performance Indicators for Biological Features
  • 16. Rationale for Biological and Other Features
  • 17. Action plan
  • 18. Access, Tourism & Recreation – Definition and Background
  • 19. Preparing an integrated plan for access and recreation
  • Case Study 1: Extracts from a conservation management plan
  • Case Study 2: Access & recreation section of the management plan for Cors Caron National Nature Reserve
  • Case Study 3: The relationship between species and habitat features
  • Case Study 4: Marsh Fritillaries at Rhos Llawrcwrt National Nature Reserve - an example of adaptable planning
  • Case Study 5: Computers and Management Planning.