Systematic conservation planning and adaptive management
This article argues that systematic conservation planning (SCP) is an intrinsic part of the adaptive management approach within SANParks and should not be seen as a separate or different initiative. SCP operates within a complex environment that requires a deliberately adaptive approach. The simi...
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| author | Stephen D. Holness Harry C. Biggs |
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| description | This article argues that systematic conservation planning (SCP) is an intrinsic part of the adaptive management approach within SANParks and should not be seen as a separate or different initiative. SCP operates within a complex environment that requires a deliberately adaptive approach. The similarities in philosophy, structure and functional elements of the planning process and approach between adaptive management and SCP, as applied within SANParks, are highlighted. The article distils requirements for ensuring that SCP remains strategically adaptive in its approach.
Conservation implication: A deliberately adaptive approach to SCP improves its effectiveness in guiding the implementation of conservation actions and is a requirement for effective conservation planning in a complex environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f061006f0e446d390956f10391f6ce72022-12-22T03:54:21ZengAOSISKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science0075-64582071-07712011-05-01532e1e910.4102/koedoe.v53i2.1029948Systematic conservation planning and adaptive managementStephen D. Holness0Harry C. Biggs1South African National Parks, Port ElizabethSouth African National Parks, SkukuzaThis article argues that systematic conservation planning (SCP) is an intrinsic part of the adaptive management approach within SANParks and should not be seen as a separate or different initiative. SCP operates within a complex environment that requires a deliberately adaptive approach. The similarities in philosophy, structure and functional elements of the planning process and approach between adaptive management and SCP, as applied within SANParks, are highlighted. The article distils requirements for ensuring that SCP remains strategically adaptive in its approach. Conservation implication: A deliberately adaptive approach to SCP improves its effectiveness in guiding the implementation of conservation actions and is a requirement for effective conservation planning in a complex environment.https://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/1029complexity, Strategic Adaptive Management, change, learning |
| spellingShingle | Stephen D. Holness Harry C. Biggs Systematic conservation planning and adaptive management Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science complexity, Strategic Adaptive Management, change, learning |
| title | Systematic conservation planning and adaptive management |
| title_full | Systematic conservation planning and adaptive management |
| title_fullStr | Systematic conservation planning and adaptive management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Systematic conservation planning and adaptive management |
| title_short | Systematic conservation planning and adaptive management |
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| topic | complexity, Strategic Adaptive Management, change, learning |
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