Protection and Management of Species, Habitats, Ecosystems and Landscapes: Current Trends and Global Needs
Human well-being and the prerequisite sustainable environmental management are currently at stake, reaching a bottleneck when trying to cope with (i) the ever-growing world population, (ii) the constantly increasing need for natural resources (and the subsequent overexploitation of species, habitats...
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| description | Human well-being and the prerequisite sustainable environmental management are currently at stake, reaching a bottleneck when trying to cope with (i) the ever-growing world population, (ii) the constantly increasing need for natural resources (and the subsequent overexploitation of species, habitats, ecosystems, and landscapes) and (iii) the documented and on-going impacts of climate change. In developed societies, the concern about environmental protection is set high in the public dialogue, as well as to management and policy agendas. The recently constituted Intergovernmental Science—Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) urges transformative changes for technological, economic, and social factors aiming to tackle both direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity loss. By this, the role of conservation and management practices for the environment is characterized as a crucial and top issue and should deal with (a) promoting best practices from the local to the global level, (b) identifying spatial and temporal knowledge gaps, (c) multidisciplinary aspects for sustainable management practices, (d) identifying and interpreting the role of stakeholders and socio-economic parameters in the decision-making process, and (e) methods and practices to integrate the concept of ecosystem services into natural capital assessment and accounting, conservation and management strategies. Modern literature highlights that land-use change and prioritization, restoration of natural areas, cultural landscape identification and maintenance, should be considered to the top of the scientific and policy agenda, as well as to the epicenter of novel awareness-raising strategies for the environment in the near future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce5a7b03254846debbbf7825ec1b82712023-11-20T22:13:05ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072020-11-011112124410.3390/f11121244Protection and Management of Species, Habitats, Ecosystems and Landscapes: Current Trends and Global NeedsPanayotis Dimopoulos0Ioannis P. Kokkoris1Department of Biology, Laboratory of Botany, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, GreeceDepartment of Biology, Laboratory of Botany, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, GreeceHuman well-being and the prerequisite sustainable environmental management are currently at stake, reaching a bottleneck when trying to cope with (i) the ever-growing world population, (ii) the constantly increasing need for natural resources (and the subsequent overexploitation of species, habitats, ecosystems, and landscapes) and (iii) the documented and on-going impacts of climate change. In developed societies, the concern about environmental protection is set high in the public dialogue, as well as to management and policy agendas. The recently constituted Intergovernmental Science—Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) urges transformative changes for technological, economic, and social factors aiming to tackle both direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity loss. By this, the role of conservation and management practices for the environment is characterized as a crucial and top issue and should deal with (a) promoting best practices from the local to the global level, (b) identifying spatial and temporal knowledge gaps, (c) multidisciplinary aspects for sustainable management practices, (d) identifying and interpreting the role of stakeholders and socio-economic parameters in the decision-making process, and (e) methods and practices to integrate the concept of ecosystem services into natural capital assessment and accounting, conservation and management strategies. Modern literature highlights that land-use change and prioritization, restoration of natural areas, cultural landscape identification and maintenance, should be considered to the top of the scientific and policy agenda, as well as to the epicenter of novel awareness-raising strategies for the environment in the near future.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/12/1244conservation managementconservation status assessmentecosystem condition assessmentecosystem servicesnatural capitalspatial patterns |
| spellingShingle | Panayotis Dimopoulos Ioannis P. Kokkoris Protection and Management of Species, Habitats, Ecosystems and Landscapes: Current Trends and Global Needs Forests conservation management conservation status assessment ecosystem condition assessment ecosystem services natural capital spatial patterns |
| title | Protection and Management of Species, Habitats, Ecosystems and Landscapes: Current Trends and Global Needs |
| title_full | Protection and Management of Species, Habitats, Ecosystems and Landscapes: Current Trends and Global Needs |
| title_fullStr | Protection and Management of Species, Habitats, Ecosystems and Landscapes: Current Trends and Global Needs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Protection and Management of Species, Habitats, Ecosystems and Landscapes: Current Trends and Global Needs |
| title_short | Protection and Management of Species, Habitats, Ecosystems and Landscapes: Current Trends and Global Needs |
| title_sort | protection and management of species habitats ecosystems and landscapes current trends and global needs |
| topic | conservation management conservation status assessment ecosystem condition assessment ecosystem services natural capital spatial patterns |
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