Conservation Biology Chapter 10

Flashcards about conservation outside protected areas, ecosystem management and working with local people.

Dependency of Protected Areas

The smaller a protected area, the more dependent it is on neighboring unprotected lands.

Reconciliation Ecology

Enhancing parks or planting green roofs/gardens to increase environmental complexity in urban settings.

Value of Unprotected Habitat

Numerous rare species and ecosystems exist primarily or exclusively on unprotected public or private lands.

Urban Habitats

Many native species can persist in less altered habitats within urban areas like public parks, streams, and ponds.

Ecosystem Management

A system of large-scale management involving multiple stakeholders with the goal of preserving ecosystem components and processes for the long term while satisfying current societal needs.

Ecosystem Management Themes

Using the best science available to develop a coordinated plan for an area that is sustainable, includes biological, economic, and social components, and is shared by government, business, conservation organizations and private citizens.

Bioregional Management

Integrates protection with human use and often focuses on a single large ecosystem.

Indigenous People

People who regard themselves as the original inhabitants or longstanding residents of a region and are often organized at the community or village level.

ICCAs (Indigenous and Community Conserved Territories and Areas)

Land conserved by indigenous groups.

Co-Management

The partnership of traditional people, government agencies, and conservation organizations working together, sharing management decisions and their consequences.

Eco-Colonialism

The practice by some governments and conservation organizations of disregarding the traditional rights and practices of local people in order to establish new conservation areas.

Integrated Conservation Development Projects (ICDPs)

The economic needs of local people are included in conservation management plans to the benefit of both the people and the reserves.

Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO)

Recognizes the role of people in shaping the natural landscape and to find ways in which people can sustainably use natural resources without degrading the environment.

In Situ Agricultural Conservation

The long-term health of modern agriculture depends on the preservation of the genetic variability maintained in local varieties of crops cultivated by traditional farmers.

Extractive Reserves

Traditional people have been extracting products from natural communities for decades/centuries and are concerned about retaining their rights to continue collecting natural products from the surrounding countryside.

Community-Based Conservation (CBC)

Local people protect natural areas and resources in the vicinity of their homes.

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PESs)

Making direct payments to individual landowners and local communities that protect ecosystems and the services they provide.