strategy
Preparing regional conservation management plans
Description:
Preparing practical recommendations and guidelines for regional conservation of areas of conservation significance. A regional conservation plan would takes account of its protected area system, human occupation and use of natural resources, land tenure, threats to conservation uses, history and trends in land and resource use, species of conservation importance, legal and policy aspects and cross boundary issues, provision of buffer zones, and resources needed and means of assistance in implementing conservation guidelines. Broader:
Regional planningManaging natural areasPreparing conservation plansPreparing sustainable development plansIntegrating environmental concerns in regional development policies Narrower:
Developing rainforest action plan Facilitates:
Developing broader regional familiarity Facilitated by:
Remote sensing by satelliteProviding regional data bankManaging transboundary issuesFacilitating regional agency aidEliciting broad regional supportPreparing country biodiversity strategiesStudying regional international relationships Organizations:
Pacific Islands Forests and Trees Support Programme Eastern African Action Plan Action Plan on Protection and Management of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Caspian Sea IUCN/SSC South Atlantic Island Plant Specialist Group IUCN/SSC Temperate South American Plant Specialist Group IUCN/SSC Australasian Plant Specialist Group IUCN/SSC Indian Ocean Island Plant Specialist Group IUCN/SSC Macaronesian Island Plant Specialist Group IUCN/SSC Mediterranean Island Plant Specialist Group IUCN/SSC Southern African Plant Specialist Group References:
Stuart, Simon N, et al: Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and its Islands: conservation, management and sustainable useThorsell, Jim: Parks on the Borderline: experience in transfrontier conservationSherman, K and Laughlin, T: The Large Marine Ecosystem Concept and its Application to Regional Marine Resource ManagementCaldecott, Julian: Hunting and Wildlife Management in Sarawak Subjects:
Management → Management Conservation → Conservation
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
