Decision-making in conservation and natural resource management : models for interdisciplinary approaches / edited by Nils Bunnefeld, Emily Nicholson, E.J. Milner-Gulland.

Making decisions about the management and conservation of nature is necessarily complex, with many competing pressures on natural systems, opportunities and benefits for different groups of people and a varying, uncertain social and ecological environment. An approach which is narrowly focused on ei...

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Other Authors: Bunnefeld, N. (Nils) (Editor), Nicholson, Emily (Lecturer) (Editor), Milner-Gulland, E. J. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: [Cambridge] : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:Conservation biology series (Cambridge, England) ; 22.
Subjects:
Nature conservation > Decision making.
Natural resources > Management > Decision making.
Physical Description:xii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • List of contributors
  • Acknowledgements. Introduction / Nils Bunnefeld, Emily Nicholson, and E.J. Milner-Gulland. Part 1 Approaches to decision-making : Fisheries science and participatory management strategy evaluation: eliciting objectives, visions and system models / Catherine M. Dichmont and Elizabeth A. Fulton
  • Rapid prototyping for decision structuring: an efficient approach to conservation decision analysis / Georgia E. Garrard, Libby Rumpff, Michael C. Runge and Sarah J. Converse
  • Understanding uptake of decision-support models in conservation and natural resource management / Yung En Chee, Fioan Fidler and Bonnie C. Wintle
  • Understanding human well-being for conservation: a locally driven, mixed methods approach / Emily Woodhouse, Katherine M. Homewood, Emilie Beauchamp, Tom Clements, J. Terrence McCabe, David Wilkie and E.J. Milner-Gulland. Part 2 Challenges in implementation : Implementing decision analysis tools for invasive species management / Joslin L. Moore, Charlie Pascoe, Elaine Thomas and Marie Keatley
  • Using management strategy evaluation as a framework for improving conservation under uncertainty: the case of the Serengeti ecosystem / Ana Nuno, Nils Bunnefeld and E.J. Milner-Gulland
  • The use of quantitative models in the harvest management of wild ungulates, carnivores and small game: using Norway as a case study / Erlend B. Nilsen
  • Linking biodiversity indicators with global conservation policy / Emily Nicholson, Elizabeth A. Fulton and Ben Collen
  • Synthesis: moving forward together / E.J. Milner-Gulland, Emily Nicholson and Nils Bunnefeld. References
  • Index.