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TY - JOUR
T1 - A social-ecological approach to conservation planning
T2 - embedding social considerations
AU - Ban, Natalie C.
AU - Mills, Morena
AU - Tam, Jordan
AU - Hicks, Christina C.
AU - Klain, Sarah
AU - Stoeckl, Natalie
AU - Bottrill, Madeleine C.
AU - Levine, Jordan
AU - Pressey, Robert L.
AU - Satterfield, Terre
AU - Chan, Kai M. A.
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Many conservation plans remain unimplemented, in part because of insufficient consideration of the social processes that influence conservation decisions. Complementing social considerations with an integrated understanding of the ecology of a region can result in a more complete conservation approach. We suggest that linking conservation planning to a social-ecological systems (SES) framework can lead to a more thorough understanding of human-environment interactions and more effective integration of social considerations. By characterizing SES as a set of subsystems, and their interactions with each other and with external factors, the SES framework can improve our understanding of the linkages between social and ecological influences on the environment. Using this framework can help to identify socially and ecologically focused conservation actions that will benefit ecosystems and human communities, and assist in the development of more consistent evidence for evaluating conservation actions by comparing conservation case studies.
AB - Many conservation plans remain unimplemented, in part because of insufficient consideration of the social processes that influence conservation decisions. Complementing social considerations with an integrated understanding of the ecology of a region can result in a more complete conservation approach. We suggest that linking conservation planning to a social-ecological systems (SES) framework can lead to a more thorough understanding of human-environment interactions and more effective integration of social considerations. By characterizing SES as a set of subsystems, and their interactions with each other and with external factors, the SES framework can improve our understanding of the linkages between social and ecological influences on the environment. Using this framework can help to identify socially and ecologically focused conservation actions that will benefit ecosystems and human communities, and assist in the development of more consistent evidence for evaluating conservation actions by comparing conservation case studies.
KW - BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
KW - MARINE CONSERVATION
KW - RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT
KW - IMPLEMENTATION
KW - AREAS
KW - COMMUNITY
KW - OPPORTUNISM
KW - CHALLENGES
KW - LANDSCAPE
KW - FRAMEWORK
U2 - 10.1890/110205
DO - 10.1890/110205
M3 - Literature review
VL - 11
SP - 194
EP - 202
JO - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
JF - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
SN - 1540-9295
IS - 4
ER -