Ebook: Management Planning for Nature Conservation: A Theoretical Basis & Practical Guide

Mike Alexander’s Management Planning for Nature Conservation brings a new dimension to the modern literature on conservation management. Combining key theories with real practice it fills a critical gap which has often hindered in-depth understanding of the planning process. The book provides historical and rational background which helps to explain what makes a really effective management plan, and it presents a detailed practical guide to developing such a plan. It concludes with a series of case studies which clearly illustrate the underlying principles drawn out in the text, while highlighting the different approaches demanded by very different sites.

Drawing on the expertise of leaders in both conservation research and wildlife management, and with a combined experience from around the world, this book is essential reading for professional conservation managers and any student studying management planning for conservation within a range of degree and postgraduate courses. The book will be equally important for those attending professional training programmes and courses for practitioners in the statutory and voluntary environment and wildlife conservation sector.

Mike Alexander has been at the forefront of developing systems and methods in the field of management planning for conservation, with experience ranging from Uganda to Estonia, and from Costa Rica to Wales. He was a member of the team responsible for developing the current management planning guidelines for the international Ramsar (Convention on Wetlands) sites located around the world.

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Mike Alexander’s Management Planning for Nature Conservation brings a new dimension to the modern literature on conservation management. Combining key theories with real practice it fills a critical gap which has often hindered in-depth understanding of the planning process. The book provides historical and rational background which helps to explain what makes a really effective management plan, and it presents a detailed practical guide to developing such a plan. It concludes with a series of case studies which clearly illustrate the underlying principles drawn out in the text, while highlighting the different approaches demanded by very different sites.

Drawing on the expertise of leaders in both conservation research and wildlife management, and with a combined experience from around the world, this book is essential reading for professional conservation managers and any student studying management planning for conservation within a range of degree and postgraduate courses. The book will be equally important for those attending professional training programmes and courses for practitioners in the statutory and voluntary environment and wildlife conservation sector.

Mike Alexander has been at the forefront of developing systems and methods in the field of management planning for conservation, with experience ranging from Uganda to Estonia, and from Costa Rica to Wales. He was a member of the team responsible for developing the current management planning guidelines for the international Ramsar (Convention on Wetlands) sites located around the world.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Why Plan?....Pages 5-13
Structure, Preparation and Precautionary Principle....Pages 15-29
Language and Audience....Pages 31-37
Local Communities and Stakeholders....Pages 39-48
Survey, Surveillance, Monitoring and Recording....Pages 49-62
Adaptable Management, Review and Audit....Pages 63-76
Ethics and Conservation Management or Why Conserve Wildlife?....Pages 77-93
What Do We Value?....Pages 95-104
Approaches to Conservation Management....Pages 105-117
Legislation and Policy....Pages 119-128
Description....Pages 129-148
Features and Evaluation....Pages 149-167
Factors....Pages 169-187
Objectives for Biological Features....Pages 189-235
Rationale for Biological and Other Features....Pages 237-249
Action Plan....Pages 251-271
Access, Tourism and Recreation....Pages 273-314
Back Matter....Pages 315-425

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Mike Alexander’s Management Planning for Nature Conservation brings a new dimension to the modern literature on conservation management. Combining key theories with real practice it fills a critical gap which has often hindered in-depth understanding of the planning process. The book provides historical and rational background which helps to explain what makes a really effective management plan, and it presents a detailed practical guide to developing such a plan. It concludes with a series of case studies which clearly illustrate the underlying principles drawn out in the text, while highlighting the different approaches demanded by very different sites.

Drawing on the expertise of leaders in both conservation research and wildlife management, and with a combined experience from around the world, this book is essential reading for professional conservation managers and any student studying management planning for conservation within a range of degree and postgraduate courses. The book will be equally important for those attending professional training programmes and courses for practitioners in the statutory and voluntary environment and wildlife conservation sector.

Mike Alexander has been at the forefront of developing systems and methods in the field of management planning for conservation, with experience ranging from Uganda to Estonia, and from Costa Rica to Wales. He was a member of the team responsible for developing the current management planning guidelines for the international Ramsar (Convention on Wetlands) sites located around the world.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Why Plan?....Pages 5-13
Structure, Preparation and Precautionary Principle....Pages 15-29
Language and Audience....Pages 31-37
Local Communities and Stakeholders....Pages 39-48
Survey, Surveillance, Monitoring and Recording....Pages 49-62
Adaptable Management, Review and Audit....Pages 63-76
Ethics and Conservation Management or Why Conserve Wildlife?....Pages 77-93
What Do We Value?....Pages 95-104
Approaches to Conservation Management....Pages 105-117
Legislation and Policy....Pages 119-128
Description....Pages 129-148
Features and Evaluation....Pages 149-167
Factors....Pages 169-187
Objectives for Biological Features....Pages 189-235
Rationale for Biological and Other Features....Pages 237-249
Action Plan....Pages 251-271
Access, Tourism and Recreation....Pages 273-314
Back Matter....Pages 315-425
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