Management for sustainability
Conservation
Combining agriculture and
conservation
Cooperation and conflict
resolution
Conservation
Conservation problems cannot be isolated from
the problems of land degradation in the agricultural matrix, so it is
necessary to integrate management for both conservation and
sustainability.
Conservation plans should:
- take into account
socio-economic factors. After all, people are trying to make a living
out of the land and conservation management needs to be sympathetic to
that.
- integrate the local human community into management of conservation areas. This can improve the local economy in the long term and decrease problems associated with wildlife management. Schemes in African and Indian rangelands have proved that local level conservation can be more effective.
Agricultural production and
conservation can co-exist. It is possible that solutions to
agricultural problems can also alleviate some of the problems
associated with habitat and species loss.
For example,
- waterlogging and
salination and wind and water erosion can be controlled by
revegetation.
- well-planned
revegetation can also help local biota
- planted windbreaks can become corridors which establish important links between isolated remnants.
Cooperation and
conflict resolution
To achieve successful integrated
management cooperation is needed between owners and managers. With
cooperation and negotiation mutually acceptable compromises can be
reached. Conflict resolution can be aided by using land use planning
models and decision support systems such as LUPIS (Land Use Planning
Information System), developed by DWE CSIRO. This is an important use
for information technology in land management.
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Reading
1.10 Hobbs, R. J. and Lambeck, R.
(2002). An integrated approach to landscape science and
management. |
