scholarly journals Developing a Nature Recovery Network using systematic conservation planning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Smith ◽  
Samantha J. Cartwright ◽  
Andrew C. Fairbairn ◽  
Deborah C. Lewis ◽  
Gwili E.M. Gibbon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Habitat Restoration ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Broad Objective ◽  
Priority Habitat ◽  
National Framework

Conservation area networks in most countries are fragmented and inadequate. To tackle this in England, government policies are encouraging stakeholders to create local-level Nature Recovery Networks. Here we describe work led by a wildlife organisation that used the systematic conservation planning approach to identify a Nature Recovery Network for three English counties and select focal areas within it where they will focus their work. The network was based on identifying core zones to maintain current biodiversity and recovery zones for habitat restoration, meeting area-based targets for 50 priority habitat, landscape, landcover and ecosystem service types. It included the existing designated sites for conservation, which cover 6.05% of the study site, and identified an additional 11.6% of land as core zones and 18% as recovery zones, reflecting the organisation’s broad objective of conserving and connecting 30% of England by 2030. We found that systematic conservation planning worked well in this context, identifying a connected, adequate, representative and efficient network and producing transparent and repeatable results. The analysis also highlighted the pressing need for government agencies to provide national-level guidance and datasets for setting targets and including species data in spatial planning, creating a national framework to inform local action.

Nationale onderwijsleerplannen, met name voor de moderne vreemde talen

1977 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
J.H.G.I. Giesbers
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Cooperative Relationships ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Centralization And Decentralization ◽  
National Framework ◽  
And Training

This paper consist of four parts. 1. National teaching -learning curricula. Concepts such as teaching -learning curriculum, planning-document (e.g. "schoolworkplan") and its functions are elaborated. Reasons are„given for the absence of a systematic and integral approach to the development of national teaching - learning curricula. 2. National teaching - learning curricula between the poles of centralization and decentralization. Centralizing and decentralizing tendencies should be considered complementary rather than polar. An antithetic either - or approach is rejected and prplaced by an.antinomic and-and view. This paper advocates a close and well-balanced cooperation between the national level (the creation of a national framework) and the local level (the concrete operationalization of that framework). 3. Consequences for teachers. This part discusses three functions of curricula, the connections between curriculum - knowledge - power, the role of teachers in the cooperative relationships mentioned under 2. In this context the inservice education and training of teachers should have a high priority. 4. Aanzet voor de ontwikkeling van een onderwijsleerplan moderne vreemde talen. This memorandum by van Ek en Groot is summarized and commented upon.

A systematic conservation planning approach to fire risk management in Natura 2000 sites

2016 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
pp. 574-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Foresta ◽  
Maria Laura Carranza ◽  
Vittorio Garfì ◽  
Mirko Di Febbraro ◽  
Marco Marchetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning ◽  
Planning Approach

scholarly journals The CLUZ plugin for QGIS: designing conservation area systems and other ecological networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Smith
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Software Package ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning ◽  
Decision Support Tools ◽  
Ecological Network ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Conservation Prioritisation

Systematic conservation planning is the most widely used approach for designing conservation area systems and other types of ecological network. Thus, user-friendly decision support tools are needed to guide conservation planners when using this approach. CLUZ is a QGIS plugin that can be used for on-screen conservation planning and also acts as an interface for Marxan, the most widely used spatial conservation prioritisation software package.

scholarly journals Systematic Conservation Planning approach based on viewshed analysis for the definition of strategic points on a visitor trail

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romero Gomes Pereira da Silva ◽  
Carlos Henke-Oliveira ◽  
Everaldo Skalinski Ferreira ◽  
Raquel Fetter ◽  
Ronaldo Gomes Barbosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning ◽  
Viewshed Analysis ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Definition Of

scholarly journals Reimaanlok: A National Framework for Conservation Area Planning in the Marshall Islands

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Baker ◽  
Maria Beger ◽  
Caleb McClennen ◽  
Albon Ishoda ◽  
Florence Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Community Based ◽  
National Framework

The development ofReimaanlok, a national framework for the planning and establishment of community-based conservation areas in the Marshall Islands, is outlined. A team composed of international experts and local resource management professionals selected and modified an ecoregional planning approach, defined key concepts, selected conservation features and targets, compiled biogeographical information from scientific and local knowledge and carried out a national-level ecological gap assessment. Past development of community-based fisheries and conservation plans was reviewed and the lessons learned informed the development of a robust community-based planning process for the design and establishment of conservation areas on individual atolls, integrating ecosystem based management (EBM) theory, traditional knowledge and management, and the particular socio-economic needs of island communities. While specific geographic, historical, cultural and economic characteristics of the Marshall Islands have created a framework that is unique, several aspects of this process offer ideas for national strategic conservation planning in other Small Island Developing States where there is a paucity of scientific data, significant and increasing threats, and where decision-making about the use of natural resources occurs primarily at the local level.

Analysis of Land Use Land Cover in Annapurna Conservation Area in Gandaki Province, Nepal using Vegetation Index and Land Use Land Cover Datasets

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
Shiva Pokhrel ◽  
Chungla Sherpa
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
National Level ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Barren Land ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Annapurna Conservation Area

Conservation areas are originally well-known for protecting landscape features and wildlife. They are playing key role in conserving and providing a wide range of ecosystem services, social, economic and cultural benefits as well as vital places for climate mitigation and adaptation. We have analyzed decadal changes in land cover and status of vegetation cover in the conservation area using both national level available data on land use land cover (LULC) changes (1990-2010) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) (2010-2018) in Annapurna conservation area. LULC showed the barren land as the most dominant land cover types in all three different time series 1990, 2000 and 2010 with followed by snow cover, grassland, forest, agriculture and water body. The highest NDVI values were observed at Southern, Southwestern and Southeastern part of conservation area consisting of forest area, shrub land and grassland while toward low to negative in the upper middle to the Northern part of the conservation area.

scholarly journals Local-Level Democratic Backsliding? The Consolidation of Aspiring Dominant-Party Regimes in Hungary and Poland

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Conor O'Dwyer ◽  
Matthew Stenberg
Keyword(s):  
Local Politics ◽  
Electoral Systems ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Dominant Party ◽  
Mayoral Elections ◽  
Political Reforms ◽  
Strategic Coordination ◽  
The Future ◽  
Two Factors

Abstract Aspiring dominant-party regimes often institute major institutional and political reforms at the national level to ensure they retain control. However, subnational politics is an important, under-studied, component of regime consolidation. This study uses mayoral races in Hungary and Poland from 2006 to 2018 to examine two factors that may inhibit dominant-party regime consolidation in local politics: the use of two-round, i.e. runoff, electoral systems and strategic coordination among opposition parties. While we find little evidence that strategic coordination can lead to widespread opposition success in single-round systems, we do find that increasing the number of candidates decreases the likelihood of the nationally dominant party winning in the first round while not affecting the second round. As such, two-round mayoral elections may be an important buffer to dominant-party regime consolidation and may provide a training ground for the future opposition.

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