Development and Adoption of Landscape Approach to Conservation in India: An Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar Bhardwaj ◽  
◽  
Aditi Bhardwaj ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Landscape Approach ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Landscape Level ◽  
Area Management

In India, the development process from Protected Area management to landscape level conservation planning has traversed through several species conservation initiatives and pilot projects. However, the latter approach faces enormous challenges. In this paper we review the existing management practices in the country that deal with landscape approach to conservation, identify bottlenecks and suggest way forward, particularly relevant to forestry and wildlife sectors. Highlighting the major areas of research and action, this paper advocates the urgent need to build on the experiences from the sites, which have developed some foundation for such initiatives through earlier projects.

Expanding Staff Voice in Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments within Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Allen ◽  
Katie Krafte Holland ◽  
Hunter Holland ◽  
Salaton Tome’ ◽  
Moriaso Nabaala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Management Effectiveness ◽  
Area Management

Whose sustainability? Top–down participation and emergent rules in marine protected area management in Indonesia

Marine Policy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1215-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Glaser ◽  
Wasistini Baitoningsih ◽  
Sebastian C.A. Ferse ◽  
Muhammad Neil ◽  
Rio Deswandi
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Area Management

The Dynamics of Co-Management and Social Capital in Protected Area Management—The Cardoso Island State Park in Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 475-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karla Sessin-Dilascio ◽  
Katrin Prager ◽  
Katherine N. Irvine ◽  
Paulo Antonio de Almeida Sinisgalli
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Island State ◽  
Area Management

scholarly journals How objective are protected area management effectiveness assessments? A case study from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Koedoe ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clinton Carbutt ◽  
Peter S. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Management Effectiveness ◽  
Effectiveness Assessment ◽  
Area Management

The assessment of protected area management effectiveness was developed out of a genuine desire to improve the way protected areas are managed and reported on, in relation to a formalised set of conservation objectives. For monitoring and reporting purposes, a number of participatory methods of rapidly assessing management effectiveness were developed. Most rapid assessment methods rely on scoring a range of protected area-related activities against an objective set of criteria documented in a formal questionnaire. This study evaluated the results of two applications of the same management effectiveness assessment tool applied to the same protected area, namely the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. The manner in which the assessments were undertaken differed considerably and, not unexpectedly, so did the results, with the national assessment scoring significantly higher than the provincial assessment. Therefore, a further aim was to evaluate the operating conditions applied to each assessment, with a view to determining which assessment was more closely aligned with best practice and hence which score was more credible. The application of the tool differed mainly with respect to the level of spatial detail entered into for the evaluation, the depth and breadth of the management hierarchy that was consulted, the time in which the assessment was undertaken and the degree of peer review applied. Disparate scores such as those obtained in the assessments documented here are likely to bring the discipline of management effectiveness assessment into disrepute unless an acceptable and standardised set of operating procedures is developed and adopted. Recommendations for such a set of ‘indispensable constants’ were made in this article to ensure that management effectiveness assessments remain robust and reputable, thereby ensuring an honest picture of what is happening on the ground. Conservation implications: We proposed that standard operating procedures should be in place when protected area management effectiveness assessments are undertaken, in order for the results to be credible. This involves ensuring that the right people participate and that each participant is allowed sufficient time to peer review each other.

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