Decision-Making in Conservation and Natural Resource Manageme... - 9781107092365

Decision-Making in Conservation and Natural Resource ManagementModels for Interdisciplinary Approaches\nAuthor(s): Nils Bunnefeld, Emily Nicholson, E. J. Milner-Gulland\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107092365, 978-1107092365\nSynopsis\nMaking decisions about the management and conservation of nature is necessarily complex, with many competing pressures on natural systems, opportunities and benefits for different groups of people and a varying, uncertain social and ecological environment. An approach which is narrowly focused on either human development or environmental protection cannot deliver sustainable solutions. This volume provides frameworks for improving the integration of natural resource management with conservation and supporting stronger collaboration between researchers and practitioners in developed and developing countries. Novel approaches are required when ecological and soc.