Half Earth or Whole Earth: What Can Natura 2000 Teach Us?. Campagnaro, T., Sitzia, T., Bridgewater, P., Evans, D., & Ellis, E. C.
Half Earth or Whole Earth: What Can Natura 2000 Teach Us? [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
The call to set aside half of Earth's surface for nature conservation is gaining momentum across the conservation community. We propose that the experiences of Earth's most extensive conservation network, Natura 2000, offers important lessons on the challenges and opportunities of scaling up area-based conservation strategies. Natura 2000 has made unprecedented advances in implementing effective, evidence-based, internationally collaborative conservation policies and practices at continental scales. These advances have relied on strong governance frameworks, standardized policies, close integration of science and policy, flexibility in protection designations, a focus on conservation outside protected areas, economic interests and development, and the engagement and incentivization of stakeholders at different scales of reserve development and operation. Although failures and gaps remain, these hard-won lessons of Natura 2000 have much to offer those aiming to scale up conservation globally to meet the biodiversity challenges of the Anthropocene. [Excerpt:Major lessons from Natura 2000 implementation highlighting essential elements for scaling up conservation processes] [::] Establishment of a legal framework on the basis of scientific interpretation and enforceable through specific science-based requirements, that can stimulate nonlegal community efforts [::] Identifying connected protected areas on the basis of conservation features [::] Updatable conservation features (list of habitats and species) on the basis of integrated and recognized scientific methodologies and knowledge [::] Inclusion of all countries and stakeholders at an early stage for a transnational and cross-border harmonized and coordinated approach [::] Building a common language to assess conservation features [::] Management and restoration of species and habitats through legal means [::] Political trust and a sense of common nature conservation values from local to national communities [::] Policy coordination on nature conservation
@article{campagnaroHalfEarthWhole2019,
  title = {Half {{Earth}} or Whole {{Earth}}: What Can {{Natura}} 2000 Teach Us?},
  author = {Campagnaro, Thomas and Sitzia, Tommaso and Bridgewater, Peter and Evans, Douglas and Ellis, Erle C.},
  date = {2019-01},
  journaltitle = {BioScience},
  issn = {0006-3568},
  doi = {10.1093/biosci/biy153},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biy153},
  abstract = {The call to set aside half of Earth's surface for nature conservation is gaining momentum across the conservation community. We propose that the experiences of Earth's most extensive conservation network, Natura 2000, offers important lessons on the challenges and opportunities of scaling up area-based conservation strategies. Natura 2000 has made unprecedented advances in implementing effective, evidence-based, internationally collaborative conservation policies and practices at continental scales. These advances have relied on strong governance frameworks, standardized policies, close integration of science and policy, flexibility in protection designations, a focus on conservation outside protected areas, economic interests and development, and the engagement and incentivization of stakeholders at different scales of reserve development and operation. Although failures and gaps remain, these hard-won lessons of Natura 2000 have much to offer those aiming to scale up conservation globally to meet the biodiversity challenges of the Anthropocene.

[Excerpt:Major lessons from Natura 2000 implementation highlighting essential elements for scaling up conservation processes] [::] Establishment of a legal framework on the basis of scientific interpretation and enforceable through specific science-based requirements, that can stimulate nonlegal community efforts

[::] Identifying connected protected areas on the basis of conservation features

[::] Updatable conservation features (list of habitats and species) on the basis of integrated and recognized scientific methodologies and knowledge

[::] Inclusion of all countries and stakeholders at an early stage for a transnational and cross-border harmonized and coordinated approach

[::] Building a common language to assess conservation features

[::] Management and restoration of species and habitats through legal means

[::] Political trust and a sense of common nature conservation values from local to national communities

[::] Policy coordination on nature conservation},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-14678651,connectivity,conservation,ecosystem-conservation,environment-society-economy,habitat-conservation,management,multi-stakeholder-decision-making,natura-2000,protected-areas,protection,science-based-decision-making,science-policy-interface}
}

Downloads: 0