Managing freshwater, river, wetland and estuarine protected areas
Author(s)
Pittock, Jamie
Finlayson, Max
Arthington, Angela H
Roux, Dirk
Matthews, John H
Biggs, Harry
Blom, Esther
Flitcroft, Rebecca
Froend, Ray
Harrison, Ian
Hermoso, Virgilio
Junk, Wolfgang
Kumar, Ritesh
Linke, Simon
Nel, Jeanne
da Cunha, Catia Nunes
Pattnaik, Ajit
Pollard, Sharon
Rast, Walter
Thieme, Michele
Turak, Eren
Turpie, Jane
van Niekerk, Lara
Willems, Daphne
Viers, Joshua
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2015
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Better practices for managing inland aquatic ecosystems in protected areas—including rivers, other brackish and freshwater ecosystems, and coastal estuaries—are the focus of this chapter. Most natural protected areas are designated as ‘terrestrial’ or ‘marine’, and the obvious question for most managers is ‘why should I worry about the (usually) small portion of my protected area that involves freshwater habitat’. On the contrary, in this chapter, we argue that freshwater and estuarine habitats are significant for conserving biodiversity in most land-based protected areas and that managers need to apply the freshwater-specific ...
View more >Better practices for managing inland aquatic ecosystems in protected areas—including rivers, other brackish and freshwater ecosystems, and coastal estuaries—are the focus of this chapter. Most natural protected areas are designated as ‘terrestrial’ or ‘marine’, and the obvious question for most managers is ‘why should I worry about the (usually) small portion of my protected area that involves freshwater habitat’. On the contrary, in this chapter, we argue that freshwater and estuarine habitats are significant for conserving biodiversity in most land-based protected areas and that managers need to apply the freshwater-specific conservation tools outlined here to do a good job. Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area, a larger portion of freshwater and estuarine species are threatened, and the ecosystem services of these biomes are used unsustainably to a greater extent than any other biomes (MEA 2005; Dudgeon et al. 2006). Many terrestrial species depend on freshwater ecosystems. Rather than a marginal part of management, freshwater conservation is central to sustaining protected areas and their biodiversity.
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View more >Better practices for managing inland aquatic ecosystems in protected areas—including rivers, other brackish and freshwater ecosystems, and coastal estuaries—are the focus of this chapter. Most natural protected areas are designated as ‘terrestrial’ or ‘marine’, and the obvious question for most managers is ‘why should I worry about the (usually) small portion of my protected area that involves freshwater habitat’. On the contrary, in this chapter, we argue that freshwater and estuarine habitats are significant for conserving biodiversity in most land-based protected areas and that managers need to apply the freshwater-specific conservation tools outlined here to do a good job. Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area, a larger portion of freshwater and estuarine species are threatened, and the ecosystem services of these biomes are used unsustainably to a greater extent than any other biomes (MEA 2005; Dudgeon et al. 2006). Many terrestrial species depend on freshwater ecosystems. Rather than a marginal part of management, freshwater conservation is central to sustaining protected areas and their biodiversity.
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Book Title
Protected Area Governance and Management
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Subject
Environmental Monitoring