Implementing ecosystem management: Using multiple boundaries for organizing information

dc.contributor.authorSexton, W. T.en
dc.contributor.authorSzaro, R. C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:10:26Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:10:26Zen
dc.date.issued1998en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractImplementing ecosystem management requires learning to work with multiple factors, at multiple scales, using multiple boundaries and borders for organizing information. Traditional approaches often oversimplified information collection and analyses by relying on a limited set of classifications and information constructs. Experience has consistently shown that attempting to constrain analyses and assessments to one or a few organizing systems and related boundaries results in less than satisfactory information to support an ecological approach. Debates over which boundaries or borders are best and should therefore be the organizing device for ecosystem management are not useful or constructive. A more useful question is which set ecological approaches and their related boundaries provide the best information to address the resource issues at a particular time and place. Multiple boundaries, scales and factors increase the complexity of ecosystem management, but also represent an essential component for improved understanding of the sustainable management of lands and resources.en
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dc.identifier1680en
dc.identifier.citationLandscape and Urban Planning 40(1-3): 167-171en
dc.identifier.issn0169-2046en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66279en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Science B.V.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1998 by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.en
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dc.subjectEcological classificationen
dc.subjectEcosystem boundariesen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleImplementing ecosystem management: Using multiple boundaries for organizing informationen
dc.typeAbstracten
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