Landscape Conservation Cooperatives: Working Beyond Boundaries to Tackle Large-Scale Conservation Challenges

Ecological connectivity has become a cornerstone of conservation science and practice. Since the introduction of wildlife corridors as a game management strategy in the early 20th century, habitat loss and fragmentation have widely been agreed to constitute the single greatest threat to biodiversity...

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Published inParks stewardship forum Vol. 33; no. 2; p. 149
Main Authors Olliff, Tom, Mordecai, Rua, Cakir, Janet, Thatcher, Benjamin S, Tabor, Gary M, Finn, Sean P, Morris, Hilary, Converse, Yvette, Babson, Amanda, Monahan, William B, Haubold, Elsa M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hancock George Wright Society 01.05.2016
Subjects
Climate change
Collaboration
Cooperatives
Habitats
National parks
Science
Wildlife conservation
North America
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Summary:Ecological connectivity has become a cornerstone of conservation science and practice. Since the introduction of wildlife corridors as a game management strategy in the early 20th century, habitat loss and fragmentation have widely been agreed to constitute the single greatest threat to biodiversity worldwide and climate change is expected to exacerbate these effects as species' ranges must shift across fragmented landscapes to track suitable conditions. Federal land management agencies are now mandated to consider connectivity, or working across boundaries in larger landscapes, and climate change in conservation plans such as US Forest Service forestplans (Code ofFederal Regulations 2012), National Park Service (NPS) foundation documents (NPS 2012), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land management plans, and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) refuge comprehensive conservation plans (Czech et al. 2014).
ISSN:2688-187X
2688-187X