Conservation Planning: Informed Decisions for a Healthier Planet

Abstract

Conservationists often follow a well-worn path to problem solving. We begin by developing our own methods to analyse the available biological data, before discovering and embracing better approaches from other fields produced decades earlier. When our results are ignored we start collecting and incorporating more people-focused data, adopting another new suite of techniques. Finally, we recognize that long-term solutions require successful institutions and management systems, further broadening the scope of our work. Thus, the point at which a conservation approach matures is the point at which the related literature becomes overwhelming, especially for practitioners. This was certainly a problem for systematic conservation planning, widely regarded as the best approach for identifying and implementing conservation area networks. But in this case help is at hand, as the publication of Conservation Planning: Informed Decisions for a Healthier Planet means researchers and practitioners now have a comprehensive and accessible guide to this important topic.

Citation

Rittenhouse, C. (2017). Conservation planning: informed decisions for a healthier planet: CR Groves and ET Game. Conservation planning: informed decisions for a healthier planet. Roberts and Company Publishers, Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA. 2016, 608 pp. illus.; 25 cm. Paperback, ISBN 978-1936221516, US $48.00.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605317000187