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Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans (Paperback, 2nd Ed.)
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Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans (Paperback, 2nd Ed.)
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This title articulates a valuable new approach to managing marine
ecosystems. Conventional management approaches cannot meet the
challenges faced by ocean and coastal ecosystems today.
Consequently, national and international bodies have called for a
shift toward more comprehensive ecosystem-based marine management.
Synthesizing a vast amount of current knowledge, "Ecosystem-Based
Management for the Oceans" is a comprehensive guide to utilizing
this promising new approach. At its core, ecosystem-based
management (EBM) is about acknowledging connections. Instead of
focusing on the impacts of single activities on the delivery of
individual ecosystem services, EBM focuses on the array of services
that we receive from marine systems, the interactive and cumulative
effects of multiple human activities on these coupled ecological
and social systems, and the importance of working towards common
goals across sectors. "Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans"
provides a conceptual framework for students and professionals who
want to understand and utilize this powerful approach. And it
employs case studies that draw on the experiences of EBM
practitioners to demonstrate how EBM principles can be applied to
real-world problems. The book emphasizes the importance of
understanding the factors that contribute to social and ecological
resilience - the extent to which a system can maintain its
structure, function, and identity in the face of disturbance.
Utilizing the resilience framework, professionals can better
predict how systems will respond to a variety of disturbances, as
well as to a range of management alternatives. "Ecosystem-Based
Management for the Oceans" presents the latest science of
resilience, while it provides tools for the design and
implementation of responsive EBM solutions.
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