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A Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (Paperback)
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A Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (Paperback)
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The United States' tradition of conserving fish, wildlife,
habitats, and cultural resources dates to the mid-19th century.
States have long sought to manage fish and wildlife species within
their borders, whereas many early federal conservation efforts
focused on setting aside specific places as parks, sanctuaries, or
reserves. With advances in landscape ecology over the past
quarter-century, conservation planners, scientists, and
practitioners began to stress the importance of conservation
efforts at the scale of landscapes and seascapes. These larger
areas were thought to harbor relatively large numbers of species
that are likely to maintain population viability and sustain
ecological processes and natural disturbance regimes - often
considered critical factors in conserving biodiversity. By focusing
conservation efforts at the level of whole ecosystems and
landscape, practitioners can better attempt to conserve the vast
majority of species in a particular ecosystem. Successfully
addressing the large-scale, interlinked problems associated with
landscape degradation will necessitate a planning process that
bridges different scientific disciplines and across sectors, as
well as an understanding of complexity, uncertainty, and the local
context of conservation work. The landscape approach aims to
develop shared conservation priorities across jurisdictions and
across many resources to create a single, collaborative
conservation effort that can meet stakeholder needs. Conservation
of habitats, species, ecosystem services, and cultural resources in
the face of multiple stressors requires governance structures that
can bridge the geographic and jurisdictional boundaries of the
complex socio-ecological systems in which landscape-level
conservation occurs. The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC)
Network was established to complement and add value to the many
ongoing state, tribal, federal, and nongovernmental efforts to
address the challenge of conserving species, habitats, ecosystem
services, and cultural resources in the face of large-scale and
long-term threats, including climate change. A Review of the
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives evaluates the purpose, goals,
and scientific merits of the LCC program within the context of
similar programs, and whether the program has resulted in
measurable improvements in the health of fish, wildlife, and their
habitats. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2
Scientific and Conservation Merits of Landscape-Scale Conservation
and the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives 3 Evaluating the
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Network Strategic Plan 4 An
Examination of the Evaluation Process for the Landscape
Conservation Cooperatives 5 The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives
and Other Similar Federal Programs 6 An Assessment of the Early
Accomplishments and Likely Long-Term Outcomes and Impacts of the
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Network References Appendix A:
Greater Sage-Grouse: A Collaborative Conservation Effort Appendix
B: Mississippi River Basin and Gulf Hypoxia: Collaborations Across
Multiple LCCs Appendix C: Guidance for Landscape Conservation
Planning and Designs Appendix D: Description of Other Federal
Programs Appendix E: Secretarial Order No. 3289 Appendix F:
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives 2014 Network Strategic Plan
Appendix G: Goals of Individual LCCs Compared to Goals of the LCC
Network Strategic Plan Appendix H: Committee and Staff Biographies
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