The Biosphere-Reserve Concept: Needs for a Network Design

Dyer, Megan; Holland, Marjorie M.

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“…The Seville strategy has since then been a main framework for BRs world-wide. However, the history of the BR concept focusing on conservation only and initially nominating mainly existing protected areas BRs means that there are still issues to be resolved regarding representation of social contexts and ecological habitats for it to contribute fully to the SD process (Dyer and Holland 1991). The BR network seeks to increase international collaboration for successful conservation and the creation of transboundary BRs could be seen as some progress even if there are still many issues related to adaptive management of such areas (Agrawal 2000, Pollock 2009).…”

Section: Biosphere Reservementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Development and Sustainability: Landscape Approach as a Practical Interpretation of Principles and Implementation Concepts

Axelsson¹,

Angelstam²,

Elbakidze³

et al. 2011

Journal of Landscape Ecology

104

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The situation for governors and managers of natural resources has increased in complexity. Previously it was enough to sustain the yields of wood, food and energy. Today, maintenance of ecosystem services, conservation of biodiversity, rural development and human wellbeing are new additional objectives. At the same time there are new risks and uncertainties linked to climate change, economic globalisation, energy security and water supply. Consequently, adaptive and holistic research, governance and management are needed. Landscape is a concept and framework that can be used as an approach to enhance implementation of policies about sustainable development as a societal process and sustainability as outcomes on the ground. For our analysis to define the landscape approach we used a hierarchical framework consisting of principles, concepts and initiatives; and included three principles defining SD and sustainability and five international concepts to analyze its implementation for our analysis to define landscape approach. We propose a practical operationalization that consists of five core attributes, (1) a sufficiently large area that matches management requirements and challenges to deliver desired goods, services and values, (2) multi-level and multi-sector stakeholder collaboration that promotes sustainable development as a social process, (3) commitment to and understanding of sustainability as an aim among stakeholders, (4) integrative knowledge production, and (5) sharing of experience, results and information, to develop local or tacit to general or explicit knowledge. Finally, we discuss the need for integrative research to study landscape approach concepts and what local initiatives using different concepts deliver on the ground.

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Section: Biosphere Reservementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Development and Sustainability: Landscape Approach as a Practical Interpretation of Principles and Implementation Concepts

Axelsson¹,

Angelstam²,

Elbakidze³

et al. 2011

Journal of Landscape Ecology

104

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“…Despite the established literature and the proven advantages of systematic planning to conservation (Pressey 1994;Margules & Pressey 2000;Bojorquez-Tapia et al 2003), Biosphere Reserves continue to be designed using ad hoc configuration approaches (Dyer & Holland 1991;Pressey & Tully 1994). For that reason the capacity to demonstrate that BR can spatially represent environmental, cultural and economic sustainability requirements remains elusive.…”

Section: Key Issues For Discussion About Biosphere Reserve Desingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although some studies discussed the qualitative characteristics of BR (Kellert 1986;Tangley 1988;Batisse 1990;Solecki 1994), so far few studies evaluated their quantitative characteristics (Howard et al 1997;Lourival et al 2009). Dyer & Holland (1991) emphasized the lack of clear definitions and tangible goals for BRs, to take into account the importance of ecological processes, complementarity, connectivity and comprehensiveness of BR networks. We demonstrate that systematic zoning can fulfill such gaps while optimizing compromises between conflicting objectives in a spatially explicitly manner.…”

Section: Key Issues For Discussion About Biosphere Reserve Desingmentioning

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What is Missing in Biosphere Reserves Accountability?

Lourival¹,

Watts²,

Pressey³

et al. 2011

Nat. Conserv.

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The design of Biosphere Reserves (BR) poses an interesting problem for systematic planning. It entails a spatially explicitly compromise between economic, social, cultural and biodiversity protection objectives, in a sustainable development context. The global network of Biosphere Reserves includes 563 sites in 110 countries. Currently the spatial configuration of BRs follows a nested scheme, where different land use regimes are assigned to zones in an ad hoc fashion, which complicates the evaluation of their effectiveness. So far in the literature, have not been designed to achieve quantitative objectives, which could limit their value for sustainable development. Using the newly developed version of the software MARXAN © , we solve part of this problem enabling BRs to reach predefined set of spatially explicit quantitative targets, while minimizing the reserves' overall costs (i.e. opportunity, implementation, land value, etc.). Our case study is the Pantanal Biosphere Reserve (PBR), in Brazil. According to our results the PBR could substantially improve its effectiveness if a systematic review of its objectives and goals is performed. Rearrangements of all zones proved to be necessary. Core zones for example, composed of IUCN categories I to IV, increased from its current 1.5% of the BR area to 18.5% to reach all objectives. The absence of quantitative guidelines from UNESCO for the configuration of BRs has limited their effectiveness. Our quantitative systematic approach provided the first insights into potential requirements for zone partitioning, prescribing 22 ± 5% to be allocated in core zones, 22 ± 3% in buffer zones, and 33 ± 4% in transition zones. The most useful outcome, however, was the flexibility the software offered to reach multiple objectives simultaneously.

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“…Metapopulation theory provides an important context for developing conservation and management strategies based on nodes and networks of breeding habitat within and among landscapes (Dyer and Holland 1991, Hudson 1991, Mmphy and Noon 1992. For at least some neotropical migrant' landbird species, understanding metapopulation dyruunics may be essential if viable regional populations are to be maintained Cary 1988, Robinson 1992, Probst andWeinrich in press).…”

Section: Conservation and Management Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Status and management of neotropical migratory birds

Finch¹,

Stangel²

1993

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This proceedings is the product of a National Training Workshop held at the Estes Park Center, Estes Park, Colorado, 21-25 September, 1992. Invited papers discuss all aspects of management, monitoring, and conservation of neotropical migratory birds on the breeding grounds. The proceedings is divided into seven sections that range from philosophical discussions to methods and solutions for managing migratory birds in concert with other wildlife.

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The Biosphere-Reserve Concept: Needs for a Network Design

Cited by 26 publications

References 17 publications

Sustainable Development and Sustainability: Landscape Approach as a Practical Interpretation of Principles and Implementation Concepts

Sustainable Development and Sustainability: Landscape Approach as a Practical Interpretation of Principles and Implementation Concepts

What is Missing in Biosphere Reserves Accountability?

Status and management of neotropical migratory birds

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