Spatial management, including setting aside conservation areas, is central to curbing the
global decline of biodiversity, but many threats originate from beyond the boundaries of …

Conservation planning has historically been restricted to planning within single realms (ie,
marine, terrestrial, or freshwater). Recently progress has been made in approaches for cross …

Pursuing development and conservation goals often requires thinking and planning across
terrestrial, freshwater and marine realms because many threats and social–ecological …

The pressure exerted by human activities on living systems has become so intense that it is
inspiring the inception of a global network of monitoring of the biosphere and the use of …

Tourism has the potential to impact quality-of-life. Management of impacts for sustainable
development requires a community-based understanding of impact perception. This chapter …

Conservation science is concerned with understanding why distribution and abundance
patterns of species vary in time and space. Although these patterns have strong signatures …

The purpose of this paper is to review ecosystem changes in Rhode Island's coastal ponds
quantitative methods for prioritizing conservation efforts that can be applied to these ponds …

This document is part of a collaborative project to develop a floating kelp canopy area
indicator for the Puget Sound Partnership's Beaches and Marine Vegetation Vital Sign. It …

The implications of the concept of'sustainable tourism'are not clearly defined as they relate
to Northern Vancouver Island leading to difficulties in tourism planning. A solution to this …

The mission of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is to conserve the plants, animals and
natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and …