Conservation management system

A conservation management system (CMS) is a procedure for maintaining a species or

exploitative management of natural resources. Conservation management systems are vital for turning sustainable development

strategies into successful operations.

In New Zealand the

Department of Conservation develops conservation management strategies in conjunction with the community as a means of prioritising conservation issues.^[1]

Conservation management has historically adopted ideals deriving from 3 discursive approaches: the classic approach, populist approach, and neoliberal approach. All three approaches have differing ideas about the nexus of conservation and development and their potential interactions.

The Classic Approach understands local people to be a threat to environmental conservation and therefore people occupying landed intended for conservation have historically and presently been evicted from their land. ^{[citation needed]}
The Populist Approach understands that conservation requires the participation and the empowerment of local people in order to reach both social and environmental aims.
The
Neoliberal Approach sees the need for value to be placed on biodiversity in order for conservation to be incorporated in the economic systems and be successful as a tool of economic development.^[2]

National Parks

are heavily managed conservation areas. The approach adopted by a conservation authority will influence the management of a Park and dictate how the park authorities view the role of the park and the relationship visitors may have with it. An example of a park adopting a populist approach is the Rouge National Urban Park located in Canada’s largest city Toronto. Though controlled by the Government of Canada through Parks Canada, the Rouge National Urban Park encourages the community to access the park to learn, play and live. The complexity of the Park being in a large metropolitan city has meant that Parks Canada has incorporated the surrounding communities into the planning, implementation, and management of the park.^[3]

Conservation Management Systems in Practice

Poorly managed or incorrectly manage conservation practices can have consequences beyond what is initially expected

blight resistant strain of hybrid American chestnut trees. In order to prevent privatization and patenting from limiting the access of conservation endeavors from using this strain, the lab chose to forego such neoliberal practices. This has led to positive impact in the conservation endeavors for the American chestnut tree but has also opened up the door to further biotechnological advances and possible commodification of related strains. ^[5]

References

^ "Developing conservation management strategies: Consulting". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
^ Brown, K. (2002). Innovations for Conservation and Development. The Geographical Journal,168(1), 6-17. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/3451218
^ Parks Canada (2014). "Rouge National Urban Park Management Plan". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gonzalez-Duarte, C. "Butterflies, organized crime, and sad trees": A critique of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Program in a context of rural violence". World Development.
^ Barnes, J.C. and Delborne, J.A. (2021). "The politics of genetic technoscience for conservation: The case of blight-resistant American chestnut. Environment and Planning E". Nature and Space.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Conservation Management System Consortium, an international partnership of conservation organisations from the UK and the Netherlands

[1] "Developing conservation management strategies: Consulting". Department of Conservation. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

[2] Brown, K. (2002). Innovations for Conservation and Development. The Geographical Journal,168(1), 6-17. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/3451218

[3] Parks Canada (2014). "Rouge National Urban Park Management Plan". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-18.

[:1-4] Gonzalez-Duarte, C. "Butterflies, organized crime, and sad trees": A critique of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Program in a context of rural violence". World Development.

[5] Barnes, J.C. and Delborne, J.A. (2021). "The politics of genetic technoscience for conservation: The case of blight-resistant American chestnut. Environment and Planning E". Nature and Space.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Conservation Management Systems in Practice

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