Essay
A framework for deriving and triggering thresholds for management intervention in uncertain, varying and time-lagged systems
Submitted: 20 January 2010 | Published: 06 April 2011
About the author(s)
Robert J. Scholes, Natural Resources and Environment, CSIR, Pretoria, South AfricaJudith M. Kruger, South African National Parks, Skukuza, South Africa
Abstract
Conservation implications: Ecosystems are characterized by abrupt and sometimes irreversible changes. The challenge that face conservationists and managers are to identify which of these changes are likely to be irreversible and at what levels this will occur. This paper describes a logical process that enable mangers to determine which ecological processes have levels of irreversibility and monitor their status at all times. Once these processes are nearing the levels that are undesirable management actions can be invoked to prevent this from happening.
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