Assessing the effectiveness of different approaches to species conservation
Humans are the main cause of the on-going large-scale biodiversity crisis, mostly through processes like habitat loss and fragmentation, and habitat degradation. The recent recognition of the scale and rate of biodiversity erosion has stimulated strong political and institutional reactions, culminat...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/38675 2023-08-20T04:07:42+02:00 Assessing the effectiveness of different approaches to species conservation Santangeli, Andrea Sutherland, William J. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biosciences Helsingin yliopisto, bio- ja ympäristötieteellinen tiedekunta, biotieteiden laitos Helsingfors universitet, bio- och miljövetenskapliga fakulteten, biovetenskapliga institutionen Laaksonen, Toni 2013-04-09T06:40:16Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/38675 eng eng Helsingin yliopisto Helsingfors universitet University of Helsinki URN:ISBN:978-952-10-8764-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/38675 URN:ISBN:978-952-10-8765-3 Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited. Publikationen är skyddad av upphovsrätten. Den får läsas och skrivas ut för personligt bruk. Användning i kommersiellt syfte är förbjuden. major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Text Doctoral dissertation (article-based) Artikkeliväitöskirja Artikelavhandling doctoralThesis 2013 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-07-28T06:28:38Z Humans are the main cause of the on-going large-scale biodiversity crisis, mostly through processes like habitat loss and fragmentation, and habitat degradation. The recent recognition of the scale and rate of biodiversity erosion has stimulated strong political and institutional reactions, culminating in the implementation of a large number of conservation initiatives. Such efforts have been largely insufficient to revert or slow down the rapid loss of biodiversity. Commonly, conservation resources have been allocated based on decisions supported by traditional knowledge or expert opinion rather than scientific evidence. Therefore, it is relevant that interventions are evaluated, to ultimately allow learning from past actions and taking better decisions in the future. With this thesis I aim to provide evidence needed to improve the effectiveness of different approaches to conservation of some species affected by anthropogenic activities. In doing so, I considered conservation interventions implemented mostly on private land with different underlying approaches: voluntary and inexpensive (based on self-motivation of landowners); voluntary market-based (landowners are compensated); Compulsory land reservation or legislation (landowners have no choice). I first evaluate the effectiveness of a conservation program aimed at protecting raptor nests in private forests of North Karelia in eastern Finland. I show that here an inexpensive voluntary approach, based on self-motivation of landowners, may represent an effective instrument for achieving conservation with very limited financial resources. This approach was effective not only at eliciting participation of local forest owners, but it also provided ecological benefits to the raptor species considered. Relevant outcomes for practical conservation can also emerge when multiple interventions are compared. This was the case for nest protection of the Montagu s harrier breeding in cropland of Spain and France. In France, protection of nests from harvesting operations ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis karelia* Helsingfors Universitet: HELDA – Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto Montagu ENVELOPE(-26.333,-26.333,-58.417,-58.417) |
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Humans are the main cause of the on-going large-scale biodiversity crisis, mostly through processes like habitat loss and fragmentation, and habitat degradation. The recent recognition of the scale and rate of biodiversity erosion has stimulated strong political and institutional reactions, culminating in the implementation of a large number of conservation initiatives. Such efforts have been largely insufficient to revert or slow down the rapid loss of biodiversity. Commonly, conservation resources have been allocated based on decisions supported by traditional knowledge or expert opinion rather than scientific evidence. Therefore, it is relevant that interventions are evaluated, to ultimately allow learning from past actions and taking better decisions in the future. With this thesis I aim to provide evidence needed to improve the effectiveness of different approaches to conservation of some species affected by anthropogenic activities. In doing so, I considered conservation interventions implemented mostly on private land with different underlying approaches: voluntary and inexpensive (based on self-motivation of landowners); voluntary market-based (landowners are compensated); Compulsory land reservation or legislation (landowners have no choice). I first evaluate the effectiveness of a conservation program aimed at protecting raptor nests in private forests of North Karelia in eastern Finland. I show that here an inexpensive voluntary approach, based on self-motivation of landowners, may represent an effective instrument for achieving conservation with very limited financial resources. This approach was effective not only at eliciting participation of local forest owners, but it also provided ecological benefits to the raptor species considered. Relevant outcomes for practical conservation can also emerge when multiple interventions are compared. This was the case for nest protection of the Montagu s harrier breeding in cropland of Spain and France. In France, protection of nests from harvesting operations ... |
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Sutherland, William J. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biosciences Helsingin yliopisto, bio- ja ympäristötieteellinen tiedekunta, biotieteiden laitos Helsingfors universitet, bio- och miljövetenskapliga fakulteten, biovetenskapliga institutionen Laaksonen, Toni |
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Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited. Publikationen är skyddad av upphovsrätten. Den får läsas och skrivas ut för personligt bruk. Användning i kommersiellt syfte är förbjuden. |
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