An approach to defining greater park ecosystems and its application to Gros Morne National Park (Newfoundland)
Ecosystem management is an integrative, cooperative, adaptive approach to resource management that has evolved in response to the growing number of environmental and resource problems over the past several decades. One such problem, the threat to the world’s biodiversity, may be attributed to the de...
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ftwlaurieruniv:oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1396 2023-06-11T04:12:24+02:00 An approach to defining greater park ecosystems and its application to Gros Morne National Park (Newfoundland) Keough, Karl 1998-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/397 https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1396/viewcontent/MQ24383.PDF unknown Scholars Commons @ Laurier https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/397 https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1396/viewcontent/MQ24383.PDF Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive) Natural Resources and Conservation Natural Resources Management and Policy text 1998 ftwlaurieruniv 2023-05-07T16:36:45Z Ecosystem management is an integrative, cooperative, adaptive approach to resource management that has evolved in response to the growing number of environmental and resource problems over the past several decades. One such problem, the threat to the world’s biodiversity, may be attributed to the destruction, degradation, and fragmentation of habitat resulting from the expanding human population, and the inability to set aside in strict nature reserves, sufficient habitat for wide-ranging mammals and fully functioning ecosystems. The Greater Park Ecosystem concept may be seen as the embodiment of ecosystem management in national parks and a response to the threat to biodiversity. A major challenge to effective implementation of such an idea is defining the boundaries of the management unit or ecosystem. Delineation of these boundaries may be guided by principles of protected area design, as well as by previous efforts to delineate ecosystem boundaries. However, any approach used to delineate the boundaries of a Greater Park Ecosystem should be consistent with the objectives and principles of ecosystem management, both its ecological (substantive) and sociopolitical (process) aspects. In this study an evaluation of previous efforts to delineate ecosystem boundaries was carried out. It concluded, based on criteria drawn from the literature on ecosystem management, national parks management, and protected area design, that no single approach adequately addressed the problem of protecting native biological diversity in national parks, in the face of increasing pressures from beyond the park boundaries. The approach suggested in this study addresses substantive ecological concerns as well as the process of boundary delineation itself. It considers abiotic, biotic, and cultural features and processes of the park region, particularly those that traverse official park boundaries. The location of significant and/or representative features and processes guides the preliminary placement of the Greater Park Ecosystem boundary, ... Text Gros Morne National Park Newfoundland Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario: Scholars Commons@Laurier Gros Morne National Park ENVELOPE(-57.531,-57.531,49.613,49.613) |
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Ecosystem management is an integrative, cooperative, adaptive approach to resource management that has evolved in response to the growing number of environmental and resource problems over the past several decades. One such problem, the threat to the world’s biodiversity, may be attributed to the destruction, degradation, and fragmentation of habitat resulting from the expanding human population, and the inability to set aside in strict nature reserves, sufficient habitat for wide-ranging mammals and fully functioning ecosystems. The Greater Park Ecosystem concept may be seen as the embodiment of ecosystem management in national parks and a response to the threat to biodiversity. A major challenge to effective implementation of such an idea is defining the boundaries of the management unit or ecosystem. Delineation of these boundaries may be guided by principles of protected area design, as well as by previous efforts to delineate ecosystem boundaries. However, any approach used to delineate the boundaries of a Greater Park Ecosystem should be consistent with the objectives and principles of ecosystem management, both its ecological (substantive) and sociopolitical (process) aspects. In this study an evaluation of previous efforts to delineate ecosystem boundaries was carried out. It concluded, based on criteria drawn from the literature on ecosystem management, national parks management, and protected area design, that no single approach adequately addressed the problem of protecting native biological diversity in national parks, in the face of increasing pressures from beyond the park boundaries. The approach suggested in this study addresses substantive ecological concerns as well as the process of boundary delineation itself. It considers abiotic, biotic, and cultural features and processes of the park region, particularly those that traverse official park boundaries. The location of significant and/or representative features and processes guides the preliminary placement of the Greater Park Ecosystem boundary, ... |
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