Dallimer, M and Strange, N (2015) Why socio-political borders and boundaries matter in conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30 (3). 132 - 139. ISSN 0169-5347
Abstract
Acting to demarcate the spatial limits of decision-making processes, socio-political boundaries are an inevitable part of a human-dominated world. Rarely coincident with ecological boundaries, and thus having no ecological functional role by themselves, they nevertheless impose substantial costs on biodiversity and ecosystem conservation by fragmenting ownership, governance, and management. Where boundaries are in place, a lack of coordination on either side of a boundary affects the efficiency and efficacy of ecosystem management. We suggest four research pathways which will enhance our ability to address the adverse effects of socio-political borders on conservation: (i) scale-matching, (ii) quantification of the mutual economic benefits of conservation across boundaries, (iii) determining transboundary societal values, and (iv) acknowledging the importance of stakeholder behaviour and incentives.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Socio-ecological systems; Transnational cooperation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2015 09:16 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2016 16:24 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.12.004 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier (Cell Press) |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tree.2014.12.004 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84971 |