Defining and Measuring Success in Conservation

Trade-Offs in Conservation: Deciding What to Save

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 73-93

  Kapos, Valerie ^a   Manica, Andrea ^b   Aveling, Rosalind ^c   Bubb, Philip ^a   Carey, Peter ^b   Entwistle, Abigail ^c   Hopkins, John ^d   Mulliken, Teresa ^e   Safford, Roger ^f   Stattersfield, Alison ^f   Walpole, Matthew J ^a   Balmford, Andrew ^b  

^a UNEPWCMC ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^f BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCF framework and evaluation tool; Conceptual model for education and awareness raising activities; Conceptual model for livelihoods related projects; Conservation activity types and conservation impact; Conservation defining and measuring success; Experience gained in developing tools conservation practitioners addressing trade offs; Growing efforts in biological monitoring assessing changes in conservation status; New approach to measuring conservation success; Open standards for conservation practice, by conservation measures partnership (CMP); Trade off between using resources for action monitoring and evaluation, sharing experience amongst practitioners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886455285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324907.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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