scholarly journals VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF A NATURAL PROTECTED AREA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIO DANIEL VERDUGO ◽  
OSCAR ARIZPE ◽  
ARTURO GONZALEZ-BAHEZA
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Protected Area

scholarly journals GIS Models for Vulnerability of Coastal Erosion Assessment in a Tropical Protected Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 598
Author(s):  
Luís Russo Vieira ◽  
José Guilherme Vieira ◽  
Isabel Marques da Silva ◽  
Edison Barbieri ◽  
Fernando Morgado
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
In Situ Monitoring ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Estuarine System ◽  
Very High

Coastal erosion is considered a major worldwide challenge. The vulnerability assessment of coastal areas, in relation to climate change, is a key topic of worldwide increasing interest. The integration of methodologies supported by Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and in situ monitoring has allowed a viable identification of vulnerable areas to erosion. In the present study, a model was proposed to the assessment of the estuarine system of Cananéia-Iguape (Brazil), by applying the evaluation and prediction of vulnerability models for the conservation and preservation of mangroves. Approximately 1221 Km2 were classified, with 16% of the total presenting high and very high vulnerability to erosion. Other relevant aspects, were the identification and georeferencing sites that showed strong evidence of erosion and, thus, having a huge influence on the final vulnerability scores. The obtained results led to the development of a multidisciplinary approach through the application of a prediction and description model that resulted from the adaptation of the study system from a set of implemented models for coastal regions, in order to contribute to the erosion vulnerability assessment in the mangroves ecosystems (and associated localities, municipalities and communities).

Of biodiversity and boundaries: a case study of community-based natural resource management practice in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMANDA LO CASCIO ◽  
RUTH BEILIN
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Local People ◽  
Community Based

SUMMARYIn the Cardamom Ranges (Cambodia) community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is proposed by the international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) community as a natural resource management strategy to achieve the targeted outcomes associated with the protected area (PA) management plan. Local people are expected to participate in CBNRM projects such as community forestry (CF) in order that the protected area management plan can be realized. The experiences of the local people are juxtaposed against the aims of these local biodiversity projects. Overall, it is accepted by the NGOs and government agencies that communities need to be involved in the design and management of the PA and that the protection of biodiversity resources can only occur with the provision of alternatives for local livelihood options to decrease land clearing for agriculture and harvesting of wild foods and animals. This case points to a basic misalignment between biodiversity conservation and CBNRM. Participants in this study contested the meaning and usefulness of the PA and the CF projects. Their concerns were cultural, social, economic and political, exposing uneven relations of power and uncertainty associated with the long term outcomes. Participation itself required scrutiny in this situation, as did the promotion of a global biodiversity ‘good’ over local understandings of place and landscape. Lessons from more than 20 years of participatory CBNRM may be used to reconfigure the CBNRM ideal, to assist planners and implementers towards an integrated approach with biodiversity values reflected in both conservation and local production systems, acknowledging that these systems are culturally constituted.

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