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0000-0001-6538-2060
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University of Western Australia
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Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 07-04-2015
DOI: 10.1093/AOB/MCV044
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 14-03-2023
DOI: 10.1111/CONL.12946
Abstract: Urban bio ersity conservation is critical if cities are to tackle the bio ersity‐extinction crisis and connect people with nature. However, little attention has been paid to how urban environmental managers navigate complex socio‐ecological contexts to conserve bio ersity in cities. We interviewed environmental managers from Australian cities to identify (1) the breadth of conservation actions undertaken and (2) the barriers and enablers to action. We found current practice to be more erse, innovative, and proactive than previously described (318 actions across nine categories). Conversely, priority actions identified by the literature are yet to be “mainstream” in practice (e.g., designing for human–nature connection, securing space for nature in cities). Further, we identified a suite of levers to overcome barriers. Our research provides scientists and practitioners with an understanding of the multiple facets of conservation in cities and emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary approaches in future research and practice.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2014
DOI: 10.1890/13-1239.1
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-08-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S11625-021-01012-Y
Abstract: Across all landscape types, environmental managers work with communities to conserve bio ersity. The effectiveness of conservation practice, however, relies on acknowledging differences in preferences and values of nature. Implementing urban conservation is challenging because cities have erse social, cultural and ecological attributes, meaning there are no simple solutions for the management or co-management of bio ersity. There is little guidance for urban environmental managers on how to 1) engage local urban communities and 2), implement conservation actions specific to cities and their communities. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 27 environmental managers from government and not-for-profit organizations across five Australian capital cities to 1) explore how environmental managers engaged local communities, and 2) understand the factors that enabled or constrained that engagement in conservation. Our aim was to understand the enablers and constraints of engagement with a view to share insights and patterns in the context of the Intergovernmental Platform on Bio ersity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) conceptual framework’s recognition of the ersity of values associated with nature’s contributions to people (NCP). We found that urban environmental managers facilitated NCP by working to improve people’s relationship with nature. Interviewees reported a range of enablers for community-based bio ersity conservation, including supportive organizational policies and strategies, community support, engaging Indigenous advisory groups, and deploying multi-use, integrative human-nature designs. Constraints and challenges included a lack of top-down commitment, reliance on in iduals, and overly simplistic engagement strategies. Based on these findings, we identified opportunities for improved community engagement relevant to organizations responsible for urban environmental management.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 28-02-2013
DOI: 10.1111/REC.12012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2012
DOI: 10.1016/J.TREE.2011.10.008
Abstract: Contemporary cities are expanding rapidly in a spatially complex, non-linear manner. However, this form of expansion is rarely taken into account in the way that urbanization is classically assessed in ecological studies. An explicit consideration of the temporal dynamics, although frequently missing, is crucial in order to understand the effects of urbanization on bio ersity and ecosystem functioning in rapidly urbanizing landscapes. In particular, a temporal perspective highlights the importance of land-use legacies and transient dynamics in the response of bio ersity to environmental change. Here, we outline the essential elements of an emerging framework for urban ecology that incorporates the characteristics of contemporary urbanization and thus empowers ecologists to understand and intervene in the planning and management of cities.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-07-2020
DOI: 10.1111/REC.13211
Abstract: Professor Richard Hobbs has had a profound influence on the development of the discipline of restoration ecology. With more than 300 publications spanning a broad scope of applied ecological sciences, he has collaborated with hundreds of researchers. His sometimes‐provocative insights, balanced by extensive empirical research, will have a lasting impact by encouraging people to think more broadly about the science and practice of ecological restoration. Here, on the eve of his retirement, some of his staff and students, past and present, take a retrospective look at his contributions to restoration ecology both as a scientist and as a mentor.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2020
DOI: 10.1002/FEE.2255
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 11-08-2017
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.1071/BT20089
Abstract: The rapid expansion of urban areas worldwide is leading to native habitat loss and ecosystem fragmentation and degradation. Although the study of urbanisation’s impact on bio ersity is gaining increasing interest globally, there is still a disconnect between research recommendations and urbanisation strategies. Expansion of the Perth metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain in south-western Australia, one of the world’s thirty-six bio ersity hotspots, continues to affect the Banksia Woodlands (BWs) ecosystem, a federally listed Threatened Ecological Community (TEC). Here, we utilise the framework of a 1989 review of the state of knowledge of BWs ecology and conservation to examine scientific advances made in understanding the composition, processes and functions of BWs and BWs’ species over the last 30 years. We highlight key advances in our understanding of the ecological function and role of mechanisms in BWs that are critical to the management of this ecosystem. The most encouraging change since 1989 is the integration of research between historically disparate ecological disciplines. We outline remaining ecological knowledge gaps and identify key research priorities to improve conservation efforts for this TEC. We promote a holistic consideration of BWs with our review providing a comprehensive document that researchers, planners and managers may reference. To effectively conserve ecosystems threatened by urban expansion, a range of stakeholders must be involved in the development and implementation of best practices to conserve and maintain both bio ersity and human wellbeing.
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 14-02-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2012
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-2018
DOI: 10.1111/JVS.12615
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-04-2020
DOI: 10.1002/PAN3.10088
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-09-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2022
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 31-01-2013
Location: Australia
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