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11 - Managed, Mended, Supported

How Habitat Conservation and Restoration Function as Elements of Landscape Stewardship

from Part II - Landscape Stewardship on the Ground

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2017

By
Peter Bridgewater
Edited by
Claudia Bieling  and
Tobias Plieninger
Claudia Bieling
Affiliation:
Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart
Tobias Plieninger
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
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Summary

In the Anthropocene, habitat conservation achieved simply by establishing protected areas, including community-conserved areas, is unrealistic. A more realistic view from the perspective of landscape stewardship sees habitat conservation as site management, building connections to other sites, and restoring (or mending) degraded sites. Rewilding is a key part of restoration in the context of landscape stewardship. The challenge for landscape stewardship is to provide practical, place-based, frameworks for local communities to manage rapidly evolving landscapes. Any stewardship plan for such landscapes must include development of habitat conservation, restoration and management strategies that comprehend rapid spatial and temporal change, reflecting the complexity of the current landscape patterning. Stewardship is all about management that recognises change is inevitable, and embraces and manages for change. Using restoration as part of landscape stewardship means being prepared for surprises and being prepared to adapt to the new, while valuing the old where it is still sustainable so to do. In the Anthropocene, doing nothing is not an option, and the stewardship approach offers hope and proven results for a more sustainable future.
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The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship , pp. 202 - 218
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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