ZL 3204

Should we be Managing Species or Ecosystems?

The goal of preserving the world’s biodiversity by saving one threatened species after another is clearly hopeless. We might be better off managing ecosystems to keep them in a healthy condition, but what are the hidden costs of this approach for biodiversity conservation?

Not everyone cares about the fate of the environment or wild animals. Some people would not worry if the world’s wild animals disappeared overnight, that’s because they are city people. Although people have always made use of wild animals and nature, the scale of use is far greater than in primitive ages (Bolton, 1997). Read the rest of this entry »

ZL3204, 2001-04-08

Evaluation of Population Viability Analysis and its use in

Management of the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

Introduction

The disappearance of the northern hairy nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii) from two of its three historic habitats in the last 100 years trouble scientists. The present range has been much reduced, apparently as result of competition with cattle (Johnson, 1991). In the remaining habitat, Epping Forest National Park, cattle have been excluded and the forest is now protected.

Due to the very small population, about 100 animals, management is a serious problem. Any ill-considered intervention with the animals can have dramatic effects on the entire population and can potentially drive it to extinction (Johnson, 1991). Read the rest of this entry »

EV 3203

To: Minister for the Environment

From: Stefan Martensson, Conservationist / Political Advisor.

Re: Detection of Declining Trends in Populations of Marine Wildlife in Queensland Read the rest of this entry »

To: Minister for the Environment

From: Stefan Martensson, Conservationist / Political Advisor.

Re: A commitment for funding Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (QEPA) to institute management actions to improve conservation prospects of one species of marine wildlife have been decided. Read the rest of this entry »

EV3200, 2001-03-22

Philosophy behind our National Parks; Preservation or for Human Use?

Introduction.

As human populations increase the pressure from urban living encourage people to seek solitude with nature, the number of visitors to national parks and protected areas continues to increase. Protected areas have important values in sustaining human society, especially through conserving cultural heritage. They also provide for the maintenance of representative samples of natural regions and preservation of biological diversity, and are important in protecting the environmental stability of the surrounding areas (WTO/UNEP, 1992).

The interrelationship between tourism and the environment plays a large role in many countries around the world and more and more extensive legislation is aimed at the protection of natural resource attractions (Ostrowski, 1984). Read the rest of this entry »

EV5209, 2001-03-09

Portfolio of Protected Areas From all Over the Globe Read the rest of this entry »

EV5209, 2001-03-05

How to Manage Visitor Impacts in Protected Areas

Introduction.

The objectives of nature area management are often twofold: To protect the natural environment and to facilitate recreational use (FNNPE 1993). These two objectives are not always compatible, and in order to maintain the natural setting, it is sometimes necessary to regulate the recreational use of an area (Vorkinn, 1998).

The carrying capacity model is an effective tool for the management of a protected area recreation resource. Within the model are four primary sub-capacities, namely, physical capacity, biological capacity, social capacity and facility capacity; combined they are essential to the appropriate management of protected areas recreation resource environments (Symmonds et al. , 2000). Read the rest of this entry »

February – Greetings friends!

This month started with finishing of my intensive course called Protected Area Management – Principles and practices.

It was quite a good intensive which taught me much about the problems with having people in fragile environments and how to keep outdoors activities like hiking, horseback riding and stuff sustainable. Read the rest of this entry »

January 2001-01-07

The New Year started very good with many nice friends wanting to see me and I was literally dragged from one to another…

It felt good however, so I should not complain…

I will return to this page in a couple of weeks so I can tell you more about how my stay in Sweden has been. Read the rest of this entry »

2001-01-07

As you all know now X-mas and New Year is all over and we are well into the New Year.

December was very interesting month with an intensive course making up the major part of the month before I left Oz for Sweden the 18th of Dec.

The intensive was called ZL3211 Australian Tropical Herpetology. Herpetology is the study of reptiles and amphibians. Read the rest of this entry »