IREM in a complex world.

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter examines the challenges of promoting conservation, which implies reducing natural resource demands in the present to ensure the security of future supplies, in landscapes involving many owners and managers who may have wide-ranging resource management goals as well as variable commitment to conservation ideals. This suggests the need for a high level of cooperation among natural resource managers. Coincidently, over the past couple of decades, the notion of partnership building has gained particular favour, especially as the public demand for conservation has increased and funding for environmental policies has been rationalized. This has forced many resource managers to rethink their attitudes towards resource management and consider various joint projects such as ecosystem management as opposed to estate management, Generally speaking, conservation practices such as integrated resource and environmental management, when applied beyond a single natural resource manager's boundaries, require a high level of management cooperation to succeed.