CH9 Management

Question 1

What is a Landscape? How does landscape ecology relate to managing protected areas?

Answer 1

• Interaction of different habitats
• The area around parks may support each other, creates a buffer zone.

Question 2

What factors may increase the need to manage a protected area?

Answer 2

-Condition of the environment, management may be needed if the environment was already
altered by humans (in need protection)
-Size and location, small reserve near a a city may need more management, large reserve in
rural area may need limited intervention.

Question 3

How is disturbance used as a tool to maintain species diversity in a protected area ? How does this relate to succession? Can you think of examples?

Answer 3

• Key types may be eliminated.
• Prevent change in the community
  -i.e, keep things grass

Question 4

Should management plans fixed or flexible? Why may they need to change?

Answer 4

-Flexible
-Are goals being met, how is the status assessed, are they breeding what will need to happen in
the future?

Question 5

Managing the threats to protected areas often include managing people – what are some of the biggest threats that people pose to protected areas?

Answer 5

-Illegal harvesting
-Human/animal conflicts (damaging crops/property)
-Degradation (agriculture, grazing, logging, mining, tourism, etc)
-Climate change
-Proper funding (adequately paid personal, vehicles, communication equipment)

Question 6

How can buffer zones be used to lessen threats?

Answer 6

-Creates a ‘transition zone’
-Boundaries for sustainable use, preferred to development.
-Restricts human entry

Question 7

How could improving communication with local people near a protected area increase the success of conservation efforts?

Answer 7

• get them invested
  -Give them a voice
  -Let them know what’s happening