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1. Recognise that the cause of most sustainability problems are global and
national, but the solutions are regional and local.
2. Recognise the complexity of landscapes and landscape sustainability problems,
arising as they do from ecological, social, economic, and institutional drivers,
and incorporate complexity into the design and restoration process so that
landscapes
are
resistant
and
robust
to
future
human
and
environmental
disturbances.
3. Protect what currently works since it is difficult and expensive to replace or
repair.
4. Set goals that are sufficiently ambitious so as to inspire innovative solutions to
sustainability problems.
5. Stay involved in the management plans during and after their implementation,
as this increases the likelihood that the plans will take on a more adaptive form
and evolve toward practices that can approach long-term sustainability.
6. Recognize and encourage the active participation of all the stakeholders in
understanding and decision making to develop solutions to landscape sustain-
ability problems.
7. Actively engage in systematic landscape restoration/reconstruction to reverse
the adverse effects of habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation.
Acknowledgments Leonie Seabrook is funded through the National Environmental Research
Program, Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Com-
munities. Clive McAlpine is supported by the Australian Research Council FT100100338.
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