Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Co-management
:
Collective action and property rights:
http://www.capri.cgiar.org/capri.htm
DFID Fisheries Management Science Programme:
http://www.fmsp.org.uk/ Home.htm
Evaluating conservation success
:
Conservation Evidence (database of conservation successes and failures):
http://www.conserva-
Foundations of success (resource for monitoring of conservation effectiveness):
http://www.fos-
International Fund for Agricultural Development (Project monitoring & evaluation guide)
Other
:
TRAFFIC (international wildlife trade monitor)
http://www.traffic.org/
Precautionary principle project (how to apply the precautionary principle in conservation):
Precautionary approach to fisheries. Part 2: scientific papers. Prepared for the Technical
Consultation on the Precautionary Approach to Capture Fisheries (Including Species
Introductions). Lysekil, Sweden, 6-13 June 1995. (A scientific meeting organized by the
Government of Sweden in cooperation with FAO). FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 350, Part
2. Rome, FAO. 1996.
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/W1238E/W1238E00.htm# TOC
Adaptive management resources:
http://www.adaptivemanagement.net/resources.php
Burgman, M. (2005).
Risks and Decisions for Conservation Management
. Cambridge University
Press, UK. A good quantitative and theoretical treatment of the concept of risk, with later
chapters explaining the principles of decision analysis.
Hilborn, R., and Mangel, M. (1997).
The Ecological Detective: Confronting Models with Data
.
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. Excellent book on how to analyse real world
biological data.
Margoluis, R., and Salafsky, N. (1998).
Measures of Success: Designing, Managing, and Monitoring
Conservation and Development Projects
. Island Press, Washington DC. A readable guide to set-
ting up and implementing conservation projects, focussing particularly on developing mea-
surable objectives and a sound management plan. Assumes no knowledge, and does not go
into technical detail.
McShane, T.O., and Wells, M.P. (2004).
Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work: Towards More
Effective Conservation and Development
. Columbia University Press, New York. An edited
volume giving case studies of integrated conservation and development projects and drawing
lessons from their outcomes.
Oates, J.F. (1999).
Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest: How Conservation Strategies Are Failing in
West Africa
. California University Press, Berkeley. A chance to get a personal perspective on
actual conservation project implementation from an experienced conservationist. Biassed,
and unfashionable in many of his views, but that is exactly why it's a valuable read.
Ostrom, E. (1990).
Governing the commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
.
Cambridge University Press, UK. A classic text outlining the institutions that are needed for
effective governance of common property resources.
Pilz, D., Ballard, H.L., and Jones, E.T. (2005).
Broadening participation in biological monitoring:
Guidelines for Biologists and Managers
. Institute for Culture and Ecology.
