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actions, and monitor key indicators that will refl ect management success. There are
two approaches when selecting new biodiversity reserves. Complementarity selection
involves proceeding in a stepwise fashion, selecting at each step the site that is most
complementary to those already selected in terms of the biodiversity it contains.
Irreplaceability selection involves ranking potential sites in terms of the likelihood
they will be required to achieve conservation targets or, conversely, the likelihood
of one or more targets not being achieved if the area is not included.
It is even more diffi cult to design and implement plans to achieve multiple goals
- sustainable exploitation, recreational use and biodiversity conservation. Arguably
the most effective approach is to involve, from the outset, all the different interest
groups in the planning process.

The fi nal word

Given his choice of career as a fi lm-maker, Omar appreciated the analogy of employ-
ing a 'macroscope' to take in the big picture when dealing with landscape issues.
' This makes very clear how mistakes might be made if managers work at too fi ne a scale. '
Omar also noted that the most problematic management scenarios of all are those
that attempt to achieve multiple, and often confl icting, goals. ' But for me, these studies
provided the most hope for the future. By involving local people and interest groups in a
sympathetic way it is clear that compromises will be made (I like the idea of “gifts and
gains” in Section 10.7.2). So why on earth can't something be worked out to allow the
Kalahari bushmen in my documentary fi lm to continue hunting? '
Assemble information about the situation of the bushman tribes of southern
Africa and outline a strategy that would respect their history and culture while
conserving biodiversity in their landscape. Or do you think that their hunting
interests are outweighed by a broader objective to maintain biodiversity?

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