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The attitudes and behaviours of private landholders toward the conservation of a highly transformed and critically endangered
habitat, Overberg Coastal Renosterveld (OCR) (a grassy shrubland of the Cape Floral Region, South Africa) are described. Personal,
semistructured interviews were conducted with landholders, representing 40 properties in the Overberg region, on topics such
as management and utilisation of OCR, the depth of their knowledge of its conservation importance, what they perceive its
value to be, and the extent of their willingness to conserve it. General attitudes toward conservation incentives and provincial
conservation authorities were also investigated. Farmers more willing to conserve were younger, did not necessarily have a
better education, and owned larger farms (>500 ha) with a greater amount of remnant renosterveld (>300 ha) than those less
willing to conserve. Attitudes toward the OCR were largely negative, related to associated problem plants and animals and
the fact that it is believed not to be economically advantageous to retain it. However, farmers are of the opinion that provision
of incentives and increased extension support will provide practical positive inducements for conservation. Landholder education
is paramount to prevent further transformation of critically endangered habitats. The success of private-conservation programs
depends on the attitudes of landowners toward (1) the particular habitat or species to be conserved (which can vary depending
on the type of land use practised and the associated benefits and disadvantages of that habitat type); (2) the conservation
agency or extension officers responsible for that area; and (3) willingness of landowners to participate in a conservation
program, which is influenced by landowner age, farm size, and the amount of natural habitat left to conserve. 相似文献
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Safety performance has a direct effect on employees' productivity and quality of work life, and on company profits and image in the community. Enormous human and financial losses can result from poor safety performance, and all such losses are preventable. To prevent these potential losses, safety performance must be continually improved across all levels of the organization. Effective safety programs are the key to improved safety performance. But how do we know when a safety program is effective? How can we measure safety performance and set goals for improvements? How can we track progress toward these goals? This article demonstrates how a powerful performance management tool —performance indexing— can be used to help improve safety performance throughout your company. This tool can also be used to measure, track, and improve environmental and occupational health performance. 相似文献
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Seymour Colleen L. Gillson Lindsey Child Matthew F. Tolley Krystal A. Curie Jock C. da Silva Jessica M. Alexander Graham J. Anderson Pippin Downs Colleen T. Egoh Benis N. Ehlers Smith David A. Ehlers Smith Yvette C. Esler Karen J. O’Farrell Patrick J. Skowno Andrew L. Suleman Essa Veldtman Ruan 《Ambio》2020,49(6):1211-1221
Ambio - A horizon scan was conducted to identify emerging and intensifying issues for biodiversity conservation in South Africa over the next 5–10 years. South African biodiversity... 相似文献
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Stephanie J. E. Midgley Karen J. Esler Petra B. Holden Alanna J. Rebelo Sabine I. Stuart-Hill James D. S. Cullis Nadine Methner 《Ambio》2021,50(8):1587
Scaled up planning and implementation of nature-based solutions requires better understanding of broad characteristics (typologies) of the current governance and financing landscape, collaborative approaches amidst local complexities, and factors of scalability. An inventory was compiled of water-related ecological infrastructure intervention projects in two river systems in South Africa, incorporating actor, environmental, social, and financial dimensions and benefits. Qualitative participatory analysis revealed eight typologies. Post-hoc classification analysis determined similarities and/or unique characteristics of seven quantitative typologies. Key characterising factors included the complexity/size of financial flows, complexity of partnership/governance arrangements, mandates/goals of actors, type of ecological infrastructure, trade-offs in investment in ecological/built infrastructure, and the model used for social benefits. Identified scalable typologies offer structures suited to increased investment, with other typologies offering specialised local value. A range of ecological infrastructure intervention typologies with differing biophysical and socioeconomic outcomes provide choices for investors with specific goals, and benefits to landscape actors.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13280-021-01531-z. 相似文献
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Daniel Esler 《Conservation biology》2000,14(2):366-372
Abstract: Metapopulation theory has proven useful for understanding the population structure and dynamics of many species of conservation concern. The metapopulation concept has been applied almost exclusively to nonmigratory species, however, for which subpopulation demographic independence—a requirement for a classically defined metapopulation—is explicitly related to geographic distribution and dispersal probabilities. Defining the degree of demographic independence among subpopulations of migratory animals, and thus the applicability of metapopulation theory as a conceptual framework for understanding population dynamics, is much more difficult. Unlike nonmigratory species, subpopulations of migratory animals cannot be defined as synonymous with geographic areas. Groups of migratory birds that are geographically separate at one part of the annual cycle may occur together at others, but co-occurrence in time and space does not preclude the demographic independence of subpopulations. I suggest that metapopulation theory can be applied to migratory species but that understanding the degree of subpopulation independence may require information about both spatial distribution throughout the annual cycle and behavioral mechanisms that may lead to subpopulation demographic independence. The key for applying metapopulation theory to migratory animals lies in identifying demographically independent subpopulations, even as they move during the annual cycle and potentially co-occur with other subpopulations. Using examples of migratory bird species, I demonstrate that spatial and temporal modes of subpopulation independence can interact with behavioral mechanisms to create demographically independent subpopulations, including cases in which subpopulations are not spatially distinct in some parts of the annual cycle. 相似文献
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