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Key points of Sustainable Management

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1) Before protection, it must be recognised that there is degradation - an environment is at risk
- -> Sometimes, degradation can be gradual on difficult to recognise without realising

2) Specific factors that cause the degradation must be identified
- -> We have to solve the problems and the source, not the symptoms (hiding symptoms)

3) Specific strategies can then be devised which target these causal factors
- -> As most degrades environment have a human population management strategies must take into account economic and social factors, as well as purely environmental considerations if they are to be successful
- -> There are social, environmental, economic elements involved
- -> Sustainable solutions needed - costs vs benefits

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If strategies are to be sustainable in the long term, they must consider:

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Needs > measures > outcomes

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What is meant by “Needs”

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  • What is the current situation and what needs to be done?

- What are the long term aims? Is the need to stop further degradation or return the environment to its undamaged state?

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What is meant by “Measures”

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  • What could be adopted to achieve the aims and needs?
  • Evaluate each potential measure - what are the economic and social costs, and how do they balance with the impact on the environment?
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What is meant by “Outcomes”

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  • These measures need to be continually evaluated for levels of success
  • Essentially, what’s the point in spending money and time on something that doesn’t have an identifiable benefit?
  • Can the measures implemented be modified to be more successful?
  • Has the situation, environment or context changed and should the measures be modified to reflect this
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Management in rural and urban areas

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  • Large conservation areas - national parks?
  • Can cause conflict with local population - if limiting economic activity
  • Smaller scale, tackling local issues - easier to solve
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Environmental Kuznet’s Curve

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  • curve with a peak in the middle
  • y axis - environmental degradation
  • x axis - income levels (pre-industrial economy, industsrial economy and post-industrial economy)
  • environmental degradation peaks at middle income levels (industrial economy)
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Is the Environmental Kuznet’s Curve still relevant?

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  • Because most countries have moved from the lowest level of development, most countries are in the middle of the Kuznet’s curve
  • We don’t see the first have of the Kuznet’s curve because countries have developed
  • There are some anomalies