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Faced with the increasing number of species and ecosystems
at risk and escalating threats such as climate change,
resource managers and practitioners need a way to prioritize
conservation challenges in order to allocate limited resources.
The Conservation Framework provides a set of decision
support tools to enable collaboration between government
and non-government resource managers and practitioners
using clearly defined criteria to:
1) prioritize species1 and ecosystems2 for conservation; and
2) determine the most appropriate and effective
management actions.
The Conservation Framework is designed to optimize
allocation of resources, including staff time and dollars.
In the past, priorities were assigned using lists designed for
categorizing the status of species and ecosystems based on
extinction risk. To better manage for species and ecosystems
of conservation concern, British Columbia developed the
Conservation Framework to optimize allocation of resources,
including staff time and dollars. This is an approach that:
? is based on specific goals to guide conservation efforts
for species and ecosystems of conservation concern;
? addresses the issue of jurisdictional rarity (where a
species? range ?drifts? across a jurisdictional boundary);
? is proactive for species and ecosystems that are not
yet at risk but are experiencing serious downward
population trends;
? adequately addresses British Columbia?s stewardship
responsibility for globally important species and
ecosystems;
? is based on the best available scientific information
to quickly and transparently prioritize species and
ecosystems and assign them to appropriate
management actions.
Ministry of Environment. 2009. Conservation Framework - Conservation Priorities for Species and Ecosystems Primer. Province of BC, Ecosystems Branch, Environmental Stewardship Division, Ministry of Environment
Keywords: Goals, CF, Framework, Conservation, British Columbia, Tools, Prioritization, Single species, Single Ecosystem, Ecological Restoration,
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