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Ecosystem Management: A Review of a New Concept and Methodology

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  • Georgios Pavlikakis
  • Vassilios Tsihrintzis

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Ecosystem Management (EM) is a new holistic approach to the management of natural resources. It integrates the scientificknowledge on ecological interrelationships and the complex socioeconomic and political frame of values, aiming at the long-term sustainability of a region, i.e., the ecosystem. Itincludes the human, biological and natural dimensions, and canregulate the internal structures and functions of the ecosystem,and the inputs and outputs from it, so that solutions to development and protection problems can be achieved and be socially well-accepted. It has been given attention since 1991,mainly in the U.S.A., where the existing legal framework formeda basis for EM. The former experience of programs based on the traditional methods of management, the goal of sustainable development stated by many governmental, public or private agencies, and the advent of scientific knowledge, permitted the development of a theoretical basis for EM. Today, a significant number of EM programs have been established and are in progressin the U.S.A. Here the concept, general principles and methodology of EM are reviewed, and the EM program in the Stateof Florida in the U.S.A. is presented, which is considered a successful case study. In addition, the examples of managementof two very important ecosystems in Northern Greece are critically presented for comparison, in order to evaluate if they have EM characteristics. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2000

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  • Georgios Pavlikakis & Vassilios Tsihrintzis, 2000. "Ecosystem Management: A Review of a New Concept and Methodology," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 14(4), pages 257-283, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:waterr:v:14:y:2000:i:4:p:257-283
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1008139011867
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