Assessing the adaptive management process in SMART sites: Lessons learned

Q1 Environmental Science Parks Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI:10.2305/10.2305/iucn.ch.2023.parks-29-1aw.en

A. Wyatt, Rohit Singh, C. Read

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Abstract

The effective management of protected and conserved areas is crucial to the preservation of much of the world’s biodiversity. The Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) is one of the world’s most utilised protected and conserved area management tools, used to inform research, tourism management, natural resources use, intelligence, threat analyses, and more. Through surveying staff at 49 protected and conserved areas across 14 countries, we examine how SMART is being implemented in terms of eight key factors in data management and decision-making. Results indicate room for improvement in all aspects of the adaptive process, particularly relating to the planning of systematic patrols as well as the role of management in the adaptive process. Additionally, many sites provide low levels of training and suffer from insufficient staffing. This information will help develop guidance on what is required by protected and conserved areas for the effective implementation of SMART.

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评估SMART站点的适应性管理过程：经验教训

对保护区和自然保护区的有效管理对于保护世界上大部分生物多样性至关重要。空间监测和报告工具（SMART）是世界上使用率最高的保护区管理工具之一，用于为研究、旅游管理、自然资源使用、情报、威胁分析等提供信息。通过对14个国家49个保护区的工作人员进行调查，我们从数据管理和决策中的八个关键因素来研究SMART是如何实施的。结果表明，适应进程的各个方面都有改进的余地，特别是在系统巡逻的规划以及管理层在适应进程中的作用方面。此外，许多地点提供的培训水平很低，人员配备不足。这些信息将有助于制定保护区和自然保护区有效实施SMART所需的指南。

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Parks Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation

CiteScore

5.80

自引率

0.00%

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审稿时长

20 weeks

期刊介绍： We aim for PARKS to be a rigorous, challenging publication with high academic credibility and standing. But at the same time the journal is and should remain primarily a resource for people actively involved in establishing and managing protected areas, under any management category or governance type. We aim for the majority of papers accepted to include practical management information. We also work hard to include authors who are involved in management but do not usually find the time to report the results of their research and experience to a wider audience. We welcome submissions from people whose written English is imperfect as long as they have interesting research to report, backed up by firm evidence, and are happy to work with authors to develop papers for the journal. PARKS is published with the aim of strengthening international collaboration in protected area development and management by: • promoting understanding of the values and benefits derived from protected areas to governments, communities, visitors, business etc; • ensuring that protected areas fulfil their primary role in nature conservation while addressing critical issues such as ecologically sustainable development, social justice and climate change adaptation and mitigation; • serving as a leading global forum for the exchange of information on issues relating to protected areas, especially learning from case studies of applied ideas; • publishing articles reporting on recent applied research that is relevant to protected area management; • changing and improving protected area management, policy environment and socio-economic benefits through use of information provided in the journal; and • promoting IUCN’s work on protected areas.