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Parks Stewardship Forum Features Living Landscapes

The most recent edition of the Parks Stewardship Forum (PSF), entitled “Politics, Practice, and the Management of Living Landscapes,” was guest-edited by Brenda Barrett and Eleanor Mahoney from the Living Landscape Observer. This issue examines the conservation of living landscapes at sites worldwide.

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Bridging the Nature/Culture Divide with Ecological Restoration

How we resolve the dissonance in our thinking between the goals of conserving ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. One area where this question is being dealt with in an engaging way is within the field of ecological restoration. Off the west coast of Canada, on a small island in the Gulf Islands archipelago, The Galiano Conservancy Association offers an exciting model of how to transform traditional nature conservation.

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How is Restoration Relevant to Stewardship?

Can Landscape Stewardship really include restoration? Even more the concept of novel systems and their management? This contribution by Peter Bridgewater and reprinted with permission of the Hercules Project suggests that good stewardship must explore practices beyond just preserving the landscape.

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What are the Components of Creative Conservation?

Reflections on a recent article on the future of conservation including working at a landscape scale, recognizing the human benefits, involving the people who live in the region, and mentoring a new generation of local conservation leaders.

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Parks Stewardship Forum Features Living Landscapes

The most recent edition of the Parks Stewardship Forum (PSF), entitled “Politics, Practice, and the Management of Living Landscapes,” was guest-edited by Brenda Barrett and Eleanor Mahoney from the Living Landscape Observer. This issue examines the conservation of living landscapes at sites worldwide.

Read More »

Bridging the Nature/Culture Divide with Ecological Restoration

How we resolve the dissonance in our thinking between the goals of conserving ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. One area where this question is being dealt with in an engaging way is within the field of ecological restoration. Off the west coast of Canada, on a small island in the Gulf Islands archipelago, The Galiano Conservancy Association offers an exciting model of how to transform traditional nature conservation.

Read More »

How is Restoration Relevant to Stewardship?

Can Landscape Stewardship really include restoration? Even more the concept of novel systems and their management? This contribution by Peter Bridgewater and reprinted with permission of the Hercules Project suggests that good stewardship must explore practices beyond just preserving the landscape.

Read More »

What are the Components of Creative Conservation?

Reflections on a recent article on the future of conservation including working at a landscape scale, recognizing the human benefits, involving the people who live in the region, and mentoring a new generation of local conservation leaders.

Read More »