An Ecological Approach to Integrating Conservation and Highway Planning, Volume 1 (2013) / Chapter Skim
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17 C h a p t e r 4 This chapter summarizes the solutions responding to the incentives of and barriers to an ecosystem approach that were identified through surveys and interviews. These solutions are followed by the essential features of any ecosystem approach and a description of the IEF.
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18 time to educate each other on their needs and processes. Agencies also emphasized the importance of trust between agencies.
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19 that includes performance measures related to the environment, and a project measuring how the region is attaining the goals of the long-range plan. essential Features of an ecosystem approach and the IeF The barriers, incentives, and solutions identified through surveys and interviews conducted for this effort and supported by background research indicate that any ecosystem approach has certain essential features.
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20 consultation should take into account whether the short-term adverse impacts to the individuals are outweighed by the longterm conservation benefits to the species as a whole.
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21 the Plan was obliged to "estimate the number of individual members of a species within the Permit area" and "then estimate the number of members of the species that will be taken," saying there is "no authority for this interpretation of the ESA." Builds on Existing Effectively Conserved Areas For at-risk species and ecological communities, effective conservation occurs when, given current conditions, biodiversity is expected to persist as a result of conservation actions. Effective conservation is a measure of three categories: biodiversity status, future threat status, and protection and land management status.
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22 Figure 4.1. Steps of the Integrated Ecological Framework.
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