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Strategy
Corridor management
Protected area management
reviews the long-term population viability of organisms and
ecological processes within existing or proposed protected areas.
Where it is determined that resident populations and ecological
processes are not viable then consideration is given to linking
protected areas that have historically been connected with
corridors.
Corridors vary in terms of length and width and therefore protected
area management has to incorporate a relation with various
government and non-government organisations in a regional land-use
planning process. A continuous monitoring process is needed to
accompany the establishment of a corridor to ensure that it
functions effectively, in particular because of the problems of
climate change.
Some worldwide established facts related to corridor management,
- Most protected areas around the
world are too small to maintain viable populations of many
resident species and critical ecological processes in the long
term, but fragmentation and island biogeographic studies
indicate that corridors will reduce adverse island effects of
protected areas.
- The need for habitat corridors
will increase I the future due to climate change
- Species conservation objectives
must be clear and corridors designed on the basis of knowledge
of the ecology of target species
- Research and monitoring of the
biological functioning of corridors should be expanded
- Restoration of degraded habitats
to link fragmented habitats will be required in many cases
- Proper establishment and
maintenance of corridors will require a commitment of resources,
and may require more sophisticated management with the adjacent
protected areas.
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