Six Key Aspects of Environmental Based Management
Environmental based management (EBM) is a management strategy that recognizes the complete spectrum of interactions within an ecosystem. This involves all species within the system ranging from human, plant and animals as opposed to single issues or species (McLeod et al., 2005). This ecosystem could either be terrestrial or aquatic depending on the composition of the environment. These management techniques are of great relevance as they are incorporated to help fight the emerging issues such as global warming, water and land degradation. This research paper identifies the six key aspects of Environmental Based Management and how they apply to all ecosystems. It also investigates the social and political ramifications, perceived barriers of adoption and how appropriate EBM is to manage human and ecological systems.
Aspects of Environmental Based Management
It is critical that every entity in its own billing strives to think about their immediate ecosystem in coming up with management policies (Sheldon & Yoxon, 2006). It is these factors that led to the formulation of the six aspects of environment based management which continue to guide the relationship that exists in having the ecosystems together.
Integration of ecological, social and economic goals and recognition of humans as key components of the ecosystem
Integration of ecological, social and economic goals calls for the consideration of humans as part of the ecosystem. This came about after it was realized that previous strategies and policies had been put in place with the animals and plants catered for while human were not included (Kareiva et al., 2007). This led to a series of coexistence problems such as human- wildlife conflict as well as human encroachment on land already earmarked for forests are wildlife. This could be attributed to the fact that as the human