This book is intended for use by natural resource managers and scientists, and students in the fields of natural resource management, ecology, and conservation

A guide to making good decisions about wildlife management and biodiversity conservation against a backdrop of socio-environmental change.

Decision making in land management involves preferential selection among competing alternatives. Often, such choices are difficult owing to the complexity of th

Provides and analyzes real examples of how structured decision making (SDM) can help solve complex problems involving natural resources. When faced with complic

This book outlines the creative process of making environmental management decisions using the approach called Structured Decision Making. It is a short introdu