Second, policy links to on-the-ground activities are explored, highlighting ways in which a physical landscape template provides an integrating platform for catchment action planning, water management planning, vegetation management, water quality assessment, conservation and rehabilitation planning and implementation, and monitoring programs.
In the next phase, we will work with ten gardens in North Carolina to sample garden soils, and then select 3-4 of these gardens to work with closely and create an action and contamination management plan.
The information will be used in predictive modeling to guide policy and management actions, e.g., river basin nutrient management plans.
Regarding the potential applications of resilience and vulnerability concepts, we mainly consider risk reduction measures, risk management plans and actions, and climate change adaptation measures in this article.
In addition, management plans, decisions, and actions in practical management of conservation forests need to be studied, to clarify choices and present conditions.
Thus far intra-specific diversity was seldom taken into account in management plans, and restoration actions showed very low success.
An adequate understanding of the consequences of human actions is thus a prerequisite for management plans aiming at securing sustainability while maximizing ecosystem services.
A natural next step then would be to prioritize actions within the management plan.
It should also help the MPA managers, to define the most suitable management actions and monitor the management plan itself.
Those responsible for implementation (e.g. government agencies, other stakeholders, or combinations of entities) should take the actions specified in the management plan in a timely, effective and efficient manner.
