Landscape Connectivity: An Essential Element of Land Management
Landscape connectivity has become a vital component in conservation science and land management planning, especially as human activities continue to reduce the size of natural areas and isolate them from one another. Significant consequences of those activities include isolation of populations of native species and disruption of their natural movements, dispersal patterns, and gene flows. To sustain these vital processes, and thus help species survive, it is imperative to maintain landscape connections among isolated areas. This Science & Policy Brief contains basic information about landscape connectivity and discusses how it can be used in conservation strategies.
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Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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