Table 1.
Categories of first‐ and second‐order conservation action* | Historical | Contemporary |
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Target restoration and stress‐reduction actions | ✔ | ✔ |
land and water management | ✔ | ✔ |
site and area stewardship | ✔ | ✔ |
ecosystem and natural‐process re‐creation | ✔ | ✔ |
species management | ✔ | ✔ |
species stewardship | ✔ | ✔ |
species reintroduction & translocation | ✔ | |
ex situ conservation | ||
Behavioral change and threat‐reduction actions | ✔ | ✔ |
awareness raising | ✔ | ✔ |
outreach & communications | ✔ | ✔ |
protests & civil disobedience | ✔ | |
law enforcement & prosecution | ✔ | ✔ |
detection & arrest | ✔ | ✔ |
criminal prosecution & conviction | ✔ | ✔ |
noncriminal legal action | ✔ | |
Livelihood, economic, & moral incentives | ✔ | ✔ |
linked enterprises and alternative livelihoods | ✔ | ✔ |
better products and management practices | ✔ | ✔ |
market‐based incentives | ||
direct economic incentives | ||
nonmonetary values | ✔ | ✔ |
Enabling condition actions | ✔ | ✔ |
conservation designation & planning | ✔ | ✔ |
protected area designation or acquisition | ✔ | ✔ |
easements and resource rights | ✔ | ✔ |
land‐ and water‐use zoning and designation | ✔ | ✔ |
conservation planning | ✔ | |
site infrastructure | ✔ | ✔ |
legal and policy frameworks | ✔ | ✔ |
laws, regulations, and codes | ✔ | ✔ |
policies and guidelines | ✔ | ✔ |
research and monitoring | ✔ | ✔ |
basic research and status monitoring | ✔ | ✔ |
evaluation, effectiveness measures, and learning | ✔ | ✔ |
education and training | ✔ | ✔ |
formal education | ✔ | ✔ |
training and individual capacity development | ✔ | |
institutional development | ✔ | ✔ |
internal organizational management and administration | ✔ | |
external organizational development and support | ||
alliance and partnership development | ✔ | ✔ |
financing conservation | ✔ |
*Second‐order actions are subordinate to first order in the column.