Author(s)

G.E. Pavlikakis and V.A. Tsihrintzis

Abstract

Ecosystem management (EM), as a new concept and as a methodology, has been given attention since 1991. EM is the new way of regional management that integrates the scientific knowledge on ecological interrelationships and the complex socio-economic and political frame of values, aiming at the long-term protection of the entire natural ecosystem. It is a holistic approach to the management of natural resources, including the human, biological and natural dimensions, having as an objective the sustainability. It can be applied to any region (which is considered as the ecosystem) and can regulate the internal structures and functions, and the inputs to and outputs from it, so that solutions to development and pr

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