MARISCO guidebook

MARISCO: adaptive MAnagement of vulnerability and RISk at COnservation sites

A guidebook for risk-robust, adaptive and ecosystem-based conservation of biodiversity

Edited by
Pierre L. Ibisch and Peter Hobson
Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management
2014
PDF 190 Pages (9 MB) English
PDF 190 Pages (11 MB) Spanish
PDF 194 Pages (20,9 MB) Portuguese
PDF 15 Pages, short introduction (1 MB) Deutsch
Conservation is expected to draw up strategies and deliver measurable outcomes in this environment of uncertainty and unknowns. Importantly, MARISCO affirms and demonstrates that this is possible and that uncertainty and risk are common factors for consideration when planning for adaptive management. MARISCO can facilitate adaptation to climate change, but only if it is integrated into a broader concept of ecosystem-based climate management and ecosystem-based sustainable development. It is underpinned by a strong philosophy and theoretical platform that includes ecosystem and complex systems theories, as well as non-equilibrium thermodynamics. It represents a visualised systematic process designed for collecting, ordering and documenting both knowledge and non-knowledge related to biodiversity, threats and drivers of change, as well as the conservation management for a given site.

Further information
Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management
MARISCO Method
GIZ Biological diversity