Subjective risk assessment for planning conservation projects Game, Edward T., Fitzsimons, James A., Lipsett-Moore, Geoff and McDonald-Madden, Eve 2013, Subjective risk assessment for planning conservation projects, Environmental research letters, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1-13, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045027. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads game-subjectiverisk-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 761.39KB 247 Title Subjective risk assessment for planning conservation projects Author(s) Game, Edward T. Fitzsimons, James A. orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-8040 Lipsett-Moore, Geoff McDonald-Madden, Eve Journal name Environmental research letters Volume number 8 Issue number 4 Start page 1 End page 13 Total pages 13 Publisher Institute of Physics Publishing Place of publication Bristol, England Publication date 2013 ISSN 1748-9326 Keyword(s) Marine Reserves Management Uncertainty Biodiversity Summary Conservation projects occur under many types of uncertainty. Where this uncertainty can affect achievement of a project's objectives, there is risk. Understanding risks to project success should influence a range of strategic and tactical decisions in conservation, and yet, formal risk assessment rarely features in the guidance or practice of conservation planning. We describe how subjective risk analysis tools can be framed to facilitate the rapid identification and assessment of risks to conservation projects, and how this information should influence conservation planning. Our approach is illustrated with an assessment of risks to conservation success as part of a conservation plan for the work of The Nature Conservancy in northern Australia. Risks can be both internal and external to a project, and occur across environmental, social, economic and political systems. Based on the relative importance of a risk and the level of certainty in its assessment we propose a series of appropriate, project level responses including research, monitoring, and active amelioration. Explicit identification, prioritization, and where possible, management of risks are important elements of using conservation resources in an informed and accountable manner Language eng DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045027 Field of Research 059999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970105 Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, Institute of Physics Publishing Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30061695 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 18 Mar 2014, 08:42:59 EST Tue, 18 Mar 2014, 13:13:51 EST Wed, 02 Apr 2014, 11:39:28 EST Wed, 18 Nov 2015, 07:28:54 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 23:17:16 EST Sat, 28 Oct 2017, 01:31:38 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:04:24 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:59:52 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 7 times in TR Web of Science Cited 9 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 238 Abstract Views, 247 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 18 Mar 2014, 08:42:59 EST