1. Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management

2. Do we need to manage natural resources?

3. ...no area on earth can be regarded as truly “natural.” IUCN

4. HDNRM is a balancing act between use(s) and integrity of a natural resource
Management

9. HDNRM is a balancing act between use(s) and integrity of a natural resource
Management

10. do we manage natural resources?
Big Questions in HDNRM
WHY
do we manage natural resources?
...and...
HOW

11. What is HDNRM?
...the application of social science theory and methods to help understand the cultural, sociological, psychological, economic, biological, and physical aspects of natural resource management and environmental problem solving. Fulton, Nelson, Anderson, Lime

12. What is HDNRM?
...an area of investigation which attempts to describe, predict, understand and affect human thought and action toward natural environments and to acquire such understanding for the primary purpose of improving stewardship of natural resources. Human dimensions research builds on concepts and theories from several disciplines including sociology, psychology, economics, anthropology, geography, political science, marketing, and education. University of Delaware Sea Grant

13. The domains of HDNRM
Ecosystemic
Economic
Political
Sociopsychological

14. HDNRM is a balancing act between use(s) and integrity of a natural resource
Management

15. Ecocentric view of natural resources
Use(s)
Integrity
Management

16. Anthropocentric view of natural resources
Integrity
Use(s)
Management

17. Resource Conflict
Conflict is when the behavior of an individual or group interferes with the goals of another individual or group
Goal may be tangible (e.g. market valuation) or intangible (e.g. desired experience)

18. Resource use conflicts
Complementary
Competitive
Supplementary
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness
Wildlife and fish habitat
Range
Timber
Watershed
Human and community development
Oil, gas and minerals
Cultural resources

19. Dual mandate of HDNRM Use(s) Integrity Management
Providing a quality user experience
Protecting the quality of the environment and/or resource base
Use(s)
Integrity
Management

20. Goal of HDNRM is balancing acceptable use with protection of the dependent natural resources

21. What is a Resource?
Resources are productive functions and operations performed by tangible substances when used to satisfy a given end or defined want. Resources explicitly require objectives and planning agents (managers).

22. Key factors of natural resources

23. Key factors of natural resources
Utility
Scarcity

24. Classes of natural resources
Stock
Flow
Constant
Cyclical
Variable

25. Stock or Flow?

26. Why are natural resources so controversial?

27. Preservation Conservation Exploitation

28. Simple definition of conservation
A way that we manage our natural resources for sustained output without depleting them and/or damaging the resource base

29. Conservation of stock vs
Conservation of stock vs. flow natural resources: The Conservation Continuum
0% amount used over time 100%
0% rate of use over time 100%

30. Stock Natural Resources
Conservation of stock vs. flow natural resources: The Conservation Continuum
Stock Natural Resources
0% amount used over time 100%
0% rate of use over time 100%

31. Stock Natural Resources
Conservation of stock vs. flow natural resources: The Conservation Continuum
Stock Natural Resources
0% amount used over time 100%
0% rate of use over time 100%

32. Flow Natural Resources
Conservation of stock vs. flow natural resources: The Conservation Continuum
Flow Natural Resources
0% amount used over time 100%
0% rate of use over time 100%

33. Flow Natural Resources
Conservation of stock vs. flow natural resources: The Conservation Continuum
Flow Natural Resources
0% amount used over time 100%
0% rate of use over time 100%

34. Conservation of stock vs. flow natural resources
Conservation generally requires decreases in present rates of use for stock and carefully controlled rates of use for flow resources

35. Examples of management tools that can conserve natural resources
Bag or creel limits
Court injunctions
Permit systems
Hunting seasons
Reserves
Education
Preservation

36. What is preservation of natural resources?

37. Preservation
A management approach which attempts to maintain natural ecological integrity and processes through regulation of factors which would prove to be disruptive

38. Ecosystem
A community of organisms and their physical environment interacting as an ecological system
Preservation is a management approach which attempts to maintain natural ecological integrity and processes through regulation of factors which would prove to be disruptive

39. Ecological Change in HDNRM
No Human
Impact
Acceptable
Impact
Unacceptable
Impact
Natural
Changes
Human-Induced
Changes

40. Ecological Change in HDNRM
limit of acceptable change
No Human
Impact
Acceptable
Impact
Unacceptable
Impact
Natural
Changes
Human-Induced
Changes

41. Carrying Capacity
The maximum population size that can be sustained by an environment

42. Carrying Capacity
The maximum population size that can be sustained by an environment

43. Weakness of CC in HDNRM
Finding a single ecological carrying capacity that accommodates ecological, social and managerial demands

44. General Dimensions of Carrying Capacity in HDNRM
Ecological
Societal
Managerial

45. The future of Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management: The Precautionary Principle

46. Precautionary Principle
When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically.
(Wingspread Statement, 1998)