Biodiversity conservation: Applying new criteria to assess excellence

作者: Simon A. Black , Helen M.R. Meredith , Jim J. Groombridge

DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2011.624766

关键词: BenchmarkingAmateurWildlife conservationScrutinyGovernmentBusinessExcellenceContext (language use)Environmental planningEnvironmental resource managementRecession

摘要: Biodiversity conservation is a discipline that has developed from amateur pursuits by wildlife enthusiasts in the 1960s to today's complex community of multi-national NGOs, government agencies and research institutions. The sector largely funded grants, private donations sponsorship, unsurprisingly faces increasing scrutiny current economic downturn. Furthermore, observed failure halt decline biodiversity provides additional pressure organisations. In this context, business excellence models which have been utilised across many other sectors for evaluation, benchmarking improvement planning could prove valuable influencing effectiveness management. This paper presents sector-specific Conservation Excellence Model describes how managers can better understand scientific processes results be aligned with financial organisational measures success. relevance model illus...

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