Effective protection of endangered species within their habitats requires a catalogue of situational conservation measures for the respective areas that involve the local population.
Our goal is to preserve endangered species in their respective habitats. This is more complex than it may sound. It requires not only the protection of the remaining populations of endangered animal, plant and fungal species and their habitats.
It also often requires the support of such species through suitable measures, such as the renaturising of impoverished habitats, the connection of residual habitats through wildlife corridors, the provision of nesting sites and the protection of offspring from predators.
This in turn requires situationally adapted protected area management. The respective actions generally involve the local population, take their needs into account in an appropriate manner and endeavour to resolve conflicting objectives. For example, beehives protect smallholder fields against elephants, with the honey generating additional income.
The IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas can serve as a guideline and instrument for the design of such measures.
