Ecosystem approach

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
On December 29, 1993, the <a href="/facts/Convention_on_Biological_Diversity/lQVGd4Dt">Convention on Biological Diversity</a> (CBD) was signed and applied as a multilateral treaty. With the purpose of achieving: 

<ol><li><a href="/facts/Biodiversity/GruakEzs">Biodiversity</a></li>
<li>Sustainability of <a href="/facts/Species_diversity/jgUGx4UC">species diversity</a></li>
<li>Endorse <a href="/facts/Genetic_diversity/GIymbUr8">genetic diversity</a> (e.g. to maintain and endorses livestock, crops, and wildlife)</li></ol>
Two years after the CBD was signed, during the second meeting of <a href="/facts/Conference_of_the_parties/sAqQMR8F">the Conference of the Parties</a> (November 1995) the representatives of the signed treaty would agree upon employing a strategy to combat the intricate and actively changing ecosystem.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> The ecosystem approach would represent as the equalizer for obtaining knowledge and creating countermeasures in preventing the endangerment of any ecological environment.
With the acknowledgment of the ecosystem approach, during the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, a group consensus agreed on a concrete definition and elaboration for the ecosystem approach would be needed, and the Parties would request Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to create a guideline with 12 principles and a description of the ecosystem approach.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> The final results are given at <a href="https://www.cbd.int/decision/cop/default.shtml?id=7148">COP 5 Decision V/6 summary</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>
During the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties, further iteration on the ecosystem approach would be seen as a priority, during the meeting the parties would agree new implementation and strategical development could be incorporated with the ecosystem approach into the CBD.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a> Furthermore, creating a new relationship with sustaining forest organization and the ecosystem approach was talked about. All topics and discussion regarding seventh meeting are given at <a href="https://www.cbd.int/decision/cop/default.shtml?id=7748">COP 7 Decision Vll/11 summary</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>

<h2 id="ecosystem-approach-and-management">Ecosystem approach and management</h2>
Further information: <a href="/facts/Ecosystem-based_management/sMlUD0z2">Ecosystem-based management</a> and <a href="/facts/Ecosystem_management/JXHEcNDP">Ecosystem management</a>
With the development and use of the ecosystem approach, different variation to that form have been created and used. The two being <a href="/facts/Ecosystem_management/JXHEcNDP">ecosystem management</a> and <a href="/facts/Ecosystem-based_management/sMlUD0z2">ecosystem-based management</a>, the framework of the three methods are still the same (the conservation and protection of the ecosystem). The distinguishing part beings with how to initiate the approach of solving the problem. Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is used for projects that incorporate interaction of different levels: organisms, the ecosystem, and the human component; however, its varies from the other methods as the scale of the problem is larger and intricate. The objectives should be straightforward and condensed with important systematic information. Also, EBM considers social and cultural aspects into the solution not just only scientific reasoning. With ecosystem management, the process is similar to EBM; however, factors such as socioeconomics and politics can impact the decision and solution. A cultural aspect is also considered when creating a solution.

<h2 id="ecosystem-approach-for-self-reliance">Ecosystem approach for self-reliance</h2>
Further information: <a href="/facts/Fishery/TBvcT9bB">Fishery</a> and <a href="/facts/Ecosystem-based_fisheries/C2EgrRSX">Ecosystem-based fisheries</a>
The ecosystem approach is currently being used in the fields of environmental and ocean management (i.e. the ecosystem approach does not stop there; it is being used in various fields and sub-fields as well). The goal is to address the current problems facing those fields through the use of conceptual thinking and approach that would determine a viable and sustaining solution. One example, in particular, would be pertaining to <a href="/facts/Fishery/TBvcT9bB">Fishery</a> (a commercial industry in capturing and selling of fishes). In recent years, inland fisheries have quintupled from 2 million metric tons to 11 million metric tons in the span of 60 years from 1950 to 2010.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a> Through the use of the ecosystem approach more specifically the <a href="/facts/Fisheries_management/C2EgrRSX">ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF)</a>, sometimes referred to as Ecosystem-based fisheries. EAF is seen as a framework to creating local strategies for each specific fishery ecosystem and implementing the new strategies gradually with the already existing rules and regulation. With the use of EAF if successful fishery industries could generate substantial income; as well as, improve the fragile ecosystem of aquarium species.

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Ecosystem/kVE8mSmR">Ecosystem</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Convention_on_Biological_Diversity/lQVGd4Dt">Convention on Biological Diversity</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Conference_of_the_parties/sAqQMR8F">The Conference of the Parties</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ecosystem_management/JXHEcNDP">Ecosystem management</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ecosystem-based_management/sMlUD0z2">Ecosystem-based management</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fishery/TBvcT9bB">Fishery</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ecosystem-based_fisheries/C2EgrRSX">Ecosystem based fisheries</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">"Biodiversity-Ecosystem Approach". biodiversitya-z.org. <a href="http://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/ecosystem-approach" target="_blank">http://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/ecosystem-approach</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"Ecosystem Approach". Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2016-12-10. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181101050434/http://www.fao.org/biodiversity/cross-sectoral-issues/ecosystem-approach/en" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20181101050434/http://www.fao.org/biodiversity/cross-sectoral-issues/ecosystem-approach/en</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"CBD Guidelines" (PDF). CBD. <a href="https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/ea-text-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/ea-text-en.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"Biodiversity-Ecosystem Approach". biodiversitya-z.org. <a href="http://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/ecosystem-approach" target="_blank">http://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/ecosystem-approach</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"Biodiversity-Ecosystem Approach". biodiversitya-z.org. <a href="http://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/ecosystem-approach" target="_blank">http://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/ecosystem-approach</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"Biodiversity-Ecosystem Approach". biodiversitya-z.org. <a href="http://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/ecosystem-approach" target="_blank">http://www.biodiversitya-z.org/content/ecosystem-approach</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"Ecosystem". CBD. 8 August 2019. <a href="https://www.cbd.int/ecosystem/" target="_blank">https://www.cbd.int/ecosystem/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">JNCC-Ecosystem Approach <a href="http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=6276" target="_blank">http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=6276</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"CBD Guidelines" (PDF). CBD. <a href="https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/ea-text-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/ea-text-en.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"CBD Guidelines" (PDF). CBD. <a href="https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/ea-text-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/ea-text-en.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">COP 5 Decision V/6 summary <a href="https://www.cbd.int/decision/cop/default.shtml?id=7148" target="_blank">https://www.cbd.int/decision/cop/default.shtml?id=7148</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">COP 7 Decision Vll/11 summary <a href="https://www.cbd.int/decision/cop/default.shtml?id=7748" target="_blank">https://www.cbd.int/decision/cop/default.shtml?id=7748</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">COP 7 Decision Vll/11 summary <a href="https://www.cbd.int/decision/cop/default.shtml?id=7748" target="_blank">https://www.cbd.int/decision/cop/default.shtml?id=7748</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">Stoica, Maricica. "The ecosystem approach to ecological restoration management case study - Trotus hydrographic basin." Management Research and Practice, vol. 4, no. 3, 2012, p. 57+. Academic OneFile. Accessed 8 Nov. 2016. <a href="http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=colu91149&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA305194233&asid=0db1d19612bbda6b3a6f9ee5501cc415" target="_blank">http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=colu91149&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA305194233&asid=0db1d19612bbda6b3a6f9ee5501cc415</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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