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Ecosystem-Based Management: An Illustrative Approach

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Definition

This entry will focus on the subject of Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM). EBM is an approach by which all the relationships in an ecosystem are studied to ensure its prosperity and continuation. However, certain terms must be identified in a chronological order so as to know the meaning and definition of EBM.

  • Management is the science and process of achieving the set goals/objectives using the available resources optimally for an organization, where resources may include financial resources, inventory, human skills, production resources, or Information Technology (IT); thus, scientific management as per Fredrick Taylor can be described “as an approach that involves using the scientific method to find the ‘one best way’ for a job to be done” (Robbins and Coulter 2016).

  • Ecology is the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings; according to Begon et al. (2006) and Courchamp et al. (2015), it is the...

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  1. Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

    Youssef Abdul Razzak Doughan

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    Anabela Marisa Azul

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Doughan, Y.A.R. (2020). Ecosystem-Based Management: An Illustrative Approach. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95675-6_10

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