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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Biosphere Reserve"”.
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Developing a Social Impact Measurement Framework for the UNESCO’s Biosphere Reserve (Cat Ba Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Viet Nam)
The Biosphere Reserve (BR) seeks to contribute to social sustainability at a global level (UNESCO/MAB, 1996; Ishwaran et al., 2008a). This study develops a Social Impact Measurement Framework (SIMF) for the UNESCO’s BR (through the case study of Cat Ba Archipelago BR, Viet Nam). The SIMF for the BR …
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Ground - dwelling arthropods in a biosphere reserve: patterns of diversity and conservation implications
… beetle and millipede diversity in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve – the largest biosphere reserve in South Africa, and one of the largest in Africa. Firstly we aim to provide an evaluation of the ability of a range of broad and fine scale predictors to explain the variation in the diversity of …
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Fruit bat diet, foraging ecology and seed dispersal in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve.
Agricultural intensification, and a rapid human population growth have resulted in increased human wildlife contact. In the case of fruit bats, conflict with commercial fruit farmers has been a leading contributor to a decline of bat species populations, despite the vital ecosystem service of seed …
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Measuring the Applicability of the Seville Strategy to the Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve
… through sustainable use. The International Biosphere Reserve (IBR) program, as defined in the Seville Strategy, encourages locations already involved in conservation to continue to protect biodiversity and foster harmonious relationships between humans and their environment through …
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Understanding stakeholder perspectives : the case of Mount Arrowsmith Massif Regional Park & the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve
… areas are crucial for the health of the biosphere and long-term sustainability of the planet. However challenges these areas face include: there are simply not enough of them, the existing ones are often too small and fragmented, and there is not always public support for them. Regional …
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Modeling change : a case study comparison of biosphere reserve governance in Canada and the United Kingdom
… resources and capability exist to address it. Biosphere reserves are governed as such. Each biosphere reserve has the ability to include climate change mitigation strategies within their mandates. Can these models of governance be used to demonstrate how to effectively address and mitigate …
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Efficacy of communication strategies employed by the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve to promote environmental awareness and sustainability
… awareness and sustainable behaviour in biosphere reserves. Existing studies emphasise the importance of communication in biosphere reserves. However, these studies often lack context-specific analysis. The communication strategies employed by biospheres, including the Vhembe Biosphere …
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Habitat and population structure of the Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, Mexico
… current knowledge on aquatic habitat in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (CBR) and characterizes aguada habitats across the region through information on their general structure and water quality. Such inferences provide a baseline to investigate the population structure of C. moreletii within and …
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Drivers of farmer-African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) conflict in the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve, South Africa
… and the African wild dog in the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa between April 2018 and January 2019. The causes of conflict in the Waterberg and levels of tolerance by the farmers for African wild dogs were investigated. The methodology was two-fold, using …
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Multidimensional Spatial Characterization of Plant Invasions in 'El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar' Biosphere Reserve
… of 'El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar' Biosphere Reserve (PBR) in northwestern Sonora, Mexico. This approach combined genetic algorithms, geographic information systems, field methods, statistical analysis, and remote sensing modeling at multiple spatial and temporal scales to predict …
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An assessment of land degradation and alien plants invasion in the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo Province
… services within the WBR. An area outside the reserve was designated as a control to compare how degradation processes have evolved over the last few decades. Landsat images captured in 1989, 2000, 2013, and 2017 were used to analyse and map the land use/cover change. The images were classified …
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Geochemistry of a pristine fynbos ecosystem in the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens and Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve
… National Botanical Gardens and the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve in order to investigate interactions between the various nutrient pools in a pristine fynbos ecosystem. Physical variables (pH, EC, temperature, DO, alkalinity) were measured in the field, and water samples were collected and …
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Modelling the spatial distributions and water use of Mauritius thorn (Caesalpinia decapetala) and river red gum (Eucalyptus camal dulensis) using remote sensing and geographic information system techniques in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve
… red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve (VBR). Three remote sensing imagery platforms were assessed in terms of their ability to classify land cover within the VBR accurately. Supervised classification of Colour Digital Aerial Imagery (CDAI), SPOT 6 and Worldview 2 …
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Understanding experiences of socioecological change through plastic: new methods and lessons learned
… action research process called Zero Plastic in Biosphere Reserves (referred to hereafter as ‘Zero Plastic’), and presents innovative methods for exploring ways in which people are impacted by and responding to plastic pollution as individuals and collectives, with the core intention of answering …
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Carbon Pools, Dynamics and Budget of the Bruce Peninsula
The northern Bruce Peninsula is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, contains the largest continuous forest in Southern Ontario and is a hotspot for biodiversity. However, there is little research done on the carbon pools, their dynamics and the soil carbon budget. A more comprehensive understanding …
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Evaluating ecotourism in Mexico’s biosphere reserves – whale watching activities in the World Heritage Site of Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 1994-2002
… Heritage Site - located within the El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The framework measured both the socio-economic changes, and the economic viability of the local and regional operators. This approach led to a detailed understanding of the underlying, and often …
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Antarctic Protected Areas
… a new protected site classification based on the Biosphere Reserve concept. Such options are not mutually exclusive and emphasise the need for Treaty Parties to take a more positive approach to the setting aside of protected sites and to their management. It is concluded that improvements to the …
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A resource management strategy for the Belize barrier reef system
… a reef system-wide protected area, using a biosphere reserve framework and a customized model planning process to implement the strategy.
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