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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"parks and protected areas"”.
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The Effectiveness of Social Media Communications for Visitor Behaviour Management in Ontario's Parks and Protected Areas
Parks and protected areas in Ontario have long been bastions of conservation while also providing critical outdoor recreation opportunities for the health and well-being of the people. This was particularly evident during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, where parks and protected areas …
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Photovoice as a technique to understand the perceptions of local people neighboring Tarangire National Park in Tanzania on the risks caused by migratory animals
… of wildlife on communities neighboring national parks and protected areas? Understanding perceptions of risk by local communities on wildlife can help conservation efforts and the development of acceptable policies for parks and protected areas. This study examines communities along the eastern …
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Understanding stakeholder perspectives : the case of Mount Arrowsmith Massif Regional Park & the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve
Parks and protected 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. …
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Effects of repeated fire on the savanna / forest boundary
Savanna and forest/thicket can exist as alternate stable states, among others, determined by fire ecology feedbacks. Bush encroachment has become an ever-increasing trend converting grassland and savanna biomes to forest/thicket. A severe firestorm occurred in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve in …
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Evaluating ecological integrity and social equity in national parks : case studies from Canada and South Africa
There are concerns that many national parks worldwide are ineffective at conserving biological diversity and ecosystem processes, are socially unjust in their relations with Indigenous communities, or both. This dissertation asks: can national parks protect ecological integrity and concurrently …