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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"protected area management"”.
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An evaluation of protected area management planning and policy in Bangladesh
… reviews and evaluates the current status of management planning and policy in Protected Areas (PAs) in Bangladesh via a case study of two Wildlife Sanctuaries and one National Park. Using a mixed method approach, the research evaluates the perceptions and attitudes of local residents and …
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Using human-environment theory to investigate human valuing in protected area management
… the community may assist with conservation or management of discrete areas was cited in the literature, and assessing the possibility of community involvement is the focus for this study. The research used a case study strategy to examine Human-Environment theory, which refers to the study of …
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Responses of different community user groups to biodiversity conservation of protected areas in lowland fynbos : the case of the Wolfgat Nature Reserve
… threatened status of imperiled lowland fynbos protected areas (PAs) have made conservation managers realize that getting local communities and user groups to beneficially use protected areas involving them in protected area management in a manner that links with local socio-economic priorities …
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Indigenous women park rangers in the United States: belonging, resistance, and rematriation in colonial park system workplaces
… crises, conservation and natural resource management (NRM) remain constrained by colonial and gendered systems that limit the full inclusion of Indigenous women and their knowledge. This dissertation explores how Indigenous women park rangers in the United States (U.S.) experience, …
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Understanding perceptions of social-ecological systems and preferences for the future in protected area communities
… are prime examples of how public land management agencies are faced with challenging tradeoffs among healthy ecosystems, local economies, and the needs of diverse stakeholders. The communities surrounding Denali are composed of diverse interest groups that hold multiple visions for the …
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The Effectiveness of Periodically-Harvested Closures in Meeting Ecological and Socioeconomic Objectives
… form of community-based marine spatial management used throughout the Indo-Pacific that also is currently being intensively advocated by conservation organizations for supporting productive fisheries and healthy marine ecosystems. However, local implementation of PHCs has historically …
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Prioritization of conservation areas using species distribution modeling based on current data of butterflies in Johor
… distributions so that high-priority conservation areas can be identified. Species distribution modeling (SDM) is an approach that can overcome the time and budget constraints of protected area management. This research aims at providing an efficient method for stakeholders to develop conservation …
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Causes and Consequences of Displacement Decision-making in Banhine National Park, Mozambique
… resident in and reliant on resources in strict protected areas around the world. This research investigated the causes and consequences of displacement decision-making in Banhine National Park (BNP), Mozambique. I investigated causes using political-economic, actor-centered, and post-structural …
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Causes and Consequences of Displacement Decision-making in Banhine National Park, Mozambique
… resident in and reliant on resources in strict protected areas around the world. This research investigated the causes and consequences of displacement decision-making in Banhine National Park (BNP), Mozambique. I investigated causes using political-economic, actor-centered, and post-structural …
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Militarisation of conservation, violence and local people: the case of Sikumi Forest Reserve in Zimbabwe
Violence in protected areas has become more pronounced in the last decade due to the increasing use of military practices in conservation. This study examines the texture and nature of everyday militarisation and violence effected in protected areas different from national parks and wildlife …
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The Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Central Africa: A Remotely Sensed Measure of Deforestation and Access
For protected areas that are extensively forested, the rate of deforestation is one indicator of the integrity of the protected area, and the effectiveness of protected area management. The goal of this study was to examine the deforestation rate in protected areas in Central Africa. Using remote …
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Incorporating costs and processes into systematic conservation planning in a biodiversity hotspot
… that uses spatially explicit data to identify areas that meet conservation targets efficiently, usually focusing on species’ representation. Only rarely is the long-term persistence of species taken into account and the costs of conservation are usually ignored. I use the Eastern Arc Mountains …
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Traditional authorities and co-management of protected areas in South Africa: the case of Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape
… authorities in the post-land claim co-management of protected areas in the former Bantustans of South Africa, using the Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve (DCNR) in the Eastern Cape as a case study. The DCNR was one of the first successful land claims involving a protected area under South …
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Assessing the global conservation status of ecologically poorly undertood, threatened chelonian species : the case of the critically endangered Madagascar spider tortoise (<i>Pyxis arachnoides</i>)
… distribution contraction within differing areas of land use. This was coupled with a line transect distance sampling procedure to assess real time population size within the current area of occupancy. A Mark-Capture-Recapture, Cormack-Jolly-Seber model and a stage class, projection matrix …
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Quirimbas: A society reconfigured by nature
… approaches, territorial planning tools and protected area management policies as separation mechanisms which have been applied to the Quirimbas archipelago (and Mozambique) over the longue durée. Besides redefining the physical environment by turning socio-cultural landscapes into ‘nature …
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Exploring the past and the present in order to predict the future: herbarium specimens, field data and extinction probability for conservation managers
… In the face of mounting environmental pressure protected areas have been identified as the primary means for saving biodiversity and heritage sites. Protected area managers are constrained by limited time to act and less available resources than in the past. Negative impacts caused by threats …
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Integralioji kultūros ir gamtos paveldo apsauga: regioninė perspektyva /
… we are going to to more integrated approache of protected territories, as cultural landscapes. This work speeks about the satisfaction of this demand trought the fixation of cultural landscapes protection. Political and scholarly acceptance of landscape level protection claim for new planning …
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Visitor Impact Assessment and Management for Protected Areas in Central and South America
Ecotourism and protected area visitation have been steadily increasing in recent years in Central and South America, inevitably resulting in natural resource impacts. The consequences of such impacts may include natural resource degradation, diminished aesthetic qualities, or decreased …
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Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods to Inform Management of the Cadillac Mountain Summit, Acadia National Park
… with the use of moderately to highly intensive management structures, but generally don't support limiting public access to the summit to achieve resource protection objectives. In the second study, qualitative interviews were conducted to provide an in-depth understanding of visitor experiences …
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Exploring Visitors: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand Visitor Behavior and Improve the Efficacy of Visitor Information in Haleakalā National Park
Resource and visitor experience degradation in Haleakalā National Park resulting from recreational use of the Pools of 'Ohe'o has led park officials to discourage visitor use of the pools. This study uses the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to examine relationships among visitors' attitudes, …
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