Protected Areas in Forest Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities

• Outros Autores: Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis (Editor), Jones, Nikoleta (Editor)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Assuntos: Humanities; Social interaction; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; biodiversity; ecosystem services; West Africa; incentives; Sustainable Development Goals; participation; co-management; forest users; benefits; ACA; Nepal; urban forest; institutional design; land use planning; Serbia; governance; forests; environment; Malawi; Photovoice; conservation; policy; community-based forest management; participatory forest management; biodiversity conservation; nature conservation policy; operational environment; legal; economic and social factors; evaluation framework; protected areas; Natura 2000 network; conservation estate; conservation planning; bottomland hardwood forest; deforestation; isolation; buffer areas; Tanzania; social network analysis (SNA); cooperation and conflict networks; stakeholders' involvement; participatory process; Natura 2000 management Programme; anthropology; land use and access; flexibility; Bakweri; Mount Cameroon National Park; reserve network; large trees; snags; coarse woody debris; regression model; habitat conditions; strict protection; managed forests; tree cover loss; global forest; State Forests; nature protection; financing; decision making; responsibility; implementation of protective measures; Poland; silviculture; timber distribution; benefit-sharing; elite; community forestry; abiotic dispersal; animal dispersal; distance-decay; forest fragmentation; sacred forest; sacred grove; South Gondar Administrative Zone; conflict; national parks; management; pandemic; public health; wellbeing; n/a
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Forest ecosystems are important habitats for a vast number of species worldwide. These ecosystems are degrading faster than they are regenerating, due to the increased demand for natural resources. In order to protect these ecosystems, the designation of Protected Areas (PAs) has become the primary...