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Processes of Sustainable Development: Ecotourism in Biosphere Reserves [PDF]

Journal of Environmental and Tourism Analyses, 2015
The article explores processes of sustainable development by highlighting ecotourism in biosphere reserves. Many scholars argue that the understanding of place-specific conditions for sustainable development is crucial to safeguarding the economic ...
Fredrik HOPPSTADIUS, Margareta DAHLSTRÖM   +1 more
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Conservation effectiveness of seven biosphere reserves in the Western Amazon

Conservation Science and Practice
Over the past three decades, a complex network of area‐based conservation strategies and Indigenous territories has expanded across the Amazon, driven by global efforts to curb biodiversity loss and regional initiatives to uphold Indigenous Peoples ...
Amaia Gonzaga Roa, Mar Cabeza, Eduardo S. Brondizio, Ana Catarina Luz, Jukka Sirén, Paulo Eduardo Massoca, Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares   +6 more
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Reaching common ground: The potential for interagency collaboration in UNESCO biosphere reserves [PDF]

, 2020
In an increasingly urbanized and degraded world, protected areas provide opportunities for people to connect with nature. Biosphere reserves strive for coexistence between the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable development practices through ...
Hvenegaard, Glen T., Ostrem, Julie A.
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Biosphere reserves. Living laboratories for sustainable development [PDF]

, 2022
editorial reviewedFor biosphere reserves stakeholders, this chapter functions as a good reminder of the objectives of the MAB Programme and the role and structure of biosphere reserves.
Rochette, A-J., Janssens, I., Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Bocquet, Evelyne, Hugé, J.   +4 more
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Moving beyond the illusion of participation in the governance of Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of Congo) [PDF]

Nature Conservation, 2019
The participation of local communities in the governance of protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo is challenged by several external and local factors.
Justin Kyale Koy, Alphonse Maindo Monga Ngonga, D. Andrew Wardell   +2 more
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Biosphere Reserves in the Southwest of Ethiopia

Advances in Agriculture, 2021
Forests that have a wide ecological gradient, diversity, and significant cover are confined in the southwestern part vis-à-vis other parts of Ethiopia, while the country is fronting biodiversity losses.
Semegnew Tadese, Teshome Soromessa, Tesefaye Bekele, Brhane Meles   +3 more
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Community Engagement in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks: Case Studies from Mount Hakusan in Japan and Altai in Russia

Land, 2022
UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and the International Geoscience and Geoparks Programme (IGGP) are two themes in UNESCO’s Natural Science Sector. Biosphere Reserves of the MAB Programme are more focused on building international, regional,
Aida Mammadova, Aleksandr Redkin, Tatiana Beketova, Christopher D. Smith   +3 more
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La protección legal de las reservas de la biosfera en Portugal

REDUR. Revista Electrónica de Derecho Universidad de La Rioja, 2015
More than 30 years after having proposed the first biosphere reserves, Portugal e now determined to take the Unesco label seriously, for the first time.
Alexandra Aragão
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Conserving African biosphere reserves: a workshop on the valuation of ecosystem services in Man and the Biosphere Reserves [PDF]

Oryx, 2019
[de Bisthoven, Luc Janssens; Rochette, Anne-Julie; Verheyen, Erik; Huge, Jean] Royal Belgian Inst Nat Sci, Brussels, Belgium. [Akpona, Tewogbade Jean-Didier] Univ Abomey Calavi, Cotonou, Benin. [Verbist, Bruno; Vanderhaegen, Koen] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. [Naturinda, Zerubabeeli] Busitema Univ, Busitema, Uganda.
Luc Janssens de Bisthoven, Anne-Julie Rochette, Erik Verheyen, Tewogbade Jean-Didier Akpona, Bruno Verbist, Koen Vanderhaegen, Zerubabeeli Naturinda, Steven Van Passel, Daregot Berihun, Linus Munishi, Jean Hugé   +10 more
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Complexity of zoning management in biosphere reserves: the case of the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve in DRC

International Forestry Review, 2021
Riparian communities activities threaten conservation in biosphere reserves in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (YBR) is no exception to this degradation. Thus, the objective of the presents study was to elucidate the local factors underlying the high pressure on natural resources and analyze the complexity of ...
Kipute, D.D., Mampeta, S.W., Kahindo, J-M.M., Lelo, U.D.M., Sufo Kankeu, Richard, Sonwa, J.D., Joiris, V.D., Mate, J-P.M.   +7 more
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