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Conservation planning for ecosystem services.

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2006
Despite increasing attention to the human dimension of conservation projects, a rigorous, systematic methodology for planning for ecosystem services has not been developed.
Kai M A Chan   +4 more
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Systematic conservation planning [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 2000
The realization of conservation goals requires strategies for managing whole landscapes including areas allocated to both production and protection. Reserves alone are not adequate for nature conservation but they are the cornerstone on which regional strategies are built. Reserves have two main roles.
Margules, C.R., Pressey, R.L.
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Decision complacency and conservation planning [PDF]

open access: yesConservation Biology, 2018
Article impact statement : Conservation planners must use systematic decision‐making tools and evidence to guide their decisions.
Charlie J. Gardner   +3 more
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An assessment of the state of conservation planning in Europe. [PDF]

open access: yesPhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023
Expanding and managing current habitat and species protection measures is at the heart of the European biodiversity strategy. A structured approach to gain insights into such issues is systematic conservation planning, which utilizes techniques from decision theory to identify places and actions that contribute most effectively to policy objectives ...
Jung M   +8 more
europepmc   +10 more sources

Morphological, Phaneroptic, Habitat and Population Description of Three Muntjac Species in a Tibetan Nature Reserve

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Researchers have proposed a variety of classification schemes for the species in the genus Muntiacus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) based on morphological, molecular, and other evidence, but disputes remain.
Yuan Wang   +6 more
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Towards Smart Planning Conservation of Heritage Cities: Digital Technologies and Heritage Conservation Planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Consensus exists on the importance of local identity and diversity in the sustainability discourse, including community resilience. As result, cultural policies are essential to enable sustainability goals. In the construction industry, digital technologies are playing a significant role in flattening the richness and distinctiveness of local contexts ...
Claudia Trillo   +7 more
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Landscape metrics as indicators of avian community structures – A state of the art review

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
In this state-of-the-art review, we investigate the use of landscape metrics in landscape ecology studies to predict structure of avian communities. We reviewed papers published in international peer-reviewed journals indexed by Web of Science Core, from
Katharina Adler, Eckhard Jedicke
doaj   +1 more source

Response of understory vegetation over 10 years after thinning in an old-growth cedar and cypress plantation overgrazed by sika deer in eastern Japan

open access: yesForest Ecosystems, 2017
Background Forest management strategies such as thinning have long been used to enhance ecosystem functions, especially in plantations. Thinning in plantations with high deer density, however, may not yield a desired increase in understory vegetation ...
Atsushi Tamura, Masanobu Yamane
doaj   +1 more source

Place Identity translating into Culture: the town of Rajapur in the cultural region of Konkan

open access: yesProceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2023
This paper deals in defining the place identity of cultural town of Rajapur, located in the Konkan region. Rajapur is the valley situated at the confluence of the 'Arjuna' and ‘Godi’ river.
Prachitee Naik, Vishakha Kawathekar
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation Businesses and Conservation Planning in a Biological Diversity Hotspot [PDF]

open access: yesConservation Biology, 2013
Abstract The allocation of land to biological diversity conservation competes with other land uses and the needs of society for development, food, and extraction of natural resources. Trade‐offs between biological diversity conservation and alternative land uses are unavoidable, given the realities of limited conservation resources ...
DI MININ, ENRICO   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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