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Lessons learned from a desktop review of Conservation Areas in Denmark: Applying IUCN management categories for protected areas

PARKS, 2019
Ann-Katrine Garn, Jan Woollhead, Anette Petersen   +2 more
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Distribution, conservation assessment and management perspectives of Chilean micro-snails of the family Charopidae [PDF]

Nature Conservation, 2023
The biodiversity of molluscs is highly threatened in marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems worldwide. This research aimed at studying the distribution and conservation status of eight poorly-known micro-snails of the genera Stephacharopa and ...
Gonzalo A. Collado, Nataly Flores, Marcela A. Vidal, Cristian Torres-Díaz, Moisés A. Valladares   +4 more
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Including geoconservation in the management of protected and conserved areas matters for all of nature and people

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021
Geoconservation is an integral part of nature conservation. It protects our diverse and valued geoheritage, contributes to the sustainable management of ecosystems, provides a range of economic, cultural and social benefits, and connects people ...
John E. Gordon, Roger Crofts, Murray Gray, Dan Tormey   +3 more
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Looking for consensual protection categories to reduce conservation conflicts in protected áreas [PDF]

Ciência Rural, 2019
: Decision-making in protected areas is often difficult due to an unclear definition of management objectives and indicators for their monitoring. This is frequently related to the coexistence of systems of protected areas at national and regional ...
Mónica de Castro-Pardo, Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez, João Carlos Azevedo, Vicente Urios   +3 more
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Managing People and Landscapes: IUCN’s Protected Area Categories [PDF]

Journal of Human Ecology, 2004
The International Union for the Conversation of Nature (IUCN) is the lead organization in the selection, establishment and management of protected areas. In order to accomplish its advisory management function, IUCN maintains a worldwide list of protected areas.
Pris Weeks, Shalina Mehta
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Pandemic Induced Changes in Economic Activity around African Protected Areas Captured through Night-Time Light Data

Remote Sensing, 2021
The importance of tourism for development is widely recognized. Travel restrictions imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 have brought tourism to a halt.
Anupam Anand, Do-Hyung Kim
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Development of the marine protected area network in the Argentine Islands area (Akademik Vernadsky Antarctic Station, Ukraine)

Український антарктичний журнал, 2020
Based on underwater observations the establishment of marine protected areas in the Stella Creek and Skua Creek straits were proposed. Selection of areas was carried out in accordance with the protocol NAGISA and acoustic bottom survey of the Argentine ...
A. Yu. Utevsky, M. Yu. Kolesnykova, D. V. Shmyrov, O. I. Sinna   +3 more
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Comprehensive Red List assessment reveals exceptionally high extinction risk to Madagascar palms. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The establishment of baseline IUCN Red List assessments for plants is a crucial step in conservation planning. Nowhere is this more important than in biodiversity hotspots that are subject to significant anthropogenic pressures, such as Madagascar. Here,
Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, John Dransfield, Steven P Bachman, Justin Moat, William J Baker   +4 more
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Distribution, conservation status and proposed measures for preservation of Radiodiscus microgastropods in Chile [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
The genus Radiodiscus includes minute terrestrial snails occurring throughout the American continent. We assessed the conservation status of eight poorly known Chilean Radiodiscus species using the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ...
Gonzalo A. Collado, Rodrigo B. Salvador, Marcela Vidal, Fernanda Parra Aravena, Vannia Delgado, Cristian Torres-Díaz   +5 more
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Evaluation of Protected Areas in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, West Africa, Using a Remote Sensing-Based Approach

Land, 2022
This study assesses the representation of defined ecoregions, slope profiles, and species richness of threatened mammals in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)-listed protected areas in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. It also evaluates the
Minerva Singh, Lorena M. Massimino, Catherine Matilda Collins   +2 more
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