A synthesis of health benefits of natural sounds and their distribution in national parks. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 Significance This study examines evidence of the health benefits of natural soundscapes and quantifies the prevalence of restorative acoustic environments in national parks across the United States.
Buxton RT +4 more
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Ecological Health Assessment of Chinese National Parks Based on Landscape Pattern: A Case Study in Shennongjia National Park. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Assessing the health of the ecosystem based on the landscape pattern of national parks can facilitate policy makers in formulating more targeted conservation policies to better manage national park ecosystems.
Shu H, Xiao C, Ma T, Sang W.
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An evaluation of destination attractiveness for nature-based tourism: Recommendations for the management of national parks in Vietnam [PDF]
Nature Conservation, 2019 National parks are increasingly recognized as playing an important role in the development of nature-based tourism destinations that promote effective management of natural resources and socioeconomic development.
Le Thanh An +4 more
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COVID-19’s impact on visitation behavior to US national parks from communities of color: evidence from mobile phone data [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 The widespread COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed many people’s ways of life. With the necessity of social distancing and lock downs across the United States, evidence shows more people engage in outdoor activities.
Charles Alba +6 more
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National parks best practices: Lessons from a century's worth of national parks management
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021 While the importance of ecological conservation and encouraging public recreation in national parks is widely recognized, challenges to achieving these goals persist. With over a century of national park management experience, the institutional knowledge
Kalifi Ferretti-Gallon +3 more
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International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2020 National Parks (Parks) have been defined by the IUCN as areas to be managed for ecosystem protection and the promotion of education and recreation. Globally, there are many exceptions to the full IUCN definition: some are not national, some do not allow recreation; some areas that meet the definition are not called Parks and some that don't, are.
Gary Bosworth, Nigel Curry
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The status of rhinoceroses in South African National Parks
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2017 African rhinoceroses (rhinos) experienced a poaching onslaught since 2008 with the epicentre in South Africa where most of the world’s rhinos occur.
Sam M. Ferreira +8 more
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Valuing Our National Parks: An Ecological Economics Perspective
Land, 2019 The annual budget for the United States National Park Service was roughly $3 billion in 2016. This is distributed amongst 405 National Parks, 23 national scenic and historic trails, and 60 wild and scenic rivers.
Paul C. Sutton +2 more
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Threats to Sustainable Tourism in National Parks: Case Studies from Indonesia and South Africa [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2022 This study reviews the environmental threats to sustainable tourism of national parks, as shown through five case studies of national parks in Indonesia and South Africa.
Dian Yulie Reindrawati +2 more
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A natural hybrid of Sindora (Fabaceae, Detarioideae) from Singapore [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2022 Sindora × changiensis L.M.Choo, Loo, W.F.Ang & K.Er is a new hybrid from the subfamily Detarioideae in Fabaceae. This is the first reported instance of natural hybridisation in Sindora.
Le Min Choo +3 more
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