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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]

open access: yesScientific 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
doaj   +3 more sources

National parks best practices: Lessons from a century's worth of national parks management

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +3 more sources

Threats to Sustainable Tourism in National Parks: Case Studies from Indonesia and South Africa [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican 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
doaj   +1 more source

A natural hybrid of Sindora (Fabaceae, Detarioideae) from Singapore [PDF]

open access: yesPhytoKeys, 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
doaj   +3 more sources

Taxonomic and genetic assessment of captive White-Handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar) in Peninsular Malaysia with implications towards conservation translocation and reintroduction programmes [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys, 2021
Conservation translocation and reintroduction for the purpose of repopulating and reinforcing extirpated or depleted populations has been recognised as an important conservation tool, particularly for gibbon conservation in the immediate future ...
Millawati Gani   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

What Indicators Are Shaping China’s National World-Class High-Tech Zones? Constructing a Feature Indicator System Based on Machine Learning

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
China’s high-tech parks have significant effects on driving national ecological innovation. Among them, ten world-class high-tech parks represent the highest level of development in China’s high-tech industry.
Sida Feng, Hyunseok Park, Fang Han
doaj   +1 more source

Causes of Variations in the Scale of Tourism in Polish National Parks

open access: yesTourism, 2020
National parks are among the most frequently visited tourist places in Poland. Every year, millions of tourists travel to spend time there and their number is constantly rising. National parks take nearly 30% of all domestic tourism.
Piotr Miazek
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of a novel Babesia sp. in Amblyomma javanense, an ectoparasite of Sunda pangolins

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Babesia is a protozoal, tick-borne parasite that can cause life-threatening disease in humans, wildlife and domestic animals worldwide. However, in Southeast Asia, little is known about the prevalence and diversity of Babesia species present ...
Stacy Q. Y. Chong   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The comparative analyses of selected aspects of conservation and management of Vietnam’s national parks

open access: yesNature Conservation, 2018
The national parks in Vietnam are protected areas in the national system of special-use forests created to protect natural resources and biodiversity. In order to improve the effectiveness of management of national parks, the study assesses some current ...
Le Thanh An   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Offering the win-win solutions between ecological conservation and livelihood development: National parks in Qinghai, China

open access: yesGeography and Sustainability, 2020
: National parks as protected areas have been on the spotlight because they are essential in achieving ecological civilization in China. Despite the profound achievements of national parks to conserve nature, the benefits of national parks for local ...
Qi Cheng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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