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CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHANGE IN NATIONAL PARKS’ FINANCING IN POLAND AFTER 2011

Research on Enterprise in Modern Economy Theory and Practice, 2017
Significant changes in the financing of national parks were introduced in Poland in the years 2010–2015. Until January 2011 national parks were operating as state budgetary units, however the amount of subsidies received from the state budget was ...
Anna Wisniewska
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Distributional Welfare Impacts of Public Spending: The Case of Urban versus National Parks

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2004
This study examines the optimal allocation of funds between national and urban parks. Since travel costs to national parks are significantly higher than to urban parks, poor households tend to visit the latter more frequently, whereas rich households ...
Eli Feinerman, Aliza Fleischer, Avi Simhon   +2 more
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Theoretical framework for eco-compensation to national parks in China

, 2020
At present, the establishment of a natural protected area system with national parks as the main subject has attracted widespread attention from all corners of Chinese society.
Moucheng Liu, Lun Yang, Q. Min, W. Sang
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Do Local Residents Support the Development of a National Park? A Study from Nanling National Park Based on Social Impact Assessment (SIA)

Land, 2021
Over the past five years, the pilot establishment of national parks in China has been a major event in global biodiversity conservation. The national parks under construction and proposed account for nearly 1% of the land area, and their social impacts ...
Qian Dong, Bo Zhang, Xiaomei Cai, Alastair M. Morrison   +3 more
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Evaluating uncertainty in estimates of large rhinoceros populations

Pachyderm, 2020
Estimates of the numbers of living rhinoceroses inform management interventions. Several techniques assist authorities in obtaining estimates. For large populations, authorities use sample-based methods.
Sam M Ferreira, Danie Pienaar
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Proximity to anthropogenic food sources determine roosting and nesting prevalence of feral pigeons (Columba livia) in a tropical city

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023
The feral pigeon (Columba livia) is a globally commensal bird that can cause dis‐amenities such as soiling and is a potential vector of various diseases.
Kai Ning Lim, Malcolm C. K. Soh, Duncan Y. W. Leong, Adrian H. B. Loo, Benjamin P. Y.‐H. Lee, Kenneth B. H. Er   +5 more
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Shorebirds wintering in Southeast Asia demonstrate trans-Himalayan flights

Scientific Reports, 2020
Many birds wintering in the Indian subcontinent fly across the Himalayas during migration, including Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus), Demoiselle Cranes (Anthropoides virgo) and Ruddy Shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea). However, little is known about whether
David Li, Geoffrey Davison, Simeon Lisovski, Phil F. Battley, Zhijun Ma, Shufen Yang, Choon Beng How, Doug Watkins, Philip Round, Alex Yee, Vupasana Srinivasan, Clarice Teo, Robert Teo, Adrian Loo, Chee Chiew Leong, Kenneth Er   +15 more
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Encouraging Safe Wildlife Viewing in National Parks: Effects of a Communication Campaign on Visitors’ Behavior

Environmental Communication, 2019
Seeing wildlife in natural habitat is an exciting and powerful experience for national park visitors but is risky for visitors and wildlife alike. National parks have long used educational approaches to inspire visitors to engage in conservation behavior
Katie M. Abrams, Kirsten M. Leong, S. Melena, Tara L. Teel   +3 more
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A Protected Area Connectivity Evaluation and Strategy Development Framework for Post-2020 Biodiversity Conservation

Land, 2022
Maintaining and improving the connectivity of protected areas (PAs) is essential for biodiversity conservation. The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) aims to expand the coverage of well-connected PAs and other effective area-based ...
Zhicong Zhao, Pei Wang, Xiaoshan Wang, Fangyi Wang, Tz-Hsuan Tseng, Yue Cao, Shuyu Hou, Jiayuan Peng, Rui Yang   +8 more
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The HIT Network for Children and Adolescents With CNS Tumors Facilitates Improvements of Diagnostic Assessments, Multimodal Treatments, Individual Counseling, and Research in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The HIT network was established in 2000 to create a population‐based structure aiming to improve survival rates and reduce late effects for children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors by conducting comprehensive clinical trials.
Stefan Rutkowski, Michael C. Frühwald, Gudrun Fleischhack, Stephan Tippelt, Pablo Hernáiz‐Driever, Olaf Witt, Astrid Gnekow, Christof Kramm, Matthias Eyrich, Johannes E. A. Wolf, Hermann Müller, Carsten Friedrich, Uwe R. Kordes, Denise Obrecht‐Sturm, Petra Ketteler, Barbara von Zezschwitz, Pascal Johann, Dominik Sturm, Karoline Nemes, Stefan Schönberger, Till Milde, Brigitte Bison, Monika Warmuth‐Metz, Torsten Pietsch, Ulrich Schüller, Arend Koch, David Capper, Martin Hasselblatt, Christian Thomas, Christian Hagel, Stefan M. Pfister, Felix Sahm, David T. W. Jones, Martin U. Schuhmann, Jürgen Krauss, Pedram Emami, Ahmed El Damaty, Rolf D. Kortmann, Rudolf Schwarz, Jürgen Debus, Mechthild Krause, Fabian Pohl, Holger Ottensmeier, Lisa Bußenius, Katja Baust, Andreas Faldum, Cecile Ronckers, Desiree Grabow, Martin Benesch, Thomas Perwein, Karin Dieckmann, Irene Slavc, Johannes Gojo, Nicolas U. Gerber, André O. von Bueren, Katrin Scheinemann, Gabriele Calaminus, Beate Timmermann, Ulrich‐Wilhelm Thomale, Martin Mynarek   +59 more
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