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Greenhouse gas emissions in China’s national Parks: A 2020 National-Scale analysis and Implications for management

Ecological Indicators
National parks serve as crucial carbon reservoirs and sinks, yet their capacity to mitigate carbon emissions faces significant challenges, highlighting the urgent need for robust greenhouse gas (GHG) control and reduction strategies.
Shenglan Yang, Huan Xu, Zhicong Zhao, Fangyi Wang, Qiaoyun Sun, Jiale Tang, Jia He, Le Zhong   +7 more
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Environmental DNA Biosurveillance of Chelonid Herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) in Endangered Sea Turtles Around Singapore

Environmental DNA
Sea turtle fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a potentially debilitating and neoplastic disease closely associated with the aetiological agent chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5).
Yin Cheong Aden Ip, Li Ying Tan, Chee Wai Lee, Jing Chen, Ravendrakumar Shanmugavelu Balasubramaniam, Muhammad Faizal Sim, Collin Hor Yee Tong, Jerome Yong, Yifan Wang, Xuan Hui Teo, Christine H. E. Lee, Zi Yan Brian Tan, Charlene Judith Fernandez, Siow Foong Chang, Kenneth B. H. Er   +14 more
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Conservation and Controversy in the Karakoram: Khunjerab National Park, Pakistan

Journal of Political Ecology, 1999
This paper discusses recent conservation efforts in Northern Pakistan and the relevance of national parks as legal instruments in nature and wildlife conservation.
Are Knudsen
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National Parks Bulletin, 1925

, 2015
This 1925 issue of the National Parks Bulletin includes an article titled, “A National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains” by Robert Sterling Yard (1861-1945).
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Visitor Satisfaction and Place Attachment in National Parks

, 2014
This study examines the relationships between visitor satisfaction and place attachment. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to test competing models of visitor satisfaction and place attachment represented as a (i ...
Smith, L. D. G, Kneebone, S. C., Smith, L., Ramkissoon, H, Ramkissoon, Haywantee, Kneebone, S.   +5 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, Sophia L. Duncan, Sharolyn J. Anderson   +2 more
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The politics of parks : a history of Tasmania's national parks 1885-2005

, 2006
This thesis examines the history of Tasmania's national parks and protected areas from 1885-2005, analysing the interests, and the organisations and individuals representing them, which have influenced outcomes.
Quarmby, Debbie
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Climate and vegetation in a semi-arid savanna: Development of a climate–vegetation response model linking plant metabolic performance to climate and the effects on forage availability for large herbivores

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2012
A framework to establish the expected effects of climate on forage quantity and quality in a local savanna system was developed to interpret large herbivore population performance patterns in the Kruger National Park.
Armin H. Seydack, Cornelia C. Grant, Izak P. Smit, Wessel J. Vermeulen, Johan Baard, Nick Zambatis   +5 more
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National Parks Bulletin

, 2013
The subtitle of National Parks Bulletin (No. 46), edited by Robert Sterling Yard, reads: “To Conserve Nature and Win All America to its Appreciation and Study” and includes a cover caption indicating its focus on the “Proposed Great Smoky Mountains ...
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Increasing role of tourism in Finnish national parks

Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 2008
While the role of traditional livelihoods has decreased, tourism has become an important tool for regional development in northern peripheral areas, and the economic and political expectations have increased. National parks have become attractive tourist
Riikka Puhakka
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