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The Touristic Capitalisation of Cultural Services Offered by Natura 2000 Sites. Experiences from Romanian Less Developed Regions [PDF]

open access: yesOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2022
In order to protect the geographical areas with valuable ecosystems and for their sustainable valorisation in economic purposes, in the last 20 years in Romania have been delimited many protected natural areas, which were integrated into the European ...
Mihai Talmaciu   +2 more
doaj  

Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concept plan of a gravel pit lake located in NATURA 2000 area

open access: yes4D, 2014
In Hungary nowadays the gravel – after exploitation had finished from rivers – primarily comes to surface from strip mining of Pleistocene gravel terraces, as indispensable raw material for construction industry. The groundwater usually located in 2-4 m
Szilvia Mészáros
doaj  

Approaches regarding the importance of Natura 2000 sities’ settings pupil’s education through geography. Case study: Valea Rose (Red Valley) Natura 2000, Bihor country

open access: yesJournal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2016
The setting of Natura 2000 sites in order to conserve, promote and exploit them as distinctive areas, is both a prerequisite and an opportunity regarding pupils` education also through geography as a discipline. In this context, the present paper aims to
Grigore Vasile Herman   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A synthetic eco‐evolutionary proposal for the conservation of wild relatives of the olive tree

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable sources of genetic diversity for plant breeding. However, the identification of wild untapped genetic resources (i.e., unexploited in crops) is not always straightforward. We propose a methodology to guide the identification and conservation of these resources that integrates both genetic
Andrés Barea‐Márquez   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protected areas do not outperform urban wastelands in supporting insect pollinators and pollination in central Germany

open access: yesBasic and Applied Ecology
The Natura 2000 network is central to Europe's conservation efforts to address biodiversity decline, with ongoing plans to expand protected areas and restore habitats across the European Union.
Panagiotis Theodorou   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ground‐based robotic remote sensing for standardized biodiversity monitoring in coastal habitats

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Illustrated workflow of the proposed citizen‐to‐robot monitoring pipeline: (i) expert‐validated citizen observations are translated into AI models, (ii) deployed on a ground‐based robotic platform for proximal sensing of coastal dune habitats, (iii) enabling standardized detection of ecological targets (e.g., Pancratium maritimum & Brithys crini), and (
Giovanni Di Lorenzo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards cost-effective indicators to maintain Natura 2000 sites in favourable conservation status. Preliminary results from Cansiglio and New Forest

open access: yesiForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2008
Natura 2000 is a coherent ecological network of special areas, designated under the Habitat and Birds EEC Directives, to assist in the maintenance of biodiversity in the European territory.
Cantarello E, Newton A
doaj   +1 more source

EON 2000+ Earth Observation for Natura 2000+

open access: yes, 2004
The aim of EON2000+ is to integrate environmental state and socio-economic pressure indicators for protection purposes in support of the conventions on Biodiversity and European biodiversity strategy. The project focus on the development of generic indicators of the state of the environment (inventory and monitoring) & pressures (socio-economic ...
Sandven, Stein, Miles, Victoria V.
openaire   +2 more sources

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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