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Why do people go to nature? Enhancing the recognition and scope of cultural ecosystem services in landscape

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The cultural ecosystem services (CES) framework allows to systematically analyse non‐material human–nature relationships and can help to increase the recognition and scope of various intangible place‐based values. Although the amount of scientific literature addressing CES has increased over the last few decades, studies largely focus only on ...
Jan Daněk, Ľuboš Slovák, Tomáš Daněk, Jiří Pánek, Martin Schlossarek, Linda Blättler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Basic 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, Wilhelm H.A. Osterman, Janna H. Mrozek, Bilyana S. Wild, Michael Beckmann, Julia Osterman, Robert J. Paxton   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engaging the public in plant science: Communication facilitators and barriers of scaling up a citizen science campaign

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Volunteers have been involved in nature observations for decades through citizen science initiatives, providing large data sets as well as problem identification that allow a more complete understanding of many natural phenomena. Although communication is a core component in citizen science, the key factors that determine its effectiveness in ...
Kristiina Gibson, Monika Suškevičs, Baiba Prūse, Marta Barberis, Sara A. O. Cousins, Živa Fišer, Margaux Julien, Marianne Kivastik, Marcin Klisz, Attila Lengyel, Zuzana Münzbergová, Radosław Puchałka, Iris Reinula, Froukje Rienks, Julie Koch Sheard, Viktor Siverin, Bojana Stojanova, Sabrina Träger, Tsipe Aavik   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solanum elaeagnifolium (Solanaceae) Invading One in Five Natura 2000 Protected Areas of Greece and One in Four Habitat Types: What Is Next?

Diversity, 2023
Invasive alien plants have severe impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. To assess the invasion of Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. (a major alien invasive plant; Solanaceae) in Greek protected areas (PAs), we conducted an extensive drive ...
Nikos Krigas, Nefta-Eleftheria Votsi, Ioulietta Samartza, Georgios Katsoulis, Maria A. Tsiafouli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Activities in Natura 2000 Sites: A Highly Diversified Conservation Network

Environmental Management, 2013
The Natura 2000 network was established across the European Union's (EU) Member States with the aim to conserve biodiversity, while ensuring the sustainability of human activities. However, to what kind and to what extent Natura 2000 sites are subject to human activities and how this varies across Member States remains unspecified.
Maria A. Tsiafouli, Evangelia Apostolopoulou, Antonios D. Mazaris, Athanasios S. Kallimanis, Evangelia G. Drakou, John D. Pantis   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A low-cost and repeatable procedure for modelling the regional distribution of Natura 2000 terrestrial habitats

Journal of Maps, 2019
The present paper describes a procedure for mapping the distribution of Natura 2000 terrestrial habitats (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC) at the regional scale (Lombardy, Northern Italy) by means of open-source software (QGIS and R). The habitat map within
Michele Dalle Fratte, Guido Brusa, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Twenty-Three Years of Land-Use Changes Induced Considerable Threats to the Main Wetlands of Sardinia and Sicily (Italy) along the Mediterranean Bird Flyways

Diversity, 2021
Biodiversity loss has multiple causes, but habitat degradation through land-use change is the predominant driver. We investigated the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in preserving the main wetlands of the two largest islands of the Mediterranean
Alessandro Ferrarini, Marco Gustin, Claudio Celada   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pesticide prioritization based on risk and model diet proposals for assessing cumulative exposure to pesticide residues in the Brazilian population through food consumption

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
A risk classification of registered pesticides in Brazil was conducted, and the contribution of food to cumulative pesticide exposure was evaluated. Model diets were proposed, based on Brazilian consumption patterns. Abstract BACKGROUND Pesticide residue exposure assessments can be carried out during both the pre‐regulation and post‐regulation phases ...
Bianca Figueiredo de Mendonça Pereira, Bernardete Ferraz Spisso   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconciling fisheries and habitat protection in Romanian coastal marine protected areas

Scientia Marina, 2014
The extension of the Natura 2000 European ecological network to the Romanian marine territory (1 site according to the Birds Directive requirements and eight sites according to the Habitats Directive requirements, one also being a natural reserve and one
Tania Zaharia, Valodia Maximov, Gheorghe Radu, Eugen Anton, Alina Spinu, Magda Nenciu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alien species as a potential threat for Natura 2000 habitats: a national survey [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Invasion by alien species (AS) is one of the most serious threats to ecosystems. In Europe, the Natura 2000 habitats network was established to protect habitats vital for the conservation of biodiversity and function of ecosystems.
Joanna Perzanowska, Joanna Korzeniak, Damian Chmura   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources