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Advances in Privately Protected Areas

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Advances in privately protected ...
Sue Stolton (13389657)   +2 more
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Private and Collective Protection in Urban Areas

Urban Affairs Review, 1998
The authors examine security as a multidimensional issue with private and collective aspects. Decisions to provide security occur within the household, the community, and the municipality. Considering the determinants of private avoidance and protective security measures as well as collective neighborhood and municipal measures, the authors examine the
John C. Kilburn, Wesley Shrum
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Indigenous Perspectives on Private Protected Areas in Chile

Natural Areas Journal, 2017
ABSTRACT: It is no longer conventional nor desirable practice for protected area managers to disregard the needs and desires of indigenous people. Several frameworks attempting to identify the roots of indigenous-external conservation actor conflict have emerged in recent decades.
Christopher Serenari   +3 more
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Private protected areas: three key challenges

Environmental Conservation, 2013
SUMMARYPrivate protected areas (PPAs) are a board category that includes reserves established and managed by non-government entities, including civil society organizations, businesses and private individuals. It was recently suggested that the creation of a system of PPAs in Brazil may act as a useful model for extending protected area systems ...
RICHARD J. LADLE   +5 more
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INCORPORATING PRIVATE LANDS IN CONSERVATION PLANNING: PROTECTED AREAS IN BRITAIN

Ecological Applications, 2008
Evaluations of the effectiveness of protected areas often report their inadequate representation of regional variation in environmental conditions, land cover, and biological diversity. One frequent contributory explanation is the heavy reliance placed upon the designation of public as opposed to private lands for statutory protection.
Sarah F, Jackson, Kevin J, Gaston
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Measuring and predicting the impact of private protected areas

2023
Biodiversity is in decline globally, and protected areas (PAs) are a cornerstone of the policy response for reducing this decline, with calls to protect 30% of the world’s ecosystems by 2030. While most PAs are public, such as national parks, private protected areas (PPAs) are an important contributor to biodiversity conservation, as many threatened ...
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Increasing strict protection through protected areas on Brazilian private lands

Environmental Conservation, 2012
SUMMARYA key strategy to reduce habitat loss and fragmentation involves the establishment of protected areas (PAs). Worldwide, c. 13% of land lies within PAs, but only 6% is subject to the more restrictive International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categories I-IV.
RENATO CROUZEILLES   +3 more
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