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On the protection of “protected areas” [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008
Tropical moist forests contain the majority of terrestrial species. Human actions destroy between 1 and 2 million km 2 of such forests per decade, with concomitant carbon release into the atmosphere. Within these forests, protected areas are the principle defense against forest loss and species extinctions.
Lucas N, Joppa, Scott R, Loarie, Stuart L, Pimm   +2 more
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Potential changes in climate indices in Alberta under projected global warming of 1.5–5 °C

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2023
Study region: Alberta province, Canada Study focus: The global average surface temperature has continuously warmed at an unprecedentedly rapid rate since the mid-20th century.
Hyung-Il Eum, Babak Fajard, Tom Tang, Anil Gupta   +3 more
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Impacts of the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) on the Livelihood of Rural Communities in Pakistan and Understanding Public Attitudes towards Wild Boars

Animals, 2022
Conservation goals can only be best achieved when there is firm support and cooperation from locals, especially in emerging economies where poor communities often bear most of the cost of human–wildlife conflicts (HWCs).
Romaan Hayat Khattak, Liwei Teng, Tahir Mehmood, Shakeel Ahmad, Zhensheng Liu   +4 more
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Factors Affecting Financial Losses Caused by Wild Boars in Ningxia, China

Diversity
There is a need to reduce human–wildlife conflicts in the area around Liupanshan Nature Reserve in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. This study investigated the financial losses caused by wild boar and their causes. A questionnaire investigation (n =
Yan Qing, Yaxin Dong, Zhirong Zhang, Yi Zhang, Dehuai Meng, Meiling Zhan, Zongzhi Li, Xu Zhang, Tianhua Hu, Fubin Liu, Kai Sun, Zhensheng Liu, Liwei Teng   +12 more
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Factors Affecting Habitat Selection of Endangered Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) in Pakistan: Implications for Raptors Conservation

Diversity, 2022
The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is an endangered migratory raptor species that migrates in winter to Pakistan and neighbouring countries. In Pakistan, the species migrate at the end of autumn and utilise different habitats across the country.
Shakeel Ahmad, Romaan Hayat Khattak, Liwei Teng, Khansa Kaneez, Zhensheng Liu   +4 more
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The Amazon Protected Areas Program (ARPA): participation, local development, and governance in the Brazilian Amazon

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2017
The management of Protected Areas (PAs) in Brazil has been slowly incorporated the concept of participative governance, promoting the involvement and participation of local populations.
Andrea Leme da Silva, Marco Antonio Ferreira Bueno   +1 more
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Bridging protected areas along the Danube [PDF]

Nature Conservation
This paper examines the role of transnational cooperation in conserving the ecological integrity of the Danube River through the DANUBEPARKS network of protected areas. As Europe’s most species-rich river system, the Danube connects diverse biogeographic
Elena Kmetova-Biro, Vlatko Rožac, Georg Frank, Matej Marušić, Viktor Lagutov   +4 more
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DNA Barcodes for Accurate Identification of Selected Medicinal Plants (Caryophyllales): Toward Barcoding Flowering Plants of the United Arab Emirates

Diversity, 2022
The need for herbal medicinal plants is steadily increasing. Hence, the accurate identification of plant material has become vital for safe usage, avoiding adulteration, and medicinal plant trading.
Rahul Jamdade, Kareem A. Mosa, Ali El-Keblawy, Khawla Al Shaer, Eman Al Harthi, Mariam Al Sallani, Mariam Al Jasmi, Sanjay Gairola, Hatem Shabana, Tamer Mahmoud   +9 more
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Assessing human–Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) conflicts in Kumrat Valley—Western flanks of Hindu Kush Region, northern Pakistan

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022
The rapid expansion of the human population into wildlife habitats increases human-wildlife conflicts (HWC) and threatens the survival of dwindling wildlife populations.
Romaan Hayat Khattak, Tahir Mehmood, Liwei Teng, Shakeel Ahmad, Ejaz Ur Rehman, Zhensheng Liu   +5 more
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Group differences in feeding and diet composition of wild western gorillas

Scientific Reports, 2022
The ecological-constraints model posits that living in larger groups is associated to higher travel costs and reduced nutritional intake due to within-group feeding competition setting upper group size limits.
Terence Fuh, Angelique Todd, Anna Feistner, Giuseppe Donati, Shelly Masi   +4 more
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