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Assessment of landscape transformation in protected areas
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2021Abstract Mountain protected landscapes continuously endure conflicts of appropriation that bear inherent transformations. One type of direct intervention is by Commercial Concessions within these areas, affecting their landscape value. The aim is to determine conceptual gaps in Environmental Impact Studies regarding landscape assessment and propose a
Ruiz Pereira, Sebastián +3 more
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The Heritage Areas are Protected Landscapes
Global NEST International Conference on Environmental Science & Technology, 2022Heritage Areas are areas of great natural, geological, aesthetic and cultural value. They have an important history and keep the traditions alive. Geological and natural processes from the early past to the present have evolved and contributed to the creation of Heritage Areas, so today we experience the heritage of exceptional cultural, natural and ...
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Landscape conservation and protected areas (case of Dena, Iran)
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022Inefficient management of protected areas (PAs) is often due to ignoring their surrounding matrix in the baseline studies, especially in wooded landscapes. In Iran, the application of landscape structure studies in protection policies and PA management is not prevalent. In this study, land cover changes in Dena Rural District (including parts of inside
Sayedeh Alemohammad +4 more
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Assessing landscape dynamics in a protected area
Environmental Management, 1992This article describes an approach to assessing spatial and temporal land-use and land-cover changes in and adjacent to protected areas and to the measurement of landscape stability within a protected area. Methods employed include aerial photographic interpretation and GIS technology.
Steven K. Friedman, Ervin H. Zube
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Landscape and Protected Areas — Polish Experiences
2008The objective of this chapter is to discuss the problems related to methods of landscape ecological systems impact assessment, with special emphasis on the issue of protected areas. The problems in question will be presented for the example of Poland, where the system of protected areas is particularly well developed and covers 32.5 % of the total ...
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Managing for Climate Change within Protected Area Landscapes
Natural Areas Journal, 2009ABSTRACT: Protected area managers should aim to help the greatest number of species and habitats that presently occur within their parks to adapt and persist in the face of climate change, and ensure that the novel ecosystems that emerge are diverse and resilient.
David Olson +4 more
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Extinction Debt of Protected Areas in Developing Landscapes
Conservation Biology, 2004Abstract: To conserve biological diversity, protected‐area networks must be based not only on current species distributions but also on the landscape's long‐term capacity to support populations. We used spatially explicit population models requiring detailed habitat and demographic data to evaluate the ability ...
Carroll, Carlos +3 more
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Landscape Management Within the Moscow City Protected Areas
2015Nowadays, 118 urban natural protected areas of Moscow occupy more than one-fifth of the city territory. They are mostly located in urban peripheral areas which appeared within the city borders in 1960 and 1984. Their major role is provided for recreation and sports activities of the urban dwellers along with the protection of natural landscapes .
E. Yu. Kolbowsky +3 more
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