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Creating Protected Areas on Public Lands: Is There Room for Additional Conservation? [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Most evaluations of the effectiveness of PAs have relied on indirect estimates based on comparisons between protected and unprotected areas. Such methods can be biased when protection is not randomly assigned.
Rodrigo A Arriagada, Cristian M Echeverria, Danisa E Moya   +2 more
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Exploring the science and data foundation for Federal public lands decisions. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Public lands provide diverse resources, values, and services worldwide. Laws and policies typically require consideration of science in public lands decisions, and resource managers are committed to science-informed decision-making.
Alison C Foster, Andrew T Canchola, Travis S Haby, Sarah K Carter   +3 more
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Characteristics and Use Patterns of Outdoor Recreationists on Public Lands in Alabama—Case Study of Bankhead National Forest and Sipsey Wilderness Area

Resources, 2022
Like many other states in south-east USA, Alabama is blessed with a high percentage of natural areas. These areas support vital nature tourism and the outdoor recreation sector.
Colmore S. Christian, Chelsea N. Scott
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Toward Smart Land Management: Land Acquisition and the Associated Challenges in Ghana. A Look into a Blockchain Digital Land Registry for Prospects

Land, 2021
Land acquisition in Ghana is fraught with challenges of multiple sales, numerous unofficial charges, unnecessary bureaucracies, intrusion of unqualified middlemen, and lack of transparency among others.
Prince Donkor Ameyaw, Walter Timo de Vries   +1 more
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Protecting Canyonlands: Anatomy of a National Park Struggle in Southeastern Utah, USA

Social Sciences, 2020
National parks have been called “America’s best idea”, but their creation and management never fail to stir controversy. On September 12, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill creating Canyonlands National Park (CANY).
Natalie S. Mumich, Geoffrey L. Buckley, Yolonda Youngs, Tatyana Martello   +3 more
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Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Public Land, and the Spaces of Whiteness

Frontiers in Communication, 2021
In this essay, I examine the 2016 takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The principal instigators of this occupation, the Bundy family of Nevada, pointed to federally owned public lands as the primary reason for their takeover, citing the ...
Joshua Smith
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Open for All: How Are Federal and Municipal Land Management Agencies Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic Alongside Increased Societal Recognition of Racial Injustice

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021
In addition to impacts on human health and the economy, COVID-19 is changing the way humans interact with open space. Across urban to rural settings, public lands–including forests and parks – experienced increases and shifts in recreational use.
Erika S. Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Sophie Plitt, Michelle L. Johnson   +3 more
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Environmental functions of protective forests in Amur Oblast [PDF]

Сибирский лесной журнал, 2022
The total area of protective forests in Amur Oblast in 2022 was 2.51 million ha, of which 1.72 million ha (68.5 %) was forested, 0.18 million ha (7.2 %) was unforested land, and 0.61 million ha (24.3 %) was non-forest land.
D. G. Zamolodchikov, A. V. Ivanov, V. I. Grabovskiy, N. A. Yust, N. A. Timchenko   +4 more
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Implications and Challenges for the Energy Sector in Brazil and Mexico to Meet the Carbon Emission Reductions Committed in Their INDC during the COP 21-CMP11

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2016
Despite contributing only 1% to global emissions each, two of the largest economies in Latin America, Brazil and Mexico, are strongly committed to reducing their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 43% and 40% respectively by the year 2030. Achieving these
Janaina Camile Pasqual, Rodolfo Peon Anaya, America Lutz Ley, Adriana Alejandra Zuniga-Teran, Yulia Peralta Lugo, Javier Alberto Mejia Santellanes   +5 more
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A social-ecological impact assessment for public lands management: application of a conceptual and methodological framework

Ecology and Society, 2016
According to the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), federal action to manipulate habitat for species conservation requires an environmental impact statement, which should integrate natural, physical, economic, and social sciences in ...
Amanda L. Bentley Brymer, Joseph D. Holbrook, Ryan J. Niemeyer, Alexis A. Suazo, J. D. Wulfhorst, Kerri T. Vierling, Beth A. Newingham, Timothy E. Link, Janet L. Rachlow   +8 more
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