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National parks in China: Experiments with protecting nature and human livelihoods in Yunnan province, Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC)
D.Q. Zhou,R. Edward Grumbine +1 more
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The authors reviewed two of these pilots, Pudacuo National Park and Laojun Mountain National Park, to evaluate whether this park model, as it is being applied in China, offers an improvement to existing nature reserve regulations and implementation.About:
This article is published in Biological Conservation.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 100 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: National park & Nature reserve.read more
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Annual Report 2008
TL;DR: The following section, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Operations, provides an overview of the consolidated financial statements of Fujitsu Limited and its consolidated subsidiaries for the year ended March 31, 2008 (fiscal 2007).
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Biodiversity conservation status in China's growing protected areas
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper suggest structural adjustment based on integrative research, practical strategies to alleviate administrative conflicts, increased engagement of local communities, transparent allocation of conservation funding, strengthened supervision and penalty mechanisms for destructive activities, and improved large-scale designation to coordinate demands of conservation and socioeconomic development.
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Using species distribution modeling to improve conservation and land use planning of Yunnan, China
Ming-Gang Zhang,Ming-Gang Zhang,Zhe-Kun Zhou,Zhe-Kun Zhou,Wen-Yun Chen,J. W. Ferry Slik,Charles H. Cannon,Charles H. Cannon,Niels Raes +8 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper identified four important aspects of plant species distribution in Yunnan: (1) species diversity hotspots; (2) seven major floristic regions, using a cluster analysis of species presence/absence; (3) priority areas for conservation based on the concept of the 'irreplaceability' value of planning units and (4) the percentage remaining natural forest among the species rich and conservation priority areas, to assess the level of endangerment.
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Integrating a participatory process with a GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis for protected area zoning in China
Zhiming Zhang,Ruth Sherman,Zijiang Yang,Ruidong Wu,Wenli Wang,Mei Yin,Guihua Yang,Xiaokun Ou +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a participatory process involving multiple stakeholders and technical experts was used to establish park management objectives: nature conservation; tourism and recreation; and, community development, and three suitability maps of conservation, eco-tourism, and community development were generated.
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TL;DR: Roderick Nash's classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements, has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967 The Los Angeles Times listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, Outside Magazine included it in a survey of "books that changed our world," and it has been called the "Book of Genesis for environmentalists" as discussed by the authors.
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Expansion of the global terrestrial protected area system.
Clinton N. Jenkins,Lucas Joppa +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated progress toward meeting the goal of protecting 10% of all ecological regions by 2010 and found that only 5.8% of the world's terrestrial ecoregions have strict protection for biodiversity.
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