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The State Of The World's Parks: An International Assessment For Resource Management, Policy, And Research
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The article was published on 2019-05-07 and is currently open access. It has received 113 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Resource management & Natural resource management.read more
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Community Natural Resource Management: Promise, Rhetoric, and Reality
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized empirical evidence regarding the implementation of community natural resource management (CNRM), based on five case studies in Nepal, the U.S. states of Alaska and Washington, and Kenya.
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Planning for people and parks: design dilemmas.
Katrina Brandon,Michael P. Wells +1 more
TL;DR: Integrated conservation-development projects (ICDPs) attempt to link biodiversity conservation in protected areas with social and economic development in surrounding communities as discussed by the authors, but the performance of ICDPs thus far has been hampered by numerous difficulties, many of which are strikingly similar to those encountered in rural development efforts.
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Keeping Options Alive: The Scientific Basis for Conserving Biodiversity
W. V. Reid,Kenton R. Miller +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of where the worlds species and genetic resources are located why they are valuable and a new analysis of species extinctions in tropical forests; presents a survey of the most recent findings of conservation biology; and suggests how these findings can be applied.
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Threats to Wilderness Ecosystems: Impacts and Research Needs
David N. Cole,Peter Landres +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review current knowledge and critical research needs for some of the most significant threats to wilderness ecosystems: (1) recreational use and management; (2) livestock grazing and its management, fire management, introduction of alien species; (3) diversion and impoundment of water; (4) emission of atmospheric pollutants; and (5) management of adjacent lands.