Governance and conservation effectiveness in protected areas and indigenous and locally managed areas

Y Zhang, P West, L Thakholi… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Increased conservation action to protect more habitat and species is fueling a vigorous
debate about the relative effectiveness of different sorts of protected areas. Here we review …

The potential for nature-based solutions to combat the freshwater biodiversity crisis

CB van Rees, S Jumani, L Abera, L Rack, SK McKay… - PLoS Water, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Enthusiasm for and investments in nature-based solutions (NBS) as sustainable strategies
for climate adaptation and infrastructure development is building among governments, the …

[HTML][HTML] Global trends in protected area connectivity from 2010 to 2018

S Saura, B Bertzky, L Bastin, L Battistella… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Connectivity of protected areas (PAs) is needed to ensure the long-term persistence of
biodiversity and ecosystem service delivery. The Convention on Biological Diversity agreed …

Privately protected areas increase global protected area coverage and connectivity

R Palfrey, JA Oldekop, G Holmes - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - nature.com
Privately protected areas (PPAs) are increasing in number and extent. Yet, we know little
about their contribution to conservation and how this compares to other forms of protected …

Conservation and social outcomes of private protected areas

R Palfrey, J Oldekop, G Holmes - Conservation Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Government administered protected areas (PAs) have dominated conservation strategies,
discourse, and research, yet private actors are increasingly managing land for conservation …

Ecological assessment of Iran's terrestrial biomes for wildlife conservation

A Ansari, M Ghorbanpour, A Kazemi, K Kariman - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Man-made activities pose the greatest threats to wildlife in Iran's terrestrial biomes, causing
significant habitat damage and fragmentation in recent years. To fully understand these …

[HTML][HTML] Predicted connectivity pathways between grizzly bear ecosystems in Western Montana

SN Sells, CM Costello, PM Lukacs, LL Roberts… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Habitat and corridor map** are key components of many conservation programs. Grizzly
bear populations in the continental US are fragmented and connectivity among federal …

Integrating habitat risk assessment and connectivity analysis in ranking habitat patches for conservation in protected areas

NK Ghehi, B MalekMohammadi, H Jafari - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Ecological habitat connectivity, human disturbances, and habitat availability are strongly
related to each other for distribution and abundance of species. In Var** protected area …

Paths of coexistence: Spatially predicting acceptance of grizzly bears along key movement corridors

AH Sage, V Hillis, RA Graves, M Burnham… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Landscape connectivity is important for conserving wildlife in spaces shared with humans.
Yet, differences in human attitudes and behaviors within movement corridors can lead to …

Leveraging private lands to meet 2030 biodiversity targets in the United States

M Chapman, C Boettiger… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coincident with international movements to protect 30% of land and sea over the next
decade (“30× 30”), the United States has committed to more than doubling its current …