Abstract The European Union (EU) has committed to an ambitious biodiversity recovery plan
in its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Green Deal. These policies aim to halt …

Successful conservation needs to be informed by social science because it is closely linked
to socio-economic processes and human behaviour. Limited knowledge about ecosystems' …

Globally, protected areas are faced with a myriad of threats emanating principally from
anthropogenic drivers, which underpins the importance of the human element in protected …

Protected Areas are the most widely applied policy tool for biodiversity conservation. In
Europe, protected areas are expected to significantly increase as the new EU Biodiversity …

The objectives of this study were:(1) to determine community perceptions of wildlife
conservation and tourism, and (2) to establish socio-demographic factors that influence …

Currently, Malaysia is at the forefront in enforcement in coastal management but lacks of
research on the psychological factors in community-based conservation (CBC) affect …

The paper analyses value co-creation and social innovation focusing on a new approach to
the management of Natura 2000 areas: the Networks of Reserves (NoRs). NoRs have been …

Managing Protected Areas (PAs) is a challenging task, and globally many instruments have
been utilised for this purpose. Existing research demonstrates that the effectiveness of these …

This paper conducts a systematic review of the literature (SRL) to update the relevance of
social perception (SP) for managing protected areas and conservation spaces that …

The main objective of this paper is to present a critical analysis of the stakeholder
participation process within the Environmental Impact Assessment System in Chile, after ca …