This study analyses local residents' perceptions, attitudes and participation towards national
protected areas. These three factors are highly correlated, and can affect residents' …

The rewilding of landscapes is one of the most important and intensively discussed
landscape changes occurring in Switzerland, as the need for agricultural and forest land is …

Protected areas (PAs) form the backbone of European biodiversity‐conservation efforts.
Despite extensive PA coverage in many countries on the Continent, biodiversity is declining …

Questions about park–people relationships and the understanding and handling of the
conflicts that may result from the creation and management of national parks in the …

Establishing protected areas has emerged as one of the key aims in global and EU
conservation policy. In the EU, the particular role of providing biodiversity conservation was …

Background Governance processes and structures that steer social-ecological systems and
in situ forest conservation strategies such as protected areas (PAs) can be crucial for …

Protected areas are powerful instruments to tackle the biodiversity crises. However, local
communities believe that protected areas generate downsides for which they should be …

The perceptions and attitude of local people towards a protected area have been identified
in literature as a key factor for its success, since perceptions affect operations within the …

Park-people relationships are crucial for the effective operation of national parks (NPs).
According to this new paradigm, protected areas are increasingly considered as instruments …

Evidence on the socioeconomic effects of the protected area status of affected regions is
mixed. While some studies highlight positive outcomes for these regions, others point in the …