Conserving Africa's wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

P Lindsey, J Allan, P Brehony, A Dickman… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 illness are driving a global crisis. Governments have
responded by restricting human movement, which has reduced economic activity. These …

Ensuring effective implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity targets

H Xu, Y Cao, D Yu, M Cao, Y He, M Gill… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Biodiversity underpins the fundamental elements for human well-being including food
security, human health and access to clean water. In 2010, the Aichi Targets were adopted …

Post-2020 biodiversity framework challenged by cropland expansion in protected areas

Z Meng, J Dong, EC Ellis, G Metternicht, Y Qin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Protected areas (PAs) are essential for biodiversity conservation but are threatened by
cropland expansion. Recent studies have only reported global cropland expansion in large …

Protected area personnel and ranger numbers are insufficient to deliver global expectations

MR Appleton, A Courtiol, L Emerton, JL Slade… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The 2020 global spatial targets for protected areas set by the Convention on Biological
Diversity have almost been achieved, but management effectiveness remains deficient …

Living on the edge: Benefit-sharing from protected area tourism

S Snyman, KS Bricker - Living on the Edge, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Tourism has an essential role in terms of contributing to the financial sustainability of
protected areas. In addition, through effective and efficient benefit-sharing, tourism can …

A pan-African spatial assessment of human conflicts with lions and elephants

E Di Minin, R Slotow, C Fink, H Bauer… - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
African lions (Panthera leo) and African savanna (Loxodonta africana) and forest (L. cyclotis)
elephants pose threats to people, crops, and livestock, and are themselves threatened with …

The future of sub-Saharan Africa's biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change

CA Chapman, K Abernathy, LJ Chapman… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many of the world's most biodiverse regions are found in the poorest and second most
populous continent of Africa; a continent facing exceptional challenges. Africa is projected to …

Framework for sustainable recovery of tourism in protected areas

H Bhammar, W Li, CMM Molina, V Hickey, J Pendry… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tourism in protected areas was a fast-growing segment within the global travel and tourism
industry prior to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. As a development …

Funding deficits of protected areas in Brazil

JMC da Silva, TCA de Castro Dias, AC da Cunha… - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Protected areas (PAs) are the most effective public policy instruments to protect natural
ecosystems and the services these ecosystems provide. Nevertheless, several PAs present …

Estimation of ecotourism carrying capacity for sustainable development of protected areas in Iran

P Sobhani, H Esmaeilzadeh, SMM Sadeghi… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Estimating the ecotourism carrying capacity (ETCC) in protected areas (PAs) is essential for
minimizing the negative impacts of ecotourism and sustainable environmental management …