In the second half of the 20th Century there was a growing awareness of environmental
problems, including the loss of species and habitats, resulting in many national and …

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' …

The importance of studying coastal areas is justified by their resources, ecosystem services,
and key role played in socio-economic development. Coastal landscapes are subject to …

Abstract Established under the European Union (EU) Birds and Habitats Directives, Natura
2000 is one of the largest international networks of protected areas. With the spatial …

Ecological regions or ecoregions derive from ecological classification of land and represent
broad and discrete ecologically homogeneous areas within which natural communities and …

The effectiveness of protected areas can diminish during times of pronounced socio-
economic and institutional change. Our goals were to assess the effectiveness of Romanian …

Recent studies carried out by landscape and urban ecologists have shown that habitat
fragmentation has negative environmental effects and is accountable for the loss of …

Old-growth forests around the world are vanishing rapidly and have been lost almost
completely from the European temperate forest region. Poor management practices, often …

Successful management of complex social-ecological landscapes overlap** Natura 2000
sites requires collaboration between various actors such as law enforcement agencies …

Although conservation and development are two facets of sustainability, they are often
placed in contradictory positions. In this context, planning systems are able to respond to …