Effective protected areas

Protected areas – national parks, wilderness areas, community conserved areas, nature reserves and so on – are a mainstay of biodiversity conservation, while ...

How effective are protected areas for reducing threats to biodiversity ...

Protected areas (PAs) have become one of the most important instruments to preserve nature and, when effective, can significantly reduce ...

Mixed effectiveness of global protected areas in resisting habitat loss

Protected areas are the cornerstones of conservation efforts to mitigate the anthropogenic pressures driving biodiversity loss.

Protected and conserved areas: WWF's approach to inclusive ...

Protected and conserved areas are most effective when landscapes, seascapes, and river basins contain a well-connected mosaic that conserves representative ...

Our philosophy on Protected and Conserved Areas - IUCN.org

Protected areas[i] are formally designated areas with a primary focus on conservation. Most people think of national parks, but they may be managed in a variety ...

Multiple-use protected areas are critical to equitable and effective ...

We find that multiple-use protected areas can deliver benefits to nature and people hand in hand, rather than in trade-off, but that the ...

Successful protected areas are a matter of quality, not just quantity

Protected areas offer vital solutions to some of the most pressing global challenges including climate change, species extinction, water scarcity, food ...

How effective are protected areas? - assets.panda.org

How effective are protected areas? A preliminary analysis of forest protected areas by WWF – the largest ever global assessment of protected area management ...

Explore the World's Protected Areas

Protected Planet is the most up to date and complete source of data on protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), updated ...

Governance and Conservation Effectiveness in Protected Areas and ...

Increased conservation action to protect more habitat and species is fueling a vigorous debate about the relative effectiveness of different ...

Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving tropical forest birds

Protected areas (PAs) are the cornerstones of global biodiversity conservation efforts, but to fulfil this role they must be effective at ...

5 Reasons Why Protected Areas Work - Legacy Landscapes Fund

1. Protected areas tackle climate change · 2. Protected areas preserve habitats for wildlife · 3. Protected areas promote sustainable livelihoods.

Towards Effective Protected Area Systems: An Action Guide to ...

Towards Effective Protected Area Systems. An Action Guide to Implement the. Convention on Biological Diversity Programme of Work on Protected Areas. Secretariat ...

A global-level assessment of the effectiveness of protected areas at ...

Significance. Protected areas (PAs) are a key strategy for conserving nature and halting the loss of biodiversity. Our results show that while ...

Biodiversity conservation and ecological value of protected areas

The 2010 target for PAs adopted by the 7th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity includes the goal of “effectively ...

Remotely sensed effectiveness assessments of protected areas lack ...

We argue for a multi-indicator-based framework on protected area effectiveness, including the development of a consistent set of socio-ecological indicators ...

Assessing the effectiveness of global protected areas based on the ...

In this study, the DID model was first employed to assess the effectiveness of global PAs. Our results showed that global PAs are effective in maintaining plant ...

Protected areas and freshwater biodiversity: a novel systematic ...

Of the 75 case studies, 38 reported positive outcomes, 25 were neutral, and 12 were negative, so 51% showed protected areas to be effective in ...

The multifaceted challenge of evaluating protected area effectiveness

Protected areas (PAs) are the most important conservation tool, yet assessing their effectiveness is remarkably challenging.

OECMs: A new paradigm for area-based conservation | Stories | WWF

The term 'other effective area-based conservation measure' describes a geographic site, which is not within a protected area, that delivers long-term ...