Identifying corridors for Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in a part of Eastern Himalayas, India by Malyasri Bhattacharya, Debanjan Sarkar, Sneha Pandey, Indranil Mondal, Sambandam Sathyakumar, R. Suresh Kumar, Gautam Talukdar

“…Our results showed that 300 km² of the suitable regions are within the protected areas in Sikkim. The highest quality linkages as measured by the ratio of cost-weighted distance to Euclidean distance (CWD:EucD) and cost-weighted distance to least-cost path (CWD:LCP) were Khangchendzonga and Barsey, suggesting that these protected areas (National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries) and the developed corridors play important role in maintaining connectivity. …”
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Negotiated coexistence and environmental governance in protected nature areas of Peru by Mattias Borg Rasmussen

“…This article focuses on the strategies deployed by a sample of protected area managers in Peru in the work with, from, for and sometimes against communities in the search for a negotiated coexistence. …”
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Effects of nest locations on foraging behavior and physiological responses in seabird colony by Yuichi Mizutani, Yusuke Goto, Akiko Shoji, Ken Yoda

“…In this study, we analyzed 20 black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris) nesting in the center of a colony within a protected area (Central Group, CG) and five gulls on the periphery outside the protected area, where human disturbance is frequent (Peripheral Group, PG). …”
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Effects of urbanization and floral diversity on the bee community (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in an oak forest in a Protected Natural Area of Mexico by Alejandro Muñoz-Urias, Lisset Araujo-Alanis, Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez, Cesar Jacobo-Pereira, Alvaro Edwin Razo-León

“…We investigated bee communities in two distinct land-use conditions in Mexico: one within the Bosque el Nixticuil-San Esteban-El Diente Natural Protected Area, which represents a conserved oak forest, and the other in a highly urbanized area in adjacent parks located approximately one kilometer from the conservation area in the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara with a population of 5.3 million. …”
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Submerged Groundwater Discharges as Source of Fecal Material in Protected Karstic Coastal Areas by Cristian Kantun Manzano, Flor Arcega-Cabrera, Morgane Derrien, Elsa Noreña-Barroso, Jorge Herrera-Silveira

“…Nevertheless, some of these protected areas keep deteriorating probably related with anthropogenic contributions not considered in legislation. …”
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Bioresource Rent Value of Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park, Philippines, for Access and Benefit Sharing Scheme by Grace V. Villanueva, Jersam C. Calago, Bobby B. Alaman, Joseph Glenn Laput, Emmarie F. Mapi-ot, Richard B. Parilla, Gemmalyn M. Trespalacio, Joan U. Ureta, J. Carl Ureta

“…Malindang Range Natural Park (MMRNP) in the Philippines is a vital protected area that harbors a diverse range of flora and fauna with substantial economic significance. …”
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Théorie du droit et front écologique : apport à la (re)définition de la justice environnementale by Nadia Belaidi

“…This is the resulting question of the law and geography connexions when we wanted to consider strategy of conquest operated on a protected area (Table Mountain National Park, Cap Town, South Africa). …”
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On Stability of Nonautonomous Perturbed Semilinear Fractional Differential Systems of Order α∈(1,2) by Mohammed M. Matar, Esmail S. Abu Skhail

“…Two examples related to fractional-order Hopfield neural networks with constant external inputs and a marine protected area model are introduced to illustrate the applicability of stability results.…”
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Parcs nationaux au Brésil by Marta de Azevedo Irving

“…National Parks represent strategic protected areas for biodiversity conservation, at the global level, given their international recognition and promotion. …”
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Diversity and Abundance of the Species of Arboreal Mammals in a Tropical Rainforest in Southeast Mexico by J. Vladimir Rojas‐Sánchez, Rosamond Ione Coates, Víctor Sánchez‐Cordero, Mario C. Lavariega, José J. Flores‐Martínez

“…Here, we assessed the overall community structure of arboreal mammals in a protected area by analyzing the patterns of diversity and abundance and their spatial and seasonal variations. …”
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Nona Nenovska, Gouvernance des biens communs et spécificités du rapport social à la nature en Bulgarie : le cas de l’aire marine protégée de Kaliakra by Nona Nenovska

“…This thesis studies the local governance of the Kalikara Marine Protected Area, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The main focus of this research is on the formal/informal institutional arrangements for this area. …”
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Le patrimoine paysager comme élément constitutif d’un espace de nature protégé touristique by Caroline Pouliquen

“…The landscape in protected areas is often linked to the notion of “natural heritage.” …”
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“A place where no woman has ever entered…” The unique spiritual heritage of the Athos peninsula in the context of history and present time by Peter Caban

“…It is perceived as a protected area and the centre of eastern spirituality. …”
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Le secteur sauvegardé, un outil indispensable mais insuffisant pour le développement d’un centre-ville historique by Emmanuelle Gillet Lorenzi

“…With the Malraux law in France, urban centres have acquired an historical as well as a functional value. The protected area thus makes it possible to develop a territorial strategy of protection and management of the landscape in the sense of Article 1 of the Convention of Florence. …”
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Pastoral livestock farming constraints and adaptation strategies in response to institutional reforms in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa by Basnewindé Ilboudo, Alhassane Zaré, Alhassane Zaré, Innocent Charles Emmanuel Traoré, Innocent Charles Emmanuel Traoré, Loyapin Bondé, Reginald Tang Guuroh, Reginald Tang Guuroh, Reginald Tang Guuroh, Oumarou Ouédraogo

“…In response, some livestock farmers drive their herds out of the country, while others illegally graze in protected areas. They also combine socio-professional conversion to support their livelihoods, with atypical transhumance in the rainy season and seek herd feed satisfaction. …”
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Communiquer sur le patrimoine naturel. Discours de presse locale dans les Ramières de la Drôme, Rhône-Alpes (1981-2008) by Émeline Comby, Yves-François Le Lay

“…The choice of emblems reveals the transformation of a protected area focused on endangered species into a place of a local development. …”
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Programme Sahamalaza-Iles Radama de l’AEECL : étude et conservation des espèces menacées d’extinction de lémuriens dans le nord-ouest de Madagascar by Alice Dumoulin, Guy Randriatahina, Christoph Schwitzer

“…The Association has helped create local community associations in the villages of the four communes in the periphery of the protected area. Responsibility for the sustainable management of the natural resources is gradually handed over to the local communities.…”
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Effectiveness of the world network of biosphere reserves in maintaining forest ecosystem functions by Charlotte Gohr, Henrik von Wehrden, Sassan Saatchi, Nathalie Pettorelli, Pierre L. Ibisch

“…This study underscores the potential significance of biosphere reserves to biodiversity conservation efforts and the need for the integration of satellite-based, outcome-oriented proxies of ecosystem functions in assessments of protected area effectiveness.…”
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First record of the common sun star Crossaster papposus (L., 1767) in the Baltic Sea in over 100 years by Romoth Katharina, Gogina Mayya, Beisiegel Kolja, Darr Alexander, Zettler Michael Lothar

“…The rare in the German North and Baltic Sea waters and strictly protected sea star Crossaster papposus was found in 2019 and 2021 during monitoring activities in a marine protected area. This unique observation was achieved by using towed camera platform imagery along a transect in the Fehmarn Belt, which allows monitoring of a much larger area of the seafloor compared to traditional invasive grab and dredge sampling. …”
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A Climate - Satellite Analysis of Leaf Area Index in Hamedan Province by sayyed mohammad hosseini, Fakhry Sadat Fateminiya

“…The common aspect of all years shows that in terms of pixels above the common places, all the years: the southern Hamadan gardens in the south of the Moradbeyk Valley, the Nahavand West fields, the south-east Malayer Gardens, the protected area Lashgar in the south-east of Malayer. The only difference seen in different years is the number of pixels. …”
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