Information-Analytical Center for Natural Specially Protected Areas Support

Assessing the effectiveness of specially protected areas for conservation of Antarctica's botanical diversity.

Vegetation is sparsely distributed over Antarctica's ice-free ground, and distinct plant communities are present in each of the continent's 15 recently identified Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Regions (ACBRs). With rapidly increasing human activity in Antarctica, terrestrial plant communities are at risk of damage or destruction by trampling, overland transport, and infrastructure constr...

Simparc Project: Computer Support for Participatory Management of Protected Areas

An important and difficult challenge facing contemporary world is the apparent dilemna between the competing objectives of environmental conservation, economic development, and social inclusion. Brazil faces such challenges, in rural but also in urban environments, as it happens with the remains of the Atlantic Forest within the city of Rio de Janeiro. Recent initiatives to address these challe...

Protected areas – protected species?

Wild life: The elusive fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is the top predator in the dry deciduous forests of Madagascar, but very little was known about its biology until the 1990s. The presence of volunteer groups studying its role in the forest’s ecology has also helped to protect its habitat. (Photo: Earthwatch/ Luke Dollar.) The world’s latest national park has just been created in the east of Russ...

Stakeholder Participation in Planning of the Protected Natural Areas: Slovenia

The participation of stakeholders in the planning of protected natural areas is growing significantly. It enhances their trust in protection aims and management measures. Limited time and finances, however, often reduce the impact of stakeholder participation on the level of information and education, thus usually resulting in insufficient implementation of choices regarding nature conservation...

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS by Susan