T here is little debate that unchecked human population growth and the development of " modern " societies are responsible for the current biodiversity crisis. To stop the growing loss of biodiversity, global conservation efforts have mostly focused on creating protected areas free of human influence [1]. But many of these protected areas are also in crisis. In most cases, their long-term viabi...

Dennis Twinomugisha Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Colin A. Chapman Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611; Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10460 Michael J. Lawes Forest Biodiversity Programme, School of Botany and Zoology, University of Natal, P/Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South...

the main purpose of this research was to analyze the factors affecting on rural people’s participation in the projects of natural resources conservation. the research method of the study was analytical- explanatory research. the statistical population of the study consisted of all the heads of households in rural district of azadlo in moghan township (n= 750). according to krejcie and morgan ta...

World aquaculture is undergoing a massive expansion , both in quantity and quality of products and this is set to increase over the next few decades especially if aquaculture is to satisfy the world demand for fish products in the face of dwindling fisheries (FAO, 2002). Clearly, the industry needs to be sustainable in the medium to long term and considerable efforts are being made into underst...

natural sites with spiritual values are parts of land or sea that play key role in conserving biodiversity and cultural identity. the aim of this study is prioritizing protected zones with spiritual values. in the first step for this survey, based on literature review and according to multi criteria assessment, convenient conservation criteria were compiled, then for each of criterion, indices ...

In this paper, we introduce our current research project aimed at computer-based support for participatory management of protected areas, in order to promote biodiversity conservation and social inclusion. Its applicative objective is to help various stakeholders (e.g., environmentalist NGOs, communities, tourism operators, public agencies, and so on) to collectively understand conflict dynamic...

This paper addresses from an economic perspective the issue of global biodiversity conservation. It challenges the perception that the world really cares a great deal about biodiversity and is prepared to pay the full cost of maintaining this stock of natural capital. Despite the existence of a plethora of international agreements there still seems to be a global ‘deficit of care’ surrounding e...