Human well-being impacts of terrestrial protected areas
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Human well-being impacts of terrestrial protected areas
Background: Establishing Protected Areas (PAs) is among the most common conservation interventions. Protecting areas from the threats posed by human activity will by definition inhibit some human actions. However, adverse impacts could be balanced by maintaining ecosystem services or introducing new livelihood options. Consequently there is an ongoing debate on whether the net impact of PAs on ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Evidence
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2047-2382
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2382-2-19