National Parks for the dark

Exploitation of freshwater eels in National Parks

environmental evaluation: a methodology for the selection for national parks (introducing the methods of sumer gulez )

this method is based on assigning some weghing values for natural, cultural, and recreational resources of a site for national parks. numerical value are used to determine whether a particular area is suitable for the of national parks. delfi technique is also employed to reduce the subjectivity as well as, bias in site selection, criteria used in parts of the world for this p~ are the basis of...

Mercury in Fish from National Parks

Mercury (Hg) is a toxic, global contaminant that threatens ecosystem and human health. Human activities have increased atmospheric concentrations 3-5 fold during the past 150 years. Airborne Hg enters environmental cycles in complex ways, resulting in the contamination of even remote places. The National Park Service (NPS) protects some of the most pristine and sensitive wilderness in North Ame...

Conservation Geographies in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Politics of National Parks, Community Conservation and Peace Parks

Sub-Saharan Africa has been the location of intense conservation planning since the colonial era. Under the auspices of wilderness protection, colonial authorities established national parks largely for the purpose of hunting and tourism while forcibly evicting indigenous populations. Concerns about the ethical and economic impacts of protected areas have generated interest in community conserv...

E-Government for National Forest Parks in Greece

Electronic government services strengthen the internal market and complement European Union legislative acts and their effectiveness in a number of domains where ICT can improve delivery of services. Today, there has been observed an increasing interest in applying electronic government to different business sectors such as the environmental sector. Effective and successful management of Nation...