An increasingly utilized strategy for expanding conservation in the developing world has been the promotion of protected areas that supersede national borders. Alternatively known as transfrontier biosphere reserves, transfrontier or transboundary conservation areas, or Peace Parks, these protected areas are aggressively advanced by conservation agencies for their purported ecological and econo...

We engaged in cooperative research with fishers and stakeholders to characterize the fine-scale, spatio-temporal characteristics of spawning behavior in an aggregating marine fish (Cynoscion othonopterus: Sciaenidae) and coincident activities of its commercial fishery in the Upper Gulf of California. Approximately 1.5-1.8 million fish are harvested annually from spawning aggregations of C. otho...

Protected areas (PAs) and payments for ecosystem services (PES) are key global land conservation policies, yet there are few empirical comparisons of their impacts. We study how PAs and PES affected forest conservation, poverty reduction and population change at the locality level in Mexico in the past decade. We find that both generated an approximately 20% reduction in expected forest cover l...

The development of the Information Society results in an ever increasing demand for environmental information exchange. To the best of the author's knowledge, there are not many studies concerning environmental information networks. The data collected in this way (e.g. BRIM or the systems owned by National Parks) did not respond fully to the users needs. For these reasons, the author has undert...

Purpose. To investigate the state of Nature Reserve Fund (NRF) in Khmelnytskyi region context Emerald Network development. Methods. We have used data Register region, literature, cartographic materials and documentations as for our investigation. Based on criteria created by Yu. M. Gryshchenko NRF has been assessed. Results. 536 objects 328,663.98 ha (January 1, 2021): 42 national 494 local obj...

This study examined the willingness-to-pay (WTP) of consumers and determinants eco-labeling for organic cocoa powder produced in Dong Nai UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (DNBR), Southern Vietnam. Eco-labels are designed according to tiers biosphere reserves (BR) introduced by UNESCO; they include BR Destination (Tier 1), Quality 2), Professional Certification 3) labels. Questionnaires were delivered 2...