National Parks and Protected Areas

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: adaptability; balloon dessert; best practice; bibliometrics; biodiversity conservation; Central Highlands; CiteSpace; co-management; coastal city; community participation; community resident; connectivity; cultural ecosystem service; dispersal probability; driving force; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; ecological compensation (EC); ecological corridor; ecosystem services; ecosystem services value; ecotourism; empowerment levels; Extremadura; fairness perception; function evaluation; functional zoning; GeoDetector model; Geography; government purchasing of ecological services; habitat degradation; Iceland; indicator system; knowledge mapping; land use change; land use intensity; landscape; landscape unit; least-cost distance; LUCC; management capacity evaluation; management measures; MCR; MSPA; multi-criteria decision analysis; national park; natural parks; Nepal; Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park (NTLNP); payment for ecosystem services (PES); perception; protected area; protected area management; protected areas; Qilian Mountain National Park; Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu Area); Qilian Mountain National Park Pilot; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; regression analysis; Research and information: general; residents; sensitivity analysis; Sierra Morena; social equity; social-ecological system; stakeholders; state-owned forest enterprises (SOFEs); structural equation model; sustainable tourism; tea cultivation; Three-River-Source National Park; TPB extended model; VOSviewer; wilderness character; wilderness quality
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-8313-6
• ISBN: 9783036583136; 3036583122; 9783036583129; 3036583130

This reprint focuses on fundamental and applied research on national parks and protected areas. The destruction and degradation of nature undermine biodiversity and human well-being. Protected areas (including national parks) represent one of the best ways to safeguard nature and preserve biodiversity for the benefit of all life on Earth. Protected areas put the focus on nature conservation while providing various types of ecosystem services and contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this reprint, special attention is given to wilderness quality, connectivity conservation and ecological networks, ecosystem services, community participation, tourism and other relevant topics.