Participatory protected area management – A case study from Rodna Mountains National Park, Romania

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Alina Szabo ◽  
Anna Lawrence ◽  
Claudiu Iusan ◽  
Susan Canney
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Area Management

scholarly journals Protected area management and livelihood conflicts in Ghana: a case study of Digya National Park

PARKS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse S. Ayivor ◽  
Chris Gordon ◽  
Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Area Management

scholarly journals Measuring benefits of protected area management: trends across realms and research gaps for freshwater systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 370 (1681) ◽  
pp. 20140274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa M. Adams ◽  
Samantha A. Setterfield ◽  
Michael M. Douglas ◽  
Mark J. Kennard ◽  
Keith Ferdinands
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Time Lags ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Freshwater Systems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Area Management

Protected areas remain a cornerstone for global conservation. However, their effectiveness at halting biodiversity decline is not fully understood. Studies of protected area benefits have largely focused on measuring their impact on halting deforestation and have neglected to measure the impacts of protected areas on other threats. Evaluations that measure the impact of protected area management require more complex evaluation designs and datasets. This is the case across realms (terrestrial, freshwater, marine), but measuring the impact of protected area management in freshwater systems may be even more difficult owing to the high level of connectivity and potential for threat propagation within systems (e.g. downstream flow of pollution). We review the potential barriers to conducting impact evaluation for protected area management in freshwater systems. We contrast the barriers identified for freshwater systems to terrestrial systems and discuss potential measurable outcomes and confounders associated with protected area management across the two realms. We identify key research gaps in conducting impact evaluation in freshwater systems that relate to three of their major characteristics: variability, connectivity and time lags in outcomes. Lastly, we use Kakadu National Park world heritage area, the largest national park in Australia, as a case study to illustrate the challenges of measuring impacts of protected area management programmes for environmental outcomes in freshwater systems.

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