Effectiveness of parks in protecting tropical biodiversity.
Science
; 291(5501): 125-8, 2001 Jan 05.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11141563
ABSTRACT
We assessed the impacts of anthropogenic threats on 93 protected areas in 22 tropical countries to test the hypothesis that parks are an effective means to protect tropical biodiversity. We found that the majority of parks are successful at stopping land clearing, and to a lesser degree effective at mitigating logging, hunting, fire, and grazing. Park effectiveness correlates with basic management activities such as enforcement, boundary demarcation, and direct compensation to local communities, suggesting that even modest increases in funding would directly increase the ability of parks to protect tropical biodiversity.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Clima Tropical
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Ecossistema
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Conservação dos Recursos Naturais
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Science
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos