ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2015
Measuring the difference made by conservation initiatives: protected areas and their environmental and social impacts.
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- Advancing interdisciplinary science of gender is key to the success of blue carbon initiatives.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Protection efforts have resulted in ~10% of existing fish biomass on coral reefs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Defining performance thresholds for effective management of biodiversity within protected areas.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2022Article
- Assessing the Cultural Ecosystem Services Value of Protected Areas Considering Stakeholders' Preferences and Trade-Offs-Taking the Xin'an River Landscape Corridor Scenic Area as an Example.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Ten facts about land systems for sustainability.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity.PloS one · 2020Article
- Causal inference in coupled human and natural systems.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
- A quasi-experimental study of impacts of Tanzania's wildlife management areas on rural livelihoods and wealth.Scientific data · 2018Article
- Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- Drivers of coral reef marine protected area performance.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
Success in conservation depends on our ability to reduce human pressures in areas that harbour biological diversity and ecosystem services. Legally protecting some of these areas through the creation of protected areas is a key component of conservation efforts globally. To develop effective protected area networks, practitioners need credible, scientific evidence about the degree to which protected areas affect environmental and social outcomes, and how these effects vary with context. Such evidence has been lacking, but the situation is changing as conservation scientists adopt more sophisticated research designs for evaluating protected areas' past impacts and for predicting their future impacts. Complementing these scientific advances, conservation funders and practitioners are paying increasing attention to evaluating their investments with more scientifically rigorous evaluation designs. This theme issue highlights recent advances in the science of protected area evaluations and explores the challenges to developing a more credible evidence base that can help societies achieve their goals of protecting nature while enhancing human welfare.
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