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FAO workshop on impacts of marine protected areas on fisheries yield, fishing communities and ecosystems. Rome, Italy. 6-18 June 2015.

Published online: 03 Aug 2016

Published by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Content type: Bulletin; Conference proceedings

Marine protected areas (MPAs), especially no-take closures, are usually referred to in the context of biodiversity conservation but have increasingly ...

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Participatory mapping reveals socioeconomic drivers of forest fires in protected areas of the post-conflict Colombian Amazon.

Published online: 25 Oct 2021

Authors: Tebbutt, C. A. & Devisscher, T. & Obando-Cabrera, L. & García, G. A. G. & Elizalde, M. C. M. & Armenteras, D. & Menor, I. O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Wildfires have increased in protected areas (PAs) of the Colombian Amazon following the 2016 peace agreement between the Government and the Revolution...

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Driving mechanism for farmers to adopt agroecology for biodiversity conservation: inspiration from tea management in a China National Park.

Published online: 10 Nov 2024

Authors: He SiYuan & Wang BoJie

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conflicts arising from human activities and biodiversity value affect the conservation efficacy of protected areas. Resolving these conflicts requires...

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Waterbirds increase more rapidly in Ramsar-designated wetlands than in unprotected wetlands.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Kleijn, D. & Cherkaoui, I. & Goedhart, P. W. & Hout, J. van der & Lammertsma, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There is a general lack of information on how international conservation treaties affect biodiversity. The Ramsar convention on the protection of inte...

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Site-level connectivity identified from multiple sources of movement data to inform conservation of a migratory bird.

Published online: 21 Feb 2025

Authors: Beal, M. & Nightingale, J. & Belo, J. R. & Batey, C. & Belting, H. & Bocher, P. & Burgess, M. & Craft, T. B. & Crockford, N. & Delaporte, P. & Donaldson, L. & Gélinaud, G. & Gill, J. A. & Gunnarsson, T. G. & Þórisson, B. & Gutiérrez, J. S. & Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W. & Howison, R. A. & Hunke, P. & Jomat, L. & Lemke, H. & Ludwig, J. & Majoor, F. A. & Marlow, C. & Masero, J. A. & Melter, J. & Nicholson, I. & Parejo, M. & O'Mahony, B. & Pasanen, E. & Pessa, J. & Piersma, T. & Rocha, A. D. & Robin, F. & Roodbergen, M. & Rousseau, P. & Salewski, V. & Schmidt, L. & Smart, J. & Staneva, A. & Tibbitts, T. L. & Timonen, S. & Alves, J. A. & Dias, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Migratory birds depend on a suite of sites across their annual cycles, making them vulnerable to a wide variety of anthropogenic pressures. Current ar...

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Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well-being in North-Eastern Madagascar.

Published online: 16 Mar 2024

Authors: Llopis, J. C. & Diebold, C. L. & Schneider, F. & Harimalala, P. C. & Andriamihaja, O. R. & Messerli, P. & Zaehringer, J. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Tropical forest frontier areas support the well-being of local populations in myriad ways. Not only do they provide the material basis for people's li...

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Connectivity and succession of open structures as a key to sustaining light-demanding biodiversity in deciduous forests.

Published online: 28 Dec 2021

Authors: Kozel, P. & Sebek, P. & Platek, M. & Benes, J. & Zapletal, M. & Dvorsky, M. & Lanta, V. & Dolezal, J. & Bace, R. & Zbuzek, B. & Cizek, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

European forests are facing a rapid decline in light-demanding biota. This has prompted active interventions to re-establish and maintain partial habi...

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The needles marine conservation zone (MCZ) monitoring report 2018.

Published online: 12 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Cesar, C.

Content type: Reports

This report is one of a series of Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring reports delivered to Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra...

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Fisheries Impacts Evidence Database Project Methodology Report: An in-depth review of fishing impacts on protected habitats and accompanying evidence spreadsheet.

Published online: 08 Nov 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Cantrell, R. & Day, J.

Content type: Reports

The Fisheries Impacts Evidence Database Spreadsheet (FIED) and Fisheries Impacts on Marine Protected Habitats - A Review of the Evidence are two evide...

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Assessing unintended human-mediated dispersal using visitation networks.

Published online: 30 Jul 2021

Authors: Runghen, R. & Mora, B. B. & Godoy-Lorite, A. & Stouffer, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Human visitors are associated with the unintended dispersal of weeds, seeds and pathogens across ecological communities. With the increasing popula...

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