Biosphere reserves—An attempt to form sustainable landscapes

The Socioeconomic and Environmental Effects of Sustainable Development in the Eastern Carpathians, and Protecting its Environment

“…Our results, like those of Kušová et al [45] relating to biosphere reserves in the Czech Republic, show that there is no statistically significant difference between protected areas and their surroundings in terms of objectively measured parameters describing material well-being. Nor do the inhabitants of protected areas feel themselves handi- capped.…”

“…The diversity of their structure, legal status, and set of stakeholders demonstrates that a wide array of models is already available [64]. 'Sound environment' and 'well-preserved nature' can be considered as two principal attributes of the territory [45]. Local communities must be able to empower themselves to face the challenges of rural development.…”

Action Research in Landscape Ecology (Šumava Biosphere Reserve, Czech Republic Case Study )

“…The status of biosphere reserve is generally perceived only as an internationally recognized certificate of quality, assigned to the areas already protected by the Czech legislation (Urban, 2006;Stoll-Kleeman, O'Riordan, 2017). This ambiguity leads to the situation where state nature conservation bodies have only a very limited space to manoeuvre in implementing this concept in practice (Kušová et al, 2008a). On the other hand, the legislative 'vacuum' opens space for local initiatives and may thereby encourage the establishment of local groups that can pragmatically use this concept for promoting their interests.…”

Spatio-temporal analysis of land use/land cover pattern changes in Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve: Iran

“…BR is an area with terrestrial and coastal ecosystems and is designed to promote solutions to reconcile conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use. BR is composed of and also organized into 3 interrelated zones; the core area, the buffer zone and transition area (Kušová et al 2008;Saricam and Erdem 2012). According to the BR model, core zones consist of areas designated to be strictly reserved and protected by surrounding buffer zones where traditional (low impact) land use practices are allowed and then with transition zones where more intensive land use practices are gradually permitted (Lourival et al 2011;Saricam and Erdem 2012).…”

“…According to the BR model, core zones consist of areas designated to be strictly reserved and protected by surrounding buffer zones where traditional (low impact) land use practices are allowed and then with transition zones where more intensive land use practices are gradually permitted (Lourival et al 2011;Saricam and Erdem 2012). Based on this model of BR sustainable development is achieved while protection and conservation of natural resources also maintained; including biodiversity as well as land (Kušová et al 2008;Lange 2011). Management measures are then based on a dynamic approaches to LUCC constantly being monitored and evaluated.…”