“…From the publications we reviewed, 32 % mentioned this impact with half of them highlighting benefits and the rest referring to negative issues. In terms of positive changes, new regulations have assisted in controlling illegal fishing ( Hogg et al, 2019 ), protecting territorial rights ( Hogg et al, 2019 ) while improving and regulating accessibility of different social groups ( Nenkovic-Riznic et al, 2016 ). Furthermore, PAs have placed in a more regulatory context the access to certain resources such as collection of firewood, wildfood, and medicinal herbs ( Sekulić et al, 2017a , b ; Štefan et al, 2016 ; Veenvliet et al, 2018 ).…”