Management status of protected areas in Kosovo

Mustafa, Behxhet; Veselaj, Zeqir; Hajdari, Avni; Krasniqi, Zenel

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.05.181

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“…In different regions of the world, protected areas are considered important for the conservation of biological diversity [1,2] and the provision of benefits and services to surrounding communities [3][4][5], suggesting that their utility positively influences people's perceptions [6,7]. The utility of forests and their diversity are also important subjects in early formal schooling [8][9][10][11][12], helping children develop positive perceptions about protected areas.…”

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Students' Perception of Urban and Rural Environmental Protection Areas in Pernambuco, Brazil

Bento-Silva

Andrade

Ramos

et al. 2015

Tropical Conservation Science

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This research assessed the relationship between students' perceptions and socioeconomic factors in urban and rural communities surrounding Atlantic rainforest protection areas in Pernambuco, Brazil. We tested whether the utilitarian concept of forests has a determining role in the student community's perception of protected areas. The study was conducted in eight schools in communities surrounding three protected areas, through questionnaires for 410 middle and High school students. The majority of students highlighted the utilitarian importance of forests, but approximately 60% of students did not answer the question regarding the importance of protected areas, displaying a disconnection between perceptions of forests and of protected areas. The students' environmental perception index was significantly different between rural and urban zones, but in both zones, on average, protected areas had a positive utilitarian importance, exclusively related to the protection of nature. Negative aspects of the students' perceptions of protected areas were related to social problems such as lack of law enforcement and land expropriation. Schooling and residence setting had a small (6.7%) but significant influence on student perception. Our results indicate that environmental managers in protected areas need to promote meaningful interaction with student communities from rural and urban settings, to increase the efficiency of these areas and to conserve biological diversity.

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Students' Perception of Urban and Rural Environmental Protection Areas in Pernambuco, Brazil

Bento-Silva

Andrade

Ramos

et al. 2015

Tropical Conservation Science

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“…Among the strategies adopted by governments is the creation of conservation units [12], which often incorporate restrictive measures in order to introduce the sustainable use of resources, prohibiting the use of target species of intense extractivism in the region [13]. This decision, despite having a conservationist intent, often generates local problems and conflicts by not considering the perception and knowledge of the local populations about the practices of collection and use of the medicinal resource.…”

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Local Knowledge and Conservation Priorities of Medicinal Plants near a Protected Area in Brazil

Silva

Hanazaki

Albuquerque

et al. 2019

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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We investigated the influence of socioeconomic factors (age, gender, and occupation) on the local knowledge of medicinal plants in the Araripe National Forest, Brazil, and the priority of conservation of the species as perceived by people. Additionally, priority species for in situ conservation were identified by calculating conservation priority (CP). Initially, free lists were developed with 152 informants in order to identify the plants known and used by them. Based on the most cited plants in these lists, a salience analysis was performed to identify the ten most prominent tree species. In a second moment, through a participatory workshop, these ten species were classified by the perception of local experts as to their environmental availability and intensity of exploitation. Then, the population size of the forest plant species was quantified through a phytosociological sampling and the conservation priority index (CP) of the species was calculated. A total of 214 ethnospecies were cited by the informants, which were identified in 167 species. Local knowledge was influenced by socioeconomic factors, with positive correlation between age and local knowledge and difference in knowledge among professions. Among the ten most prominent tree species in terms of their medicinal importance, Hancornia speciosa was highlighted as a priority for conservation in the experts’ perception because it has low environmental availability and a high exploitation rate. The ten species were ordered by the CP differently from the ordering made by the local experts’ perception, indicating that people’s perception of species conservation status may not correspond to the actual situation in which they are found in the forests. Conservationist measures based on the perception of informants need complementary ecological studies on the species accessed.

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“…As a rule, fi rewood collected in such areas is green (wood with high moisture content) or dry (wood with low moisture content) and collected directly from native vegetation (Samant et al 2000;Th apa & Chapman 2010;Ramos & Albuquerque 2012). As a form of destructive extractivism, the collection of green fi rewood leads to changes in the conservation status of the remaining vegetation by reducing the population size of the species used and posing a threat to local biodiversity (Tabuti 2003;McNally et al 2011;Mustafa et al 2011). Additionally, the extraction of dry fi rewood, despite often being considered a form of sustainable use of wood resources, can have environmental impacts (Shankar et al 1998).…”

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“…Given the magnitude of this socio-environmental problem, public conservation measures have been implemented in several areas of the world (Velázquez et al 2010;Mustafa et al 2011), among which the establishment of protected areas stands out in Brazil. Also known as conservation units, these protected areas fall under two categories: (1) full-protection units, which aim to preserve nature, and thus no human interference whatsoever is allowed; and (2) sustainable-use units, which aim to link the conservation of nature with the sustainable use of its resources (SNUC 2002).…”

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The use of firewood in protected forests: collection practices and analysis of legal restrictions to extractivism

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Restrictions to the collection of timber resources in protected areas have been scarcely studied. Th e aim of this study was to describe the practices of fi rewood collection in a protected forest and the perceptions of collectors, particularly with regard to their adjustment to the rules of the local management plan. Th e study involved 102 participants of a rural community adjacent to the Araripe National Forest and employed semi-structured interviews, free-listing and in-situ survey techniques for ethnobiological data collection. Th e volume of wood stored was measured and monitored using a modifi cation of the weight survey technique. Th e residents used 69 plant species for fi rewood Most of the informants self-reported disagreement with the rules of the management plan, yet they tended to comply. Most interviewees felt that the rules of the management plan needed to be changed, especially those related to the day when fi rewood can be collected, fees charged and means of transportation. Management plans certainly represent a relevant strategy for the conservation of biodiversity, but they need continuous evaluation and adjustment to meet the needs of local human populations.

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Management status of protected areas in Kosovo

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Students' Perception of Urban and Rural Environmental Protection Areas in Pernambuco, Brazil

Students' Perception of Urban and Rural Environmental Protection Areas in Pernambuco, Brazil

Local Knowledge and Conservation Priorities of Medicinal Plants near a Protected Area in Brazil

The use of firewood in protected forests: collection practices and analysis of legal restrictions to extractivism

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