Multi‐criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a method to support decision‐making, by
exploring the balance between the pros and cons of different alternatives to accomplish a …

National parks (NPs) play an indispensible role in development and promotion of nature-
based tourism destinations through effective management of resources and socio–economic …

Protected forest areas are fraught with severe threats from mining, agriculture and settlement
expansion, and unsustainable use of forest resources. Due to funding and technical …

GIS-based siting procedures are progressively used to select protected areas (PAs) on the
basis of a variety of attributes clustered in main environmental groups including climate …

Environmental policies are implemented in complex socio-economic settings, where
numerous stakeholders hold different and potentially conflicting values. In addition to being …

Land use planning aims to formulate activities, administer potential changes and prevent
incompatible changes. The aim of this studyis to prepare a land use plan for Chabahar …

Las áreas prioritarias para la conservación (APC) se han establecido para proteger
regiones biodiversas valiosas del creciente impacto humano. La cuenca transfronteriza del …

Management areas in the country are mainly identified and protected to conserve genetic
resources, protect natural landscapes and support the origin of ecosystem services. These …

Analyzing tradeoffs among ecological, economic, and management goals with respect to
marine reserve network design is an important facet of systematic conservation planning …

Having knowledge of the habitat requirements of top predators is important for their
conservation and also for the stability of wildlife communities since they are keystone …