Protected areas provide important ecosystem services globally but few studies have
examined how cultural differences influence the distribution of cultural ecosystem values …

This study depicts the challenges and opportunities of sustainable tourism development in
Special Environmental Protected Areas with a Datça-Bozburun Peninsula case study via a …

People's perceptions can point to reasons for conservation support or lack thereof. In this
study, we surveyed the perceptions of conservation among local stakeholders who …

International policy trends are always transformed and translated to fit the political and
administrative systems in which they are introduced. An international trend of …

Abstract The Mediterranean Basin is a heavily pressured World biodiversity hotspot.
Mediterranean coastal areas are especially threatened due to tourism, inland migration and …

This article investigates the space for agency of the Indigenous Sami in the management of
the Laponia World Heritage site in northern Sweden. Analysing policy documents and …

The number of protected areas (PAs) has steadily increased in the past 20 years, but their
effectiveness to meet conservation targets is consistently questioned. Most conservation …

This paper explores whether ambitions to open up the traditional Swedish model of top-
down conservation methods to local influences are indicative of an actual transition in …

Many attempts have been made worldwide to implement community-based conservation to
gain a more inclusive protection of biological diversity and ecosystem services. In a recent …

There is considerable geographical overlap between areas set aside for nature
conservation or protection and Indigenous peoples' lands, and the social, economic, and …