Prior research has examined the relationship between physical landscapes and ecosystem
services, but the distribution of ecosystem services by land tenure and protected areas is …

Protected area management can be highly contentious. Information about the acceptability
of conservation actions can help environmental authorities design policies that are accepted …

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

Over recent decades, Indigenous knowledge (IK) systems, people, and territories have
increasingly been recognized in mainstream conservation practice. However, recognition of …

This paper addresses the perceptions of actors of protected areas in Norway about a co-
management regime at the local level. The analysis is based on quantitative data from …

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 …

In 2010, Norway introduced local management of national parks and other large protected
areas. Boards comprised of local politicians are delegated extended powers in the …

Norwegian protected areas have historically been managed by central, expertise
bureaucracy; however, a governance change in 2010 decentralized and delegated the right …

The paper offers a critical discussion of resource use in a national park, Baluran, in
Indonesia. In general, an increasing accept of the need for livelihood security, also for …