[PDF] Top 20 Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

... a protected area could affect biodiversity in many ways, such as by increasing reserve isolation, area and edge effects 15-19 ...non-timber forest products, and fires. To a lesser extent, trends in ... See full document

... in biodiversity with a variety of species richness and diversity (Alwyn & Calaway, 1987; Jacobs, ...These areas are also recognized as dense forests due to the high density of vegetation formed by ... See full document

... the tropical ecosystem are thought to constitute a greater peril for global biodiversity than any other contemporary phenomenon [3] [4] [5] and poses a major threat to the vast array of services that the ... See full document

... of protected area (PA) is one of the key global strategies that aimed to reverse tropical forests and biodiversity loss (Geldmann et ...in areas of high biological diversity (Venter et ...and ... See full document

... land areas while 27 % of buildings are institutional and pile foundation is the main type of foundation used for institutional building in Lagos whereas industrial buildings are represented by 19 % and pad ... See full document

... Government and local policies promote the diversification of sources of income, and ecotourism is the main asset of GNP. Burkhard, Petrosillo, and Costanza (2010) attributed to each landscape unit value for providing a ... See full document

... from biodiversity conservation, PAs have various multifaceted and context-dependent objec- tives [43], in both, ecological and the social-economic do- ...of biodiversity conservation only, might lead to ... See full document

... [7]. Biodiversity makes an important contribution to the national GDP in terms of agriculture, livestock, fishery, forestry and ...a biodiversity rich country, it has very low per capita forest land ... See full document

... of biodiversity, environmental quality and cultural values and their influence on the number of (domestic and international) tourists visiting a country’s coastal ... See full document

... for forest-friendly and sustainable activities, perhaps under Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation programme (REDD+; Maniam & Singaravelloo, ...adjacent areas of ... See full document

... of biodiversity across the earth have interested ecologists who have long explored the theoretical and practical causes and consequences of these patterns (Gaston ...understanding biodiversity on the earth, ... See full document

... in areas where customary marine tenure applies is seriously disadvantaged and prone to failure from the ...Marine Protected Areas (MPA) have often been a primary tool in integrated coastal management ... See full document

... poorly protected long branches are located in the Western Indian, Central Pacific and, to a lesser extent, the Eastern Atlantic ...poorly protected longest evolutionary branches for corals and fishes within ... See full document

... Maslow (1954) emphasized that human needs such as shelter, self-esteem, and safety should be met to enable the person to carry out his duties effectively; thereby adding that, depriving human needs for a long period of ... See full document

... elevation areas, young islands and areas at the climatic margins of the tropics (northern Bahamas, Florida), and most distinctive (greater species turnover among locations) in geologically old and complex, ... See full document

... more important than the changes observed in the palaeodata during the Holocene at the three sites (Kendall, 1969; Bon- nefille et al., 1991; Elenga et al., 1994; Jolly et al., 1994). Our simulations demonstrate that we ... See full document

... inhabit tropical lands and population growth rates are ...the tropical population relies on subsistence agriculture. Forest clearance is an important source of land, both through traditional slash ... See full document

... perceiving forest as the most beautiful are ...perceiving forest by grade ...of forest by higher grade than respondents evaluating settlement by grade 1, and ...to Protected landscape area’s ... See full document

... contributes to broader national and international biodiversity conservation strategies. GD-PAME 68 ; World Database on Protected Areas 157 ; National Biodiversity 493. Strategies and Ac[r] ... See full document

... 2013 Ecological traits affect the response of tropical forest bird species to land-use intensity.. 2014 Consequences of tropical land use for multitrophic biodiversity and ecosystem func[r] ... See full document