Enhancing biodiversity conservation and monitoring in protected areas through efficient data management.

ABSTRACT: A scientifically informed approach to decision-making is key to ensuring the sustainable management of ecosystems, especially in the light of increasing human pressure on habitats and species. Protected areas, with their long-term institutional mandate for biodiversity conservation, play an important role as data providers, for example, through the long-term monitoring of natural resources. However, poor data management often limits the use and reuse of this wealth of information. In this paper, we share lessons learned in managing long-term data from the Italian Alpine national parks. Our analysis and examples focus on specific issues faced by managers of protected areas, which partially differ from those faced by academic researchers, predominantly owing to different mission, governance,

SUBMITTER: Urbano F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10697885 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature