Measuring the extent of overlaps in protected area designations.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decades, a number of national policies and international conventions have been implemented to promote the expansion of the world's protected area network, leading to a diversification of protected area strategies, types and designations. As a result, many areas are protected by more than one convention, legal instrument, or other effective means which may result in a lack of clarity around the governance and management regimes of particular locations. We assess the degree to which different designations overlap at global, regional and national levels to understand the extent of this phenomenon at different scales. We then compare the distribution and coverage of these multi-designated areas in the terrestrial and marine realms at the global level and among different regions,

SUBMITTER: Deguignet M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5703568 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature