Incorporating the social-ecological approach in protected areas in the anthropocene
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in: BioScience / American Institute of Biological Sciences, Jahrgang 64, Nr. 3, 01.03.2014, S. 181-191.
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T1 - Incorporating the social-ecological approach in protected areas in the anthropocene
AU - Palomo, Ignacio
AU - Montes, Carlos
AU - Martín-López, Berta
AU - González, José A.
AU - García-Llorente, Marina
AU - Alcorlo, Paloma
AU - Mora, María Rosario García
PY - 2014/3/1
Y1 - 2014/3/1
N2 - Protected areas are the main strategy for the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity. However, changes occurring during the Anthropocene continue to threaten biodiversity and, therefore, the associated ecosystem services that maintain human well-being. Despite efforts to integrate protected areas into a wider landscape, most of these areas are still managed as islands within a matrix of degraded territory; there is no clear conceptual framework that integrates them into the surrounding landscape. We first review the evolution of the protected-area concept. Then, we acknowledge the main limitations that protected areas face for long-term conservation. Next, we discuss how the ecosystem service approach could overcome some of these protected-area limitations. Finally, we propose a social-ecological approach for protected areas to maintain high biodiversity and its associated flow of ecosystem services in the context of uncertainty.
AB - Protected areas are the main strategy for the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity. However, changes occurring during the Anthropocene continue to threaten biodiversity and, therefore, the associated ecosystem services that maintain human well-being. Despite efforts to integrate protected areas into a wider landscape, most of these areas are still managed as islands within a matrix of degraded territory; there is no clear conceptual framework that integrates them into the surrounding landscape. We first review the evolution of the protected-area concept. Then, we acknowledge the main limitations that protected areas face for long-term conservation. Next, we discuss how the ecosystem service approach could overcome some of these protected-area limitations. Finally, we propose a social-ecological approach for protected areas to maintain high biodiversity and its associated flow of ecosystem services in the context of uncertainty.
KW - biodiversity
KW - complex systems
KW - land-use management
KW - landscape ecology
KW - protected areas
KW - Sustainability Science
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/11b70620-703f-3eb6-b798-ca305db5516c/
U2 - 10.1093/biosci/bit033
DO - 10.1093/biosci/bit033
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84899020976
VL - 64
SP - 181
EP - 191
JO - BioScience / American Institute of Biological Sciences
JF - BioScience / American Institute of Biological Sciences
SN - 0006-3568
IS - 3
ER -