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Free Content The Importance of Law Enforcement for Protected Areas: Don't Step Back! Be Honest – Protect!

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Author: Fischer, Frauke

Source: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 17, Supplement 1, 2008, pp. 101-103(3)

Publisher: oekom verlag

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.17.S1.6

The role of protected areas in biodiversity conservation is widely accepted. Controversy, however, exists over the best way to ensure the long-term persistence of functional protected areas themselves. Strict protection is the most promising way, even if this means that benefits of individual human beings have to be compromised at times.

Keywords: CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREAS

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 March 2008

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