The performance and potential of protected areas
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Originally conceived to conserve iconic landscapes and wildlife, protected areas are now expected to achieve an increasingly diverse set of conservation, social and economic objectives. The amount of land and sea designated as formally protected has markedly increased over the past century, but there is still a major shortfall in political commitments to enhance the coverage and effectiveness of protected areas. Financial support for protected areas is dwarfed by the benefits that they provide, but these returns depend on effective management. A step change involving increased recognition, funding, planning and enforcement is urgently needed if protected areas are going to fulfil their potential.
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Protected areas, in which human activities such as hunting, grazing, logging or conversion to cropland are restricted, represent the dominant conservation strategy worldwide.
“Protected areas (PAs), in which human activities such as hunting, grazing, logging or conversion to cropland are restricted represent the dominant conservation strategy worldwide ( 5 ), despite potential conflicts of interest with historic rights or well-being of indigenous people ( 6 ).”
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- Authors
- Watson, J. E. M., Dudley, N., Segan, D. B., & Hockings, M.
- Affiliations
- Wildlife Conservation Society (US)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Watson, James E. M.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2014-11
- Volume
- 515
- Issue
- 7525
- Pages
- 67-73
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2057438322
- Cited by
- 2,397
- References
- 88
- Citations by year
- 2026: 242 · 2025: 272 · 2024: 198 · 2023: 279 · 2022: 261 · 2021: 260 · 2020: 219 · 2019: 202 · 2018: 155 · 2017: 126 · 2016: 102 · 2015: 74 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 83.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Keywords
- protected areas, conservation effectiveness, protected area coverage, protected area funding, protected area management, biodiversity conservation, enforcement
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Conservation of Natural Resources, Ecology, Ecosystem, Federal Government, Wilderness, Aquatic Organisms
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