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Sáenz-Ceja, Jesús Eduardo, and Diego Rafel Pérez-Salicrup. "Modification of Fire Regimes Inferred from the Age Structure of Two Conifer Species in a Tropical Montane Forest, Mexico." Forests 11, no. 11 (2020): 1193. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11111193.

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Research Highlights: Age structure was used to infer fire regimes in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Uneven-aged structures in stands dominated and co-dominated by pine and fir species, which are distributed according to an altitudinal gradient, indicated a regime of frequent, low-severity, and low-intensity fires. Background and Objectives: Age structure analyses have been used to infer natural and disrupted fire regimes when field-based descriptions of fires are scarce or unavailable. In montane conifer forests, fire regimes typically vary according to an altitudinal gradient, shaping contrasting tree establishment patterns. In the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, the altitudinal distribution and fire regimes of sacred fir forests (Abies religiosa), smooth-bark Mexican pine forests (Pinus pseudostrobus), and mixed-conifer forests are poorly documented. The objectives of this study were to determine the altitudinal ranges occupied by mono-dominant and co-dominant stands and to reconstruct tree establishment history to infer historical fire regimes. Materials and Methods: Six altitudinal transects were established along the reserve, each one at elevations from 2400 to 3300 m, with sampling sites at every 150 m of elevation. In each site, increment cores were collected from the base of 25 mature trees. A total of 800 increment cores were collected and cross-dated. Results: P. pseudostrobus is dominant in stands between 2400 and 2850 m, A. religiosa between 3150 and 3300 m, and both species co-dominate between 2850 and 3150 m. The establishment pattern for both species has been continuous, represented by uneven-aged structures, suggesting that tree establishment in smooth-bark Mexican pine forests, mixed-conifer forests, and sacred fir forests, is likely to be associated with frequent, low-severity, and low-intensity fires. Conclusions: These fire regimes suggest, by the one hand, the disruption of natural fire regimes by human activities, limiting the occurrence of high-severity fires; on the other hand, a distinctive feature of these tropical montane forests.

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Gâștescu, P. "The Ecosystems of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve state-of the-art." Risks and Catastrophes Journal 28, no. 1 (2021): 9–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/rcj2021_1.

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Taking into account the morphologic-hydrographic configuration of natural ecosystems or ecosystems partly modified by man the area, its flora and fauna communities and the long-term human impact, the two main categories of Danube Delta ecosystems associated with Razim-Sinoie lake complex, coastal marine waters and the Danube flood plain between Isaccea and Tulcea, as part of Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, have been delimited: natural ecosystems or ecosystems partly modified by man; anthropic ecosystems. To identify and characterize ecosystems, there have been analysed the data on hydrography, morphology, biodiversity, human settlements, types of land use, spatial changes through the construction of agricultural, fisheries, forestry polders, modification of the network of channels and canals with consequences on the water circulation system inside the delta. The first category, of natural and partly modified by man ecosystems comprises 23 types (water bodies: running waters-Danube and its main branches, channels and canals; standing freshwater-lakes; standing brackish and salt waters-coastal lagoons, coastal, marine zones; wetlands: water fringe vegetation-flooded reed beds, floating reed beds , riparian willow formations, frequently flooded river levees; forests, shrubs and herbaceous vegetation: temperate riverine forests-mixed oak woods, shrubs and herbaceous vegetation, steppe meadows, meadows on low marine levees; dunes, beaches).The second category, of anthropic ecosystems includes 7 types (agricultural lands, forest areas-plantation on the river banks, fish farms, settlements-villages, towns). With the establishment of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve in 1990, with the statutory provisions on the protection and conservation of biodiversity, the deltaic landscape, some of the previous pressures were reduced, but the pollution of the Danube waters less consolidated beaches (Sulina, Sfântu Gheorghe, Chituc) and related with touristic activities, on ecosystems as a whole. The tourism activities also must represent not only a positive and dynamic development factor but also a practical solution to keeping the environment unaltered. These aspects were mentioned in the characterization of the ecosystems presented in this article.

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Buzdin, Anton V., Maxim V. Patrushev, and Eugene D. Sverdlov. "Will Plant Genome Editing Play a Decisive Role in “Quantum-Leap” Improvements in Crop Yield to Feed an Increasing Global Human Population?" Plants 10, no. 8 (2021): 1667. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10081667.

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Growing scientific evidence demonstrates unprecedented planetary-scale human impacts on the Earth’s system with a predicted threat to the existence of the terrestrial biosphere due to population increase, resource depletion, and pollution. Food systems account for 21–34% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Over the past half-century, water and land-use changes have significantly impacted ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, biodiversity, and climate. At the same time, food production is falling behind consumption, and global grain reserves are shrinking. Some predictions suggest that crop yields must approximately double by 2050 to adequately feed an increasing global population without a large expansion of crop area. To achieve this, “quantum-leap” improvements in crop cultivar productivity are needed within very narrow planetary boundaries of permissible environmental perturbations. Strategies for such a “quantum-leap” include mutation breeding and genetic engineering of known crop genome sequences. Synthetic biology makes it possible to synthesize DNA fragments of any desired sequence, and modern bioinformatics tools may hopefully provide an efficient way to identify targets for directed modification of selected genes responsible for known important agronomic traits. CRISPR/Cas9 is a new technology for incorporating seamless directed modifications into genomes; it is being widely investigated for its potential to enhance the efficiency of crop production. We consider the optimism associated with the new genetic technologies in terms of the complexity of most agronomic traits, especially crop yield potential (Yp) limits. We also discuss the possible directions of overcoming these limits and alternative ways of providing humanity with food without transgressing planetary boundaries. In conclusion, we support the long-debated idea that new technologies are unlikely to provide a rapidly growing population with significantly increased crop yield. Instead, we suggest that delicately balanced humane measures to limit its growth and the amount of food consumed per capita are highly desirable for the foreseeable future.

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Danielopol, Dan L., Christian Griebler, Amara Gunatilaka, and Jos Notenboom. "Present state and future prospects for groundwater ecosystems." Environmental Conservation 30, no. 2 (2003): 104–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892903000109.

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Ecological and socioeconomic aspects of subterranean hydrosystems have changed during the past 40–50 years. The major environmental pressures (mainly anthropogenic ones) impact the quantity and quality of groundwater resources and the state of subsurface ecosystems, and it is expected that the environmental pressures on groundwater will continue, at least until 2025, unless new environmental policies change this state of affairs. The world demographic increase and the general rise of water demand constitute one of the major environmental pressures on groundwater ecosystems especially in less developed countries in Africa, Asia and South America. Specific human activities leading to the depletion of groundwater reserves include agricultural practices, landscape alteration, urbanization demand for domestic and public drinking water, various industrial activities such as thermoelectric production and mining, and the rise of tourism in coastal areas. Climate change is contributing to the water crisis too, especially in areas with arid climate and/or in some humid monsoonal countries. The overload of aquifers with pollutants derived from agriculture (fertilizers and pesticides), from industry (release of hydrocarbon chemicals, especially spills), from waste and industrial waters, from domestic and industrial landfills, from the infiltration of pollutants from surface and from the intrusion of saline water affect groundwater quality. The dangerous increase in contaminated subsurface sites with chemicals and microbial pathogens brings with it health risks to humans. Changes of redox condition in groundwater zones, changes of biological diversity, vegetation changes with modification of agriculture practices and impacts at the biosphere scale, such as the increase in the concentration of nitrous oxides in the atmosphere, all impact groundwater ecosystems. Groundwater ecosystems must be better investigated and understood. Economic, social and ecological lines of thinking have to be combined in order to achieve meaningful policies for the sustainable development of groundwater reserves and for the protection of subsurface ecosystems. Practical measures and ideas for the development of policies up to the 2025 time-horizon should improve the sustainable usage of the world's groundwater resources.

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DOGSE, P. "Toward Urban Biosphere Reserves." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1023, no. 1 (2004): 10–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1196/annals.1319.002.

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Börebäck, Maria Kristina. "UNESCO* Man and Biosphere Reserves." International Journal of Environmental Sustainability 8, no. 4 (2013): 55–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2325-1077/cgp/v08i04/55064.

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Batisse, Michel. "Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves." Environmental Conservation 12, no. 1 (1985): 17–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900015113.

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On the basis of the results of the First International Biosphere Reserve Congress, jointly convened in Minsk in 1983 by UNESCO and UNEP in cooperation with FAO and IUCN, at the invitation of the USSR, and of consultations with conservation specialists and scientists which have since taken place, an Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves was adopted by the International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere at its eighth session (Paris, 3–8 December 1984) and is presented in this document as a programme framework. This framework identifies a range of actions for consideration by Governments and concerned international organizations in developing the multiple functions of Biosphere Reserves within the overall context of the MAB Programme. Those actions concretely serve the implementation of the World Conservation Strategy. While a number of actions are of a permanent nature, the stress is placed on activities which can be carried out in the period 1985–89—see the following Table.In summary, Governments and international organizations are invited to undertake activities which will improve and expand the international Biosphere Reserve network, to develop basic knowledge for conserving ecosystems and biological diversity, and to make Biosphere Reserves more effective in linking conservation and development in fulfilling the broad objectives of MAB.

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Batisse, Michel. "New Prospects for Biosphere Reserves." Environmental Conservation 22, no. 4 (1995): 367–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900034986.

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Van Cuong, Chu, Peter Dart, and Marc Hockings. "Biosphere reserves: Attributes for success." Journal of Environmental Management 188 (March 2017): 9–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.069.

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Mammadova, Aida, Christopher D. Smith, and Tatiana Yashina. "Comparative Analysis between the Role of Local Communities in Regional Development inside Japanese and Russian UNESCO’s Biosphere Reserves: Case Studies of Mount Hakusan and Katunskiy Biosphere Reserves." Sustainability 13, no. 18 (2021): 10422. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131810422.

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The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization has designated the Man and Biosphere Program to foster a better relationship between the environment and people. The topic of this study is to elucidate the role of local communities in the regional development of Biosphere Reserves with a focus on management roles (top-down or participatory) and the motivational drivers of the people involved (ecocentric or anthropocentric). Based on qualitative interviews taken from the two case studies of the Mount Hakusan Biosphere Reserve in Japan and the Katunskiy Biosphere Reserve in Russia, a comparative analysis was conducted to explore the differences between the engagement of locals in the management of their biosphere reserves. This analysis examined relationships between the government and the local communities, the attitudes of the locals towards the biosphere reserves, and the historical perception on nature protection for each community. The findings showed that Russian biosphere reserves are mainly managed by local people who live inside the protected area while Japanese biosphere reserves are governed by local authorities and administration offices. This allows the Russian communities to have greater access to management processes, and therefore play a larger role in regional development.

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Kratzer, Armin. "Biosphere Reserves research: a bibliometric analysis." eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research) 10, no. 2 (2018): 36–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-10-2s36.

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Price, Martin F., Astrid Björnsen Gurung, Pablo Dourojeanni, and Daniel Maselli. "Social Monitoring in Mountain Biosphere Reserves." Mountain Research and Development 26, no. 2 (2006): 174–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/0276-4741(2006)26[174:smimbr]2.0.co;2.

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Tangley, Laura. "A New Era for Biosphere Reserves." BioScience 38, no. 3 (1988): 148–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1310446.

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Dasmann, Raymond F. "Commentary: Biosphere reserves, buffers, and boundaries." BioScience 38, no. 7 (1988): 487–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1310953.

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Clark, John R. "Management of Coastal Barrier Biosphere Reserves." BioScience 41, no. 5 (1991): 331–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1311587.

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Barclay, Leah. "Biosphere Soundscapes." Leonardo 47, no. 5 (2014): 496–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_00820.

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Biosphere Soundscapes (BioScapes) is a large-scale interdisciplinary art project underpinned by the creative possibilities of soundscape ecology, a rapidly evolving field of biology used to record environmental patterns and changes. This project is designed to inspire communities across the world to listen to the environment and re-imagine the potential of International UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as learning laboratories for a sustainable future.

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Ferreira, Ana, Heike Zimmermann, Rui Santos, and Henrik von Wehrden. "A Social–Ecological Systems Framework as a Tool for Understanding the Effectiveness of Biosphere Reserve Management." Sustainability 10, no. 10 (2018): 3608. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10103608.

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Biosphere reserves aim to reconciliate social and economic development with biodiversity conservation through complex spatial and governance arrangements. However, there is a generalized lack of information about how biosphere reserves are being managed and governed, and at what point their goals are being achieved, which limits a better understanding of the factors influencing biosphere reserve management effectiveness. Building on a systematic review of existing empirical studies, we developed a framework that identifies the main features related to biosphere reserve management effectiveness. We identified four main categories—context, inputs, process and outcomes—and 53 sub-categories, which interact at different scales and shape biosphere reserve effectiveness. We found that the capacity of biosphere reserves to achieve their goals is not only related to the way they are managed/governed, or to the inputs invested, but to many social and ecological contextual factors. We also identified benefits and impacts that were associated to biosphere reserves around the world. Comparing to other social–ecological system frameworks, ours provides a more inclusive approach, since it integrates the findings of studies with different research perspectives, considers a plurality of values attributed to natural resources, and the social–ecological system’s scales dynamics.

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Ferreira, Ana Filipa, Heike Zimmermann, Rui Santos, and Henrik von Wehrden. "Biosphere Reserves’ Management Effectiveness—A Systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda." Sustainability 12, no. 14 (2020): 5497. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12145497.

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Research about biosphere reserves’ management effectiveness can contribute to better understanding of the existing gap between the biosphere reserve concept and its implementation. However, there is a limited understanding about where and how research about biosphere reserves’ management effectiveness has been conducted, what topics are investigated, and which are the main findings. This study addresses these gaps in the field, building on a systematic literature review of scientific papers. To this end, we investigated characteristics of publications, scope, status and location of biosphere reserves, research methods and management effectiveness. The results indicate that research is conceptually and methodologically diverse, but unevenly distributed. Three groups of papers associated with different goals of biosphere reserves were identified: capacity building, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. In general, each group is associated with different methodological approaches and different regions of the world. The results indicate the importance of scale dynamics and trade-offs between goals, which are advanced as important leverage points for the success of biosphere reserves. Building on the gaps identified in the literature, a research agenda is proposed, focusing on the need to investigate mechanisms for holistic research, outcomes and trade-offs, transformations for social-ecological fit and institutions for integrated management across scales.

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Krychevska, D. "The conceptual models evolution of biosphere reserves functional zoning." Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Geography 2, no. 40 (2012): 44–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vgg.2012.40.2080.

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The evolution stages of biosphere reserves (BR) functional zoning dimensional models from ideal to clustered has been reviewed. The classification of world modern biosphere reserves has been realized based on their territorial structure. Two types, four species and seven subspecies of BR dimensional models have been distinguished. Key words: biosphere reserve, the main area (the nature protected core), the buffer zone, the transition area (transit zone), the cluster structure.

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Tadese, Semegnew, Teshome Soromessa, Tesefaye Bekele, and Brhane Meles. "Biosphere Reserves in the Southwest of Ethiopia." Advances in Agriculture 2021 (April 26, 2021): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/1585149.

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Forests that have a wide ecological gradient, diversity, and significant cover are confined in the southwestern part vis-à-vis other parts of Ethiopia, while the country is fronting biodiversity losses. The intention of this paper is comparative assessment of Majang, Kafa, Sheka, and Yayo biosphere reserves, located in the southwest of Ethiopia, regarding their status of plant diversity, challenges, and efforts of conservation. To this end, an extensive review of different journals, articles, and proceedings was made. Relevance to the objectives of the review was a selection criterion for sources inclusion. Consequently, the review indicates that all the biosphere reserves contained myriad plant biodiversity, specifically the “hotspot” of Afromontane rainforest biodiversity, with some degree of dissimilarities among them. For instance, the values of Shannon index illustrated a decreasing order in plant diversity as Sheka followed by Kafa, Yayo, and Majang biosphere reserve. Besides, out of the top ten documented plant families, the species richest families are Rubiaceae (15) in Yayo, Asteraceae (12) in Kafa, Euphorbiaceae (11) in Majang, and Asteraceae (11) in Sheka biosphere reserve, while the least species found in the families are as follows: Aspleniaceae and Sapindaceae in Majang; Poaceae, Solanaceae, and Araceae in Sheka; Celastraceae and Piperaceae in Kafa; and Fabacae and Solanaceae in Yayo. However, many challenges were encountered in all the biosphere reserves. The driving force behind is commercial coffee-tea plantation, agriculture expansion, overgrazing, firewood, charcoal, and other factors. Hence, to reduce forest conversion and biodiversity loss, the government of Ethiopia is creating conservation mechanism like the establishment of the protected area and biosphere reserve which is controlled and managed by the community and the government.

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Hedden-Dunkhorst, Bettina, and Florian Schmitt. "Exploring the Potential and Contribution of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves for Landscape Governance and Management in Africa." Land 9, no. 8 (2020): 237. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9080237.

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United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserves strive for a harmonious interaction between humans and nature. As landscapes provide suitable units to mutually address matters of conservation and sustainable development, this study aims to explore the potential and realized contribution of biosphere reserves for landscape governance and management. We emphasize the role of stakeholder participation and cooperation as an overarching condition for integrated landscape approaches. The regional focus is on Africa, where multiple drivers of global and local change currently significantly impact the landscape. The study’s results are based on a literature review, which is complemented by four case studies from the biosphere reserves in Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, and Benin/Togo. Findings show that in biosphere reserves, stakeholder engagement is crucial to gain community acceptance, foster intersectoral cooperation, and provide management with more legitimacy. To strengthen stakeholders’ capacities to mutually achieve conservation and development outcomes, international partnerships and research and education efforts proved to be successful. The flexible biosphere reserve approach to governance, which allows for integration with other land-management approaches, offers a suitable governance model for a landscape. Moreover, the biosphere reserve zonation concept can provide orientation to manage the “multifunctionality” of a landscape and address the associated trade-offs between different stakeholders’ aspirations.

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Ray, G. Carleton, and William P. Gregg,. "Establishing Biosphere Reserves for Coastal Barrier Ecosystems." BioScience 41, no. 5 (1991): 301–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1311583.

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Sacchetti, Silvia. "Biosphere Reserves: An “Enabling Space” for Communities." Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity 6, no. 1 (2017): 10–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5947/jeod.2017.002.

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Lourival, Reinaldo, Matt Watts, Robert Leslie Pressey, et al. "What is Missing in Biosphere Reserves Accountability?" Natureza & Conservação 9, no. 2 (2011): 160–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/natcon.2011.022.

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Price, Martin F. "People in biosphere reserves: An evolving concept." Society & Natural Resources 9, no. 6 (1996): 645–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941929609381002.

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Bell, Andrew. "Geographic solutions through UNESCO World Biosphere Reserves." International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management 2, no. 3 (2006): 186–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451590609618121.

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de la Vega-Leinert, A. Cristina, Marcelo Antunes Nolasco, and Susanne Stoll-Kleemann. "UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in an Urbanized World." Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 54, no. 1 (2012): 26–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2012.639603.

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de Bisthoven, Luc Janssens, Anne-Julie Rochette, Erik Verheyen, et al. "Conserving African biosphere reserves: a workshop on the valuation of ecosystem services in Man and the Biosphere Reserves." Oryx 53, no. 4 (2019): 609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003060531900070x.

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ARKLINA, Anda, Kristine GRINBERGA, Nripendra SINGH, and Agita LIVINA. "Influence of Cognitive and Emotional Advertisements on Biosphere Reserve Image and Visitation Intention for Youth." Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism 11, no. 6 (2020): 1391. http://dx.doi.org/10.14505/jemt.v11.6(46).09.

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The purpose of this study is to explore the role of the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve’s image (functional, symbolic and experiential) in building young visitors’ intentions to visit biosphere reserves. Integrated research methods were used. An online survey was conducted for data collection (n=295), and focus group discussions and observations (three groups - two from Latvia and one from Estonia) were conducted about youth traveling behavior in the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling were used to analyze data. Findings showed that the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve has a weak image in the perception of young people. Most respondents agreed that visiting biosphere reserves relieves stress, helps them to socialize, and allows them to escape from daily routine; additionally, they noted that they would visit protected areas more often if they would see their friends visiting them. Youth 15–19 was more excited, pleasureful, and excited about visiting biosphere reserves, but youth 20–25 was more neutral about it. Both groups agreed that there was a lack of advertisements and visibility of these areas on social media platforms. Research results showed that improving functional, symbolic, and emotional images of the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve will have a positive effect on youth visiting and revisiting intentions.

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Pino-del-Carpio, Andrea, Rafael Miranda, and Jordi Puig. "Non-native freshwater fish management in Biosphere Reserves." Management of Biological Invasions 1, no. 1 (2010): 13–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2010.1.1.04.

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Bridgewater, P. B. "Biosphere reserves: special places for people and nature." Environmental Science & Policy 5, no. 1 (2002): 9–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1462-9011(02)00018-7.

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Kušová, Drahomíra, Jan Těšitel, Karel Matějka, and Michael Bartoš. "Biosphere reserves—An attempt to form sustainable landscapes." Landscape and Urban Planning 84, no. 1 (2008): 38–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.06.006.

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Schliep, Rainer, and Susanne Stoll-Kleemann. "Assessing governance of biosphere reserves in Central Europe." Land Use Policy 27, no. 3 (2010): 917–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.12.005.

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FALL, JULIET J. "Transboundary biosphere reserves: a new framework for cooperation." Environmental Conservation 26, no. 4 (1999): 252–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892999000363.

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Despite the increasing call for cooperation amongst the states parties to the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (UNTS 3069; see especially its Articles 5, 17, 18 and 20), the management of protected areas adjacent to political borders is rarely thought of as a common necessity for neighbouring countries. Setting up a zone dedicated to conservation is already a formidable challenge in the face of strongly competing interests for land. Bringing this about with two or more sovereign states sometimes seems a ‘gratuitous layer of complexity that spells almost certain failure’ (Westing 1998b). Nevertheless, transboundary protected areas are becoming increasingly common (IUCN, unpublished 1998). In fact, no less than 136 such protected area complexes involving over 406 individual protected areas and 112 different international boundaries (Zbicz & Green 1997) have been identified around the world. If proposed areas are also included, this figure can be pushed up to 200 complexes (Brunner 1998).

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Brunckhorst, D. "Building capital through bioregional planning and biosphere reserves." Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics 1 (February 1, 2001): 19–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esep001019.

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Zagorodny, A. G., P. N. Cherinko, and T. V. Poltoratska. "National Network of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Ukraine." Visnik Nacional'noi' akademii' nauk Ukrai'ni, no. 2 (February 25, 2014): 55–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/visn2014.02.055.

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Stoll-Kleeman, Susanne, and Tim O'Riordan. "The Challenges of the Anthropocene for Biosphere Reserves." PARKS 23, no. 1 (2017): 89–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/iucn.ch.2017.parks-23-1ss-k.en.

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Jayasuriya, A. H. Magdon, Darrell J. Kitchener, and Chandrasekhar M. Biradar. "Viability status of biosphere reserves in Sri Lanka." Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka 39, no. 4 (2011): 303. http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/jnsfsr.v39i4.3880.

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Ahmad, Habibah, Hamzah Jusoh, Ah Choy Er, and Mushrifah Idris. "UNPACKING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BIOSPHERE RESERVE TOURISM FROM THE ACADEMIC TOURISTS’ PERSPECTIVES: A CASE OF TASIK CHINI." Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Environment Management 5, no. 21 (2020): 163–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/jthem.5210010.

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Biosphere reserves are well recognized as a ‘learning site’ for reconciling conservation, development, and learning functions. Being a learning site, the Biosphere reserves received many visitors, including academic tourists. This article aims at uncovering what academic tourists perceived as the biosphere reserve tourism of Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve. Based on the academic tourists’ surveys conducted in 2012 and 2014, this study shows that the conservation, socio-ecological learning, and problem-solving experiences are key components of the Biosphere Reserve tourism. The context of entertainment, education, esthetic, and escapism experiences varied among academic tourists. While the academic tourists have ranked the first two components; entertainment and education at a high level of achievement, the esthetic and escapism components on the other part have been ranked at lower achievement. In bridging these contradictory achievements, the study suggests the holistic learning approach. The realistic integration of entertainment, education, esthetics, and escapism is meant to fulfil the needs of the academic tourist's needs during their visit to the Biosphere reserve sites, hence, responded to the rising of experiential tourism and experience economy.

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Beeri, Itai, Dan Gottlieb, Ido Izhaki, Tzipi Eshet, and Noam Cohen. "The Impact of Training on Druze Entrepreneurs’ Attitudes Towards and Intended Behaviors Regarding Local Sustainability Governance: A Field Experiment at the Mount Carmel Biosphere Reserve." Sustainability 12, no. 11 (2020): 4584. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12114584.

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This article expands our understanding of biosphere reserve management by exploring the effect of green business-guidance training. Biosphere reserves promote conservation while enabling sustainable use by local communities, in keeping with the notion of local sustainability governance. In practice, however, many local communities regard biosphere reserves as an obstacle to their economic growth and prosperity, resulting in active resistance to them. Given this complexity, we ask whether green business-guidance training changes entrepreneurs’ attitudes towards and intended behaviors regarding local sustainability governance. To test this question empirically, we used action research and designed a before-and-after field experiment in the Mount Carmel Biosphere Reserve in Israel. Our findings suggest that green business-guidance training has a significant positive effect on entrepreneurs’ attitudes towards and intended behaviors regarding local sustainability governance and that biosphere reserve managements can improve local sustainability governance performance via training. We discuss our findings and suggest new paths for research in theory and practice.

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Barclay, Leah, and Susan Davis. "A Balanced Approach to Local and Global Action." Leonardo 47, no. 5 (2014): 491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_00816.

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The hosting of the Balance-Unbalance 2013 International Conference in a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve was seen as a strategic opportunity to align the objectives and activities of Biosphere Reserves to the aspirations of Balance-Unbalance.

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Koy, Justin Kyale, Alphonse Maindo Monga Ngonga, and D. Andrew Wardell. "Moving beyond the illusion of participation in the governance of Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of Congo)." Nature Conservation 33 (April 22, 2019): 33–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.33.30781.

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The participation of local communities in the governance of protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo is challenged by several external and local factors. This article aims to understand the representation of local communities and factors that influence their participation in the governance of the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve. Three principal sources of information (archival records, focus group and semi-structured interviews) were used to collect data. The results indicate a top-down participatory approach. The cumulative failure of several projects in the context of local development has led to different perceptions by local communities of their role in the participative governance of Yangambi Biosphere Reserve. Initiatives in participatory management and local development only function during the lifetime of externally-funded projects when initiators are present in the intervention area. The results call into question formal claims made by both conservation projects and the Congolese government regarding the actual participation of local communities in the governance of Biosphere Reserves. Furthermore, although Biosphere Reserves in DRC are recognized as part of the national network of protected areas since 2002, their management is still not aligned to either the Seville Strategy or the statutory framework of the world network of Biosphere Reserves. To achieve this, local development initiatives need to focus on poverty alleviation (through the diversification of income sources, entrepreneurship, farmer training and the creation of employment opportunities) and a better understanding of local practices and cultures in the design of such projects.

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Olah, B., and M. Boltiziar. "Land use changes within the Slovak biosphere reserves’ zones." Ekologia 28, no. 2 (2009): 127–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4149/ekol_2009_02_127.

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Ishwaran, Natarajan, Ana Persic, and Nguyen Hoang Tri. "Concept and practice: the case of UNESCO biosphere reserves." International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 7, no. 2 (2008): 118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijesd.2008.018358.

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Kratzer, Armin, and Ute Ammering. "Rural innovations in biosphere reserves – A social network approach." Journal of Rural Studies 71 (October 2019): 144–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.01.001.

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Schultz, Lisen, and Cecilia Lundholm. "Learning for resilience? Exploring learning opportunities in biosphere reserves." Environmental Education Research 16, no. 5-6 (2010): 645–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2010.505442.

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Desai, Bharat H. "BIOSPHERE RESERVES AND MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS: SOME LEGAL ISSUES." Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka 31, no. 1-2 (2003): 263. http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/jnsfsr.v31i1-2.3038.

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Kumar, Umesh. "Biosphere Reserves of India: Issues of Conservation and Conflict." Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India 68, no. 1 (2019): 85–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2277436x19845096.

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The biosphere reserves (BRs) of India are the repository of biodiversity as well as the abode of many traditional societies. Such traditional societies derive many of their livelihood requirements from the rich biodiversity around them. All the more, the BRs also contribute to food security of the people within their premises. Many of the forest-linked activities of the traditional societies are mediated through rich traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). Unfortunately, while the issues of biodiversity have been addressed at length, the cultural diversity has been relegated to the point of oblivion. The BR management, therefore, necessitates understanding not only of ecological issues, but also socio-economic and cultural issues linked with the former. The present article looks into the development of the concept of BR and issues related with it in general terms and with respect to India in particular. It also ponders over the measures to reduce pressure on BR resources.

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Taylor, Jonathan, and Nina Burkardt. "Introduction: The greater Yellowstone ecosystem—biosphere reserves and economics." Society & Natural Resources 6, no. 2 (1993): 105–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941929309380813.

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Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés, Marcelo Leguía, Eduardo Barros, and Rodrigo Calcagni. "Networking as a crucial step towards sustainability in biosphere reserves: 1st symposium Biosphere Reserves in Transition Towards Sustainability, Pucón (Chile), 20 October 2017." eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research) 10, no. 2 (2018): 72–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-10-2s72.

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