1. Reconciling conservation and socioeconomic development goals is key to sus-
tainability but remains a source of fierce debate. Protected areas (PAs) are be-
lieved to play an essential role in achieving these seemingly conflicting goals.
Yet, there is limited evidence as to whether PAs are actually achieving the two
goals simultaneously.
2. Here, we investigate when and to what extent synergies or trade- offs between
biodiversity conservation and local socioeconomic development occur. To ex-
plore these relationships, we collected data across a wide range of socioeco-
nomic settings through face-to-face survey with PA managers from 114 African
and European PAs using structured questionnaire.
3. We found synergies between biodiversity conservation and socioeconomic
development for 62% of the PAs, albeit with significant differences between
African (55%) and European PAs (75%). Moreover, the sustainability of PAs in
conserving biodiversity was strongly correlated with the empowerment of the
PA management and the involvement of local communities in PA planning and
decision-making processes.
4. Our results demonstrate that for PAs to promote synergies between biodiver-
sity conservation and local socioeconomic development, and to enhance their
long-term sustainability, they should invest in the empowerment of their respec-
tive management and involvement of local communities in their planning and
management activities
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:87945 |
| Date | 09 November 2023 |
| Creators | Gatiso, Tsegaye T., Kulik, Lars, Bachmann, Mona, Bonn, Aletta, Bösch, Lukas, Freytag, Andreas, Heurich, Marco, Wesche, Karsten, Winter, Marten, Ordaz-Németh, Isabel, Sop, Tenekwetche, Kühl, Hjalmar S. |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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