...Alon Tal As human-wildlife interactions become more common in an increasingly urbanized world, widespread encroachment on habitat can exacerbate conflicts between indigenous fauna and the populations of cities and towns. Conservation strategies seeking to create empathy and harmony between humans...

... agencies that began in the early 1900s [ 7 ]. Email: [email protected] © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 ecology forests rangelands wetlands agriculture conservation fire These challenges are complex, particularly for lighting intentional fires, which...

...Vishal Jamkar; Megan Butler; Dean Current Internationally, numerous examples have been of efforts to promote community-based forest management (CBFM) through forest decentralization programs that promote forest conservation and livelihood improvements. Although there are successful examples, those...

... elevational gradient deforestation conservation ferns herbs palms shrubs liana Figure 2. Species richness in different forest and disturbance types. The bold line shows the median, the box, the interquartile range, and the upper and lower whisker, and no outliers are reported. No significant...

...Matthew R. Wagner; Michael L. Schummer; Geoff Cripe; Mathew Halliday; John M. Coluccy; K. Sarah Fleming Conserving critical wildlife habitat at a regional scale can be challenging, especially when the region hosts a range of land uses, jurisdictions, and competing interests. Abundant opportunities...

.... planning conservation finance markets New Jersey pinelands preservation The New Jersey “Pine Barrens” are a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve located in southern New Jersey (see map 1 ). Encompassing about 1.1 million acres, the area is managed jointly by the U.S. federal government...

... (CT) underpins the analytical and systems-thinking capacities needed for effective conservation in the 21st century but is seldom adequately fostered in most postsecondary courses and programs. Many instructors fear that devoting time to process skills will detract from content gains and struggle...

... routes throughout the park. These factors can have a number of negative effects on local wildlife. The wildlife crossing structures of the Trans-Canada Highway in BNP have become a key conservation tool to conserve biodiversity in the park and beyond. As the first large-scale operation of highway...

... implemented to contain the current outbreak while visiting the Hawaiian Islands. ROD is a conservation issue that connects humans with the environment and must be addressed using a one-health perspective. This article aims to elucidate the anthropogenic factors contributing to the depletion of ‘ōhi‘a lehua...

.... Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act [ 21 ] establishing Yellowstone as the nation’s first national park [ 22 ]. The Organic Act of 1916 created the NPS, a bureau of the Department of the Interior (DOI), to protect all designated national parkland and “to conserve the scenery...

...John Chung-En Liu; Brandon Gertz; Naomi Newman Sharks play critical roles in the marine ecosystem, and they face serious threats due to overfishing. Conservation efforts have focused on the consumption of shark fins, especially the “finning” practice that removes the fins of a shark and discards...

...Vanessa R. Levesque; Aram J. K. Calhoun; Elizabeth Hertz Conservation of natural resources is challenging given the competing economic and ecological goals humans have for landscapes. Vernal pools in the northeastern US are seasonal, small wetlands that provide critical breeding habitat...

...Miguel L. Villarreal; Sandra L. Haire; Juan Carlos Bravo; Laura M. Norman In the Madrean Sky Islands of western North America, a mixture of public and private land ownership and tenure creates a complex situation for collaborative efforts in conservation. In this case study, we describe the current...

...Daniel Moscovici; Caitlin Clarke The Pinelands National Reserve is one of the most integrated regional planning regimes for conservation in the world. Environmental protection is overlapped by the State Pinelands Area, the Pinelands National Reserve, and the New Jersey Pinelands Biosphere Reserve...

... a combination of SLM measures. The technology was based mainly on structural measures, combined with other conservation measures. The maintenance and recurring activities increased the efficiency of the technology and improved the land quality, making it more useful for various agricultural practices. Most...

... to irrigate, and the Minister of Conservation says it is in “biodiversity crisis” [ 6 – 11 ]. A collection of environmental decisions is allowing the conversion of the South Island high country, a zone which still harbors around 40% of New Zealand’s native species [ 12 – 17 ]. The Mackenzie’s vast...

...Oscar Gonzalez In Latin America, Pentecostal churches have an important presence in local Andean communities. I explored the opinions that rural people of the Pentecostal faith in the Peruvian Andes have on nature and conservation and tested the Evangelical principle of Creation Care...

... have a long legacy of intensive research and management, and ongoing threats to their populations make this a well-rooted and timely case study in science-based conservation. We turn now to the second part of the case study question: Knowing that mallards are competitively dominant to black ducks...

...William J. McShea; Myint Aung; Melissa Songer; Grant Connette Eld’s deer is an endangered species confined to dry forests of Southeast Asia. With the largest populations occurring in Myanmar, the Smithsonian Institution engaged the government and local organizations in conservation efforts...

... with complementary skills, and with support from national government funding programmes. This collaboration is achieving remarkable results. It is greatly enhancing the conservation of biodiversity, as well as improving commercial farm productivity and sustainability. This case study provides a solution to a global...