scholarly journals THE STATE OF WILDLIFE AND PROTECTED AREAS IN MAHARASHTRA NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM THE PROTECTED AREA UPDATE 1996 – 2015

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 391
Author(s):  
RINA CHAKRABORTY
2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 13-36
Author(s):  
Dragana Ostojić ◽  
Biljana Krsteski ◽  
Zoran Stojković ◽  
Ana Petković ◽  
Bogosav Stojiljković ◽  
...  

Protected areas are one of the priorities for mapping habitats, especially forest habitats, which are dominant in most protected areas of central Serbia, such as "Radan" Nature Park. This paper presents the forest habitat mapping in the protected area of "Radan" NP and the development of vegetation-stand map of the protected area in an effort to examine the methodology of forest habitats mapping in Serbia, which presumes a long term systematic data collection. Although much has been done on the classification of habitats in Serbia, considering both botanical and the forestry approach, the practical application of this knowledge in habitat mapping is still in its infancy, with the exception of longstanding practical work on data collection for Forest Management Plans for the state-owned forests. Data on forest stands in Nature Park "Radan" collected in this manner were essential to developing the vegetation-stand map of "Radan" NP. The results of data processing and harmonization of typology and classification of state-owned forests have been presented in this paper, as well as the analysis of forest habitat types in this protected area. The paper presents the vegetation-stand maps of the state-owned forests in the protected area and of the pilot area of privately owned forests, for which detailed field data collection was necessary. These maps are intended for the management of protected areas and systematic and efficient implementation of protection measures and activities. Habitat mapping in protected areas is a prerequisite for an adequate biodiversity monitoring, as well as for management and sustainable use of natural resources of the protected area.


Author(s):  
Ricardo Antônio de Andrade Plácido ◽  
Sérgio Henrique Borges ◽  
Edson Guilherme da Silva

Birdwatching is a growing segment of ecotourism and South America’s protected areas have an enormous potential to contribute to the development of this activity. We present a simple protocol to assess the potential of protected areas to attract and receive birdwatchers. The protocol is based on the application of raw scores using the following criteria: i) potential of local avifauna to attract birdwatchers, ii) logistic facilities of the protected area, and iii) services for accommodation, communication, health support and transport available in the municipality/ies located near the protected area. The protocol was applied in a protected area located in the State of Acre, in the southwestern part of the Brazilian Amazon. Thirty bird species (11% of avifauna) achieved the highest level of attractiveness for birdwatchers. The protected area and its neighboring municipalities show median capacity for hosting birdwatchers. The application of the protocol in other protected areas will be necessary to improve its applicability. The method, however, could be useful for a preliminary analysis of the birdwatching potential of protected areas.


1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIP DEARDEN ◽  
SURACHET CHETTAMART ◽  
DACHANEE EMPHANDU

Vandergeest (1996) suggested that the protected area (PA) system in Thailand is too large. He proposed that the state should recognize claims to private property rights within the PA system and subject remaining lands to collective property rights where villagers would be allowed to burn, cut and graze for commercial purposes. We disagree and summarize some of our concerns below.


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Miguel Etinger Araujo Jr. ◽  
Renata Meda Vieira

Resumo:Existe no Brasil um sistema jurídico voltado a proteger diversos valores postos perante a sociedade. A principal característica de um sistema jurídico é a da coercibilidade de suas normas, legitimando o Estado, em algumas ocasiões, a utilizar-se da força física. Este sistema, no entanto, necessita da atuação do intérprete, pois alguns de seus comandos são aparentemente conflitantes. É o caso da norma de proteção ambiental que institui espaços territoriais especialmente protegidos, como as Unidades de Conservação, em que algumas modalidades não permitem a permanência de pessoas residindo naquele local. Por outro lado, e este é o objeto deste estudo, existe uma norma que protege os modos de vida das denominadas populações tradicionais, inclusive com a permanência destas nos locais tradicionalmente ocupados. No caso da instituição de uma Unidade de Conservação onde já existam estas comunidades tradicionais, faz-se necessária uma interpretação sistemática e teleológica do sistema constitucional brasileiro, a fim de que se possa alcançar a melhor conduta possível. É o que se pretende demonstrar neste estudo, valendo-se para tanto da análise da doutrina e de decisões judiciais nacionais e estrangeiras.Palavras-chave: Populações tradicionais, Unidades de conservação, exploração, preservação, conflito. ***Resumen:En Brasil hay un sistema legal diseñado para proteger a las diferentes posiciones de valores en la sociedad. La característica principal de un sistema legal es la coercitividad de sus reglas, legitimando el Estado, en algunas ocasiones, a utilizar la fuerza física. Sin embargo, este sistema requiere la actuación del intérprete, ya que algunos de sus comandos son aparentemente contradictorios. Esto se aplica a la norma de protección ambiental que establece áreas territoriales especialmente protegidas como las Unidades de Conservação, donde algunas de ellas no permiten la permanencia de las personas que viven allí. Por otro lado, y este es el objeto de este estudio, hay una regla que protege los medios de vida de las denominadas poblaciones tradicionales, incluyendo la permanencia de estos en lugares tradicionalmente ocupados. En el caso de la creación de un área protegida donde ya existen estas comunidades tradicionales, una interpretación sistemática y teleológica del sistema constitucional brasileña es necesaria para que se pueda alcanzar el mejor enfoque posible. Es lo que se pretende demostrar en este estudio, aprovechando tanto la doctrina y el análisis de los juicios nacionales y extranjeros.Palabras clave: poblaciones tradicionales, áreas protegidas, exploración, preservación, conflicto. ***Abstract:In Brazil there is a legal system designed to protect different values positions in society. The main feature of a legal system is the coactivity of its rules, legitimizing the State, in certain occasion, to use physical force. This system, however, requires the interpreter role, when its commands are apparently conflicting. This applies to the environmental protection standard that establishes territorial areas especially protected as Unidades de Convervação (conservation areas), where some schemes do not allow the permanence of people living there. On the other hand, and this is the object of this study, there is a rule which protects the livelihoods of so-called traditional populations, including the permanence of these in places traditionally occupied. In the case of establishment of a protected area where they already exist these traditional populations, a systematic and teleological interpretation of the Brazilian constitutional system is needed, so that we can achieve the best possible conduct. This is what we want to demonstrate in this study, taking advantage to both the doctrine and analysis of national and foreign judgments.Keywords: Traditional Populations, Protected Areas, exploration, preservation, conflict.


2020 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana M. Costa ◽  
Helena G. Bergallo ◽  
Júlia L. Luz ◽  
Carlos E. L. Esbérard

ABSTRACT We analyzed the bat assemblages found in protected areas in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is the best-sampled region of the Atlantic Forest. We selected 24 strict nature reserves and nine sustainable-use protected areas. We used data from inventories and complemented with data from the literature. We compared strict and sustainable-use protected areas, and tested whether the bat assemblages varied between habitat types. We tested the effect of geographic distance on the dissimilarity between bat assemblages, as well as the relationship between species composition and the size, mean altitude of the protected area, and capture effort. We compiled a total of 34,443 capture records, involving 67 species. Three species were captured only once, which raises cause for concern. Bat assemblages did not vary between protected area categories, but did vary among habitats with less than 1,000 captures. Assemblages were more similar to one another in geographically proximate areas. The size of the protected area and capture effort did not affect the composition of the bat assemblages, but altitude did influence this parameter. The Atlantic Forest is a priority biome for research and conservation, and reliable data on species distributions are essential for the development of conservation strategies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 15405-15406
Author(s):  
L.A.K. Singh

The State of Wildlife and Protected Areas in Maharashtra: News and Information from the Protected Area Update 1996-2015 ISBN: 978-81-923269-3-1 (First print 2019). Edited by Pankaj Sekhsaria  Published by the Duleep Matthai Nature Conservation Trust, Kalpavriksh, and Rainfed Books.  Pages: xii+235pp, 100 line-drawings; Price Rs. 400/-


2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Kotkova

The paper provides the data on aphyllophoroid fungi of the State Nature Reserve «Kurgalsky» situated in the Kingisepp District of the Leningrad Region. The list includes 285 species annotated by data on their habitats, substrates and frequency. In total 25 species protected in the Leningrad Region and 3 species protected in Russian Federation were found in the protected area. Chaetodermella luna, Phlebia subochracea and Trechispora stevensonii are published for the first time for the Leningrad Region. The specimens of selected species are kept in the Mycological Herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute RAS (LE).


2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-384
Author(s):  
G. Ya. Doroshina ◽  
E. G. Ginzburg ◽  
L. E. Kurbatova

The paper provides the data on mosses of the State Nature Reserve ”Kurgalskiy” situated in the Kingisepp District of the Leningrad Region. The list includes 136 species. Among them Plagiothecium nemorale is new for the Leningrad Region, 83 species are recorded for the first time for the protected area, 12 species are protected in the region, Aulacomnium androgynum is protected in Russia. Of the protected species, Plagiothecium latebricola is recorded for the first time for the protected area. Data on habitats, substrates and frequency of every species are provided.


Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Verónica Iñiguez-Gallardo ◽  
Fabián Reyes-Bueno ◽  
Olga Peñaranda

The perceptions and values that local communities have towards protected areas are of great value for the improvement of these territories’ management. Such perceptions and values are often absent in the conservation planning process, particularly in those privately protected areas that are established in areas where the land tenure system is based not only on ownership but also on customary uses. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data obtained through semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders and members of communities surrounding a privately protected area in southern Ecuador, we identify that the level of collaboration with the managers, the distance to the protected area, the percentage of untitled land, and the dependence on the resources (customary uses) are among the variables affecting these perceptions and values. Positive perceptions towards protected areas and naturalistic values are developed among those who collaborate with the protected area managers, whereas negative perceptions, and a mix of naturalistic and biospheric values are developed among those who have a sense of a lack of attention to social needs although supporting nature conservation at the same time. The evidence presented shows the importance of matching local peoples’ expectations with conservation goals during the establishment of a protected area.


Author(s):  
Wiguna Rahman ◽  
Joana Magos Brehm ◽  
Nigel Maxted ◽  
Jade Phillips ◽  
Aremi R. Contreras-Toledo ◽  
...  

AbstractConservation programmes are always limited by available resources. Careful planning is therefore required to increase the efficiency of conservation and gap analysis can be used for this purpose. This method was used to assess the representativeness of current ex situ and in situ conservation actions of 234 priority crop wild relatives (CWR) in Indonesia. This analysis also included species distribution modelling, the creation of an ecogeographical land characterization map, and a complementarity analysis to identify priorities area for in situ conservation and for further collecting of ex situ conservation programmes. The results show that both current ex situ and in situ conservation actions are insufficient. Sixty-six percent of priority CWRs have no recorded ex situ collections. Eighty CWRs with ex situ collections are still under-represented in the national genebanks and 65 CWRs have no presence records within the existing protected area network although 60 are predicted to exist in several protected areas according to their potential distribution models. The complementarity analysis shows that a minimum of 61 complementary grid areas (complementary based on grid cells) are required to conserve all priority taxa and 40 complementary protected areas (complementary based on existing protected areas) are required to conserve those with known populations within the existing in situ protected area network. The top ten of complementary protected areas are proposed as the initial areas for the development of CWR genetic reserves network in Indonesia. It is recommended to enhanced coordination between ex situ and in situ conservation stakeholders for sustaining the long term conservation of CWR in Indonesia. Implementation of the research recommendations will provide for the first time an effective conservation planning of Indonesia’s CWR diversity and will significantly enhance the country’s food and nutritional security.


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