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dc.contributor.authorJones, N
dc.contributor.authorMcGinlay, J
dc.contributor.authorKontoleon, A
dc.contributor.authorMaguire-Rajpaul, VA
dc.contributor.authorDimitrakopoulos, PG
dc.contributor.authorGkoumas, V
dc.contributor.authorRiseth, JÅ
dc.contributor.authorSepp, K
dc.contributor.authorVanclay, F
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-15T02:30:32Z
dc.date.available2022-05-15T02:30:32Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.issn2073-445X
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/337175
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>Protected Areas are the most widely applied policy tool for biodiversity conservation. In Europe, protected areas are expected to significantly increase as the new EU Biodiversity strategy sets an ambitious target of 30% of land and 30% of water to be protected by 2030. Despite the popularity of this environmental policy, understanding variations in the level of public support for protected areas remains underexplored. This is an important area of research, considering that, in order for protected areas to be effective, they need to be supported by most users, including local communities and visitors. In this paper, we reviewed theoretical and empirical evidence explaining the level of support for protected areas and proposed a new approach when designing and designating protected areas in Europe. This approach models the process of the introduction of a new protected area as a policy intervention within a socio-ecological system. Specifically, it models how protected area social outcomes or impacts are conditioned and contextualised by numerous intervening factors relating to the social context and governance and management system to influence local actors’ attitude and active support for the protected area. This new approach aims to assist policy makers, conservation practitioners and scientists to plan actions that assist in increasing the level of public support for protected areas in the context of the post 2020 Biodiversity Strategy of the European Union.</jats:p>
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.subjectprotected area management
dc.subjectnatural resource management
dc.subjectpublic participation
dc.subjectbiodiversity conservation
dc.subjectEU biodiversity strategy
dc.subjectpublic acceptance
dc.subjectsocial acceptability
dc.subjectsocial effectiveness
dc.titleUnderstanding Public Support for European Protected Areas: A Review of the Literature and Proposing a New Approach for Policy Makers
dc.typeArticle
dc.date.updated2022-05-15T02:30:32Z
prism.issueIdentifier5
prism.publicationNameLand
prism.volume11
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.84594
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-05-06
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.3390/land11050733
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.contributor.orcidKontoleon, Andreas [0000-0003-4769-898X]
dc.identifier.eissn2073-445X
pubs.funder-project-idEuropean Research Council (802605)
cam.issuedOnline2022-05-13


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