Protected Area Policy

Protected Area Policy is the institutional and regulatory framework that designates and governs protected areas for long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.

3.2K

Publications

189.9K

Citations

9.2K

Authors

2.5K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Protected Areas Policy

Parents

Natural Resource Policy

Children

BiodiversityFire Management PolicyHabitat ProtectionHuman-wildlife Conflict PolicyIndigenous RightsInvasive Species ControlMarine Protected Area PolicyProtected Area DesignationProtected Area GovernanceProtected Area Legislation

Publications

3.2K

The performance and potential of protected areas

James Watson, Nigel Dudley, Daniel B. Segan et al. · Nature · 2014 · 2.3K citations

Natural Resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation Biology +12

How much wetland has the world lost? Long-term and recent trends in global wetland area

Nick C. Davidson · Marine and Freshwater Research · 2014 · 2.1K citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Biogeography +10

Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features

Graham J. Edgar, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, Trevor J. Willis et al. · Nature · 2014 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation Biology +14

Geodiversity: valuing and conserving abiotic nature

Choice Reviews Online · 2014 · 1.5K citations

Natural Resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Land-use Planning +15

A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation

Stephen T. Garnett, Neil D. Burgess, Julia E. Fa et al. · Nature Sustainability · 2018 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Biodiversity Conservation, Rangeland Management +16

1–5 of 3.2K

Authors

9.2K

MH
Marc Hockings
The University of Queensland, Australia
30 publications · 5K citations
23
h-index
HP
Hugh P. Possingham
The University of Queensland, Australia
27 publications · 2.3K citations
23
h-index
ND
Nigel Dudley
Equilibrium Research, United Kingdom
27 publications · 4K citations
22
h-index
JW
James Watson
The University of Queensland, Australia
23 publications · 6.4K citations
20
h-index
RL
Robert L. Pressey
James Cook University, Australia
21 publications · 2.5K citations
17
h-index

1–5 of 9.2K

Institutions

2.5K

1–8 of 2.5K

Venues

Biological Conservation
199 publications · 15.1K citations
70
h-index
Conservation Biology
87 publications · 9.3K citations
47
h-index
Biodiversity and Conservation
81 publications · 3.9K citations
36
h-index
Land Use Policy
68 publications · 3K citations
35
h-index
Conservation Letters
52 publications · 4.7K citations
34
h-index

1–5

See also Protected Area Policy
Legal Instruments	Environmental Policy Endangered Species Act Nature Protection Law Convention On Biological Diversity Ramsar Convention On Wetlands Community Conserved Area Design
Governance Models	Community Conserved Area Design Participatory Governance
Stakeholder Participation	Participatory Digital Culture Avoided Deforestation Policy Indigenous Peoples' Self-determination Governance Co-production
Effectiveness Assessment	Environmental Impact Assessment Adaptive Management Machine Learning Decision Trees Random Forests Ensemble Methods Predictive Modeling Biodiversity Impact Assessment
Management Objectives	Biodiversity Conservation Ecosystem Service Provision Cultural Ecosystem Values Climate Change Mitigation Human-wildlife Conflict Environmental Education Ecotourism Phylogenetic Diversity Conservation Prioritization Carbon Sequestration