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| Clement, Sarah; Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool ; Sarah.Clement@liverpool.ac.uk; Moore, Susan A; Environment and Conservation Sciences, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University; S.Moore@murdoch.edu.au; Lockwood, Michael; Geography and Spatial Sciences, School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania; Michael.Lockwood@utas.edu.au. |
| Biodiversity loss is one of the most significant drivers of ecosystem change and is projected to continue at a rapid rate. While protected areas, such as national parks, are seen as important refuges for biodiversity, their effectiveness in stemming biodiversity decline has been questioned. Public agencies have a critical role in the governance of many such areas, but there are tensions between the need for these agencies to be more “adaptive” and their current operating environment. Our aim is to analyze how institutions enable or constrain capacity to conserve biodiversity in a globally significant cross-border network of protected areas, the Australian Alps. Using a novel conceptual framework for diagnosing biodiversity institutions,... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive governance; Australian Alps; Biodiversity conservation; Capacity; Institutions; Protected area management. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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