Conservation and resource-use relations: Analysis for protected area expansion feasibility in the Western Cape
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
It is assumed that expanding the size and/or number of protected and conservation areas can contribute
to more effective conservation, ecosystem services and environmental protection. Expansion is
normally a response to continuous environmental threats and subsequent needs to enhance the
protection and conservation of valuable biodiversity, geodiversity and heritage assets. Targets for
global, regional and country-based protected area expansion are set and driven by conservation
authorities across different geographical scales – from the global International Union for the
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to the local-level protected area.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
Keywords
Biodiversity, Biology, Conservation, Western Cape, South Africa’s National Protected Area Expansion Strategy (NPAES)