PARKS 31.1 (May 2025)

Parks Journal 31.1

May 2025| Downloads – publication

Edited by Margaret Kinnaird, IUCN WCPA

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https://doi.org/10.2305/ZBDC1879

 


Measuring divergence: the concordance factor for World Heritage Committee decisions

Marc Patry and Jiayao Jiang

https://doi.org/10.2305/MGRP5198


Assessing land-use governance systems as potential OECMs in Iceland

Jon Geir Petursson, Helga Hvanndal Bjornsdottir and Jukka Siltanen

Supplementary Online Material

Supplementary Online Material 1. Icelandic Protected Area context

Supplementary Online Material 2. Key Informant Interviews

http://doi.org/10.2305/CQVA3413


Detecting illegal campfires by drone-mounted thermal sensors in protected tropical rainforests

Paulina Rodriguez, Carolina Pinto, Eleanor Flatt, Johan Ortiz, Marco Hidalgo, Christopher Beirne, Yvonne J. M. Kemp and Andrew Whitworth

http://doi.org10.2305/EOHA2567


Assessing recreational use value in British Columbia’s largest urban Park

Arwinddeep Kaur, Meng Sun and Panagiotis Tsigaris

Supplementary Online Material

Supplementary Online Material 1. Data availability statement.

http://doi.org/10.2305/IAKQ4577


Decade-long monitoring in Lomako-Yokokala Faunal Reserve, DRC: Impacts of ranger patrols on mammal population status

Tetsuya Sakamaki, Yafete Mtowasekye, Lomanga Lompwanga Frederick and Jef Dupain

Supplementary Online Material

Supplementary Online Material 1. Study area figure.

Supplementary Online Material 2. Tables 1-4.

http://doi.org/10.2305/PRPN8075


The protected area system of Ethiopia: Development, present state and perspectives towards the ’30×30 target’

Paul Scholte, Simeneh Admasu, Lakew Berhanu, Mellese Damtie, Gebremeskel Gizaw, Sven Oehm and Kumara Wakjira

Supplementary Online Material

Supplementary Online Material 1. History of delegated management in Ethiopia (2004-2024).

Supplementary Online Material 2. Figure S1.

Supplementary Online Material 3. Figure S2.

http://doi.org/10.2305/SRUC8758


In the line of floods: rangers as first responders to an extreme weather event in Pakistan

Hamera Aisha, Rohit Singh, Hafsa Aeman, Anser Mahmood Chatta, Javed Ahmed Mahar, Masood Arshad, Abdul Qadir, Muhammad Imran Malik and Muhammad Munawar Iqbal

http://doi.org/10.2305/YZHM4452


Towards responsible waste management in protected areas: An evaluation of South African national parks management plans

Claudine Roos, Reece Alberts, Francois Retief, Dirk Cilliers, Jurie Moolman and Alan Bond

https://doi.org/10.2305/KQNT7049


Community-led marine OECMs: Assessing enabling regulatory frameworks and potential cases in Indonesia

Rayhan Dudayev, Beby Pane, Thomas Gammage, Georgina G. Gurney and Dedi Supriadi Adhuri

Supplementary Online Material

Supplementary Online Material 1. Analysis of the Regulations.

https://doi.org/10.2305/JHOJ4854

 

PARKS 30.1 (May 2024)

Parks Journal 30.1

May 2024| Downloads – publication

Edited by Marc Hockings, IUCN WCPA

PARKS 30.1 issue download

DOI: 10.2305/ENNI2995

 


Editorial Essay:

Protected areas and One Health

Skylar R. Hopkins, Sarah H. Olson, Hannah T. Fairbank, Kent H. Redford, Jonathan Adams, Brent A. Mitchell, Nicole Nova, Renata L. Muylaert, Serge Morand, Adam Miller and Madhu Rao

DOI: 10.2305/ALRE8783


The benefits of the IUCN Green List in implementing effective park management in Queensland, Australia

Sherri Tanner-McAllister, Leanne Tudman, Jo Zadkovich, Wil Buch, Jacqueline Dupuy, Todd Doyle and Mykel Holmes

DOI: 10.2305/HPDS2115


Geovisualisation for effective management of invasive species: Bridging the knowing–doing gap

Elvia Willyono, Christopher Bone and Robert Newell

Supplementary Online Material

Supplementary Online Material 1: Technical Report on the Development and Use of the Geovisualisation Tool for Invasive Species Management

Supplementary Online Material 2A: Letter of Information for Participant Consent

Supplementary Online Material 2B: Focus group feedback form

DOI: 10.2305/WICL5376


Developing Statements of Compliance for UK protected areas and ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’

James A. Robinson, David A. Stroud, Kate Jennings, Stephen Grady, Chris Mahon, Katherine Hawkins, Pamela Abbott, Ben McCarthy and Mike W. Pienkowski

Supplementary Online Material

Supplementary Table 1-3

DOI: 10.2305/LZCQ6577


Nudging to glory: the World Heritage Convention’s influence in conflict-prone Global South natural sites

Pallabi Chakraborty and Sonali Ghosh

Supplementary Online Material

Online case studies

DOI: 10.2305/SPKG5887


A crisis of moral ecology: Magar agro-pastoralism in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Nepal

Indra Mani Rai

DOI: 10.2305/LCXC2811


Coordinated action across administration levels and assessments are key tools to reveal barriers to effective management of protected areas

Marcos Eugênio Maes, Eduardo Luís Hettwer Giehl and Natalia Hanazaki

DOI: 10.2305/TUUF3010


The World Heritage Convention, Protected Areas and Rivers: Challenges for Representation and Implications for International Water Cooperation

Sam Campbell

Supplementary Online Material

List of identified World Heritage sites that recognise rivers as a source of Outstanding Universal Value

DOI: 10.2305/UMKN8340


 

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Clarifying ‘long-term’ for protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs): why only 25 years of ‘intent’ does not qualify

James Fitzsimons, Sue Stolton, Nigel Dudley and Brent Mitchell

DOI: 10.2305/GLFT9809

PARKS 29.2 (November 2023)

Parks Journal 29.2

November 2023| Downloads – publication

Edited by Marc Hockings, IUCN WCPA

PARKS 29.2 issue download

 

DOI: 10.2305/SLLF6021


 


Protected and conserved coastal areas in Canada: insights with respect to Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Christopher J. Lemieux, Trina D. King, Scott R. Parker and Daniel T. Kraus

Supplementary Online Material

  1. Detailed methods
  2. Results by length of coast protected

DOI: 10.2305/RZVD9721


CA|RDS Lite: A rapid assessment of site management against the Conservation Assured | River Dolphin Standards

Uzma Khan, Nigel Dudley, Daphne Willems, Michael Baltzer, Sue Stolton, M.K.S. Pasha, Hannah L. Timmins, Diane Walkington and Paul André Van Damme

Supplementary Online Material

CA|RDS Lite survey

DOI: 10.2305/THYC4522


Identifying conservation values: a case study in trans-Himalayan region of Thanpattan, Lahaul-Spiti, Himachal Pradesh

Nidhi Singh, Shiv Narayan Yadav and Salvador Lyngdoh

Supplementary Online Material

Supplementary Online Material 1-6

DOI: 10.2305/IHYA2043


The value of natural capital in Canada’s national parks and national marine conservation areas

Dan Mulrooney and Brenda Jones

DOI: 10.2305/EKNN8645


The State of Ukraine’s Protected Areas: an interim update on damages from the full-scale invasion

Hannah L. Timmins, Olesya Petrovych, Anastasiia Drapaliuk, Kateryna Polianska, Oleksii Vasyliuk, Jody Bragger, Anna Kuzemko and Denis Vishnevsky

Supplementary Online Material

Online case studies

DOI: 10.2305/WUER4443


Mapping oil palm expansion within the protected lowland rainforest of Nigeria using Google Earth engine

Ralph Adewoye, Peace Ukoha and Stephen Okonkwo

DOI: 10.2305/VJSB2292


Updating and enhancing the Protected Areas Network of Palestine: A step towards biodiversity conservation

Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, Duaa Hussein, Natalia Boulad, Issa M. Albaradeiya, Mohammad Mahasnah, Mohammad Abusarhan, Mohammed Najajrah, Banan Al-Shaikh, Elias N. Handal and Zuhair S. Amr

DOI: 10.2305/UBEA6691


Social media as a contributor to conflicts in protected areas: experiences, problems, and potential solutions

Saskia Arndt

Supplementary Online Material
Table 1. Overview of national parks (IUCN Management Category II) with email interview responses
Table 2. Overview of case studies from the selective review of academic and non-academic literature

DOI: 10.2305/ULMJ5060


Strengthening a resilient protected area workforce to advance the 30×30 goal: the case of Madagascar

Domoina J. Rakotobe, Geoffrey D. Dabelko and Nancy J. Stevens

Supplementary Online Material

Questionnaire

DOI: 10.2305/KETW5223


Characterisation of visitation of the remote Conception Island National Park using daily satellite imagery

R. Graham Reynolds and Austin Cone

DOI: 10.2305/RZYA2073


SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Causes of secondary forest loss in a lowland rainforest of Nigeria

Farhan Jimba Moshood and Samuel Olalekan Olajuyigbe

DOI: 10.2305/BIVX7649


Safeguarding the rights and well-being of rangers

Sara Barrueco, María Jesús Iraola, Monika Bertzky, Rohit Singh and Chris Galliers

Supplementary Online Material

Iraola, M. J., Barrueco, S., Bertzky, M., Singh, R. & Galliers, C. M. (2023). Safeguarding the rights and well-being of rangers. Part 1: Principles. Universal Ranger Support Alliance (URSA).

Barrueco, S., Iraola, M. J., Bertzky, M, Singh, R. & Galliers, C. M. (2023). Safeguarding the rights and well-being of rangers. Part 2: Guidance and tools. Universal Ranger Support Alliance (URSA).

DOI: 10.2305/PVZM4213

PARKS 29.1 (May 2023)

Parks Journal 29.1

May 2023| Downloads – publication

Edited by Marc Hockings, IUCN WCPA

PARKS 29.1 issue download

 

DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2023.PARKS-29-1.en


IUCN WCPA Tribute to Dr Kathy Mackinnon (1948–2023)

Penelope Figgis


Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services of Qurumber National Park in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Amjad Ali, Arshad Ali Shedayi, Haider Raza, Ejaz Hussain and Syed Asar ul Hasnainta

Supplementary Online Material

Community questionnaire

DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2023.PARKS-29-1AA.en


Role of FAO, CATIE and IUCN in the expansion of Latin America’s protected areas in the 1960s–1980s

Marc J. Dourojeanni

DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2023.PARKS-29-1MJD.en


Biodiversity conservation of a new protected area ‘Al-Arqoub’, South Jerusalem Hills, Palestine

Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, Roubina Bassous-Ghattas, Elias N. Handal, Mohammed Abusarhan,
Mohammad H. Najajreh and Issa Musa Albaradeyia

DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2023.PARKS-29-1MBQ.en


Status and trends for Arctic conservation measures

Tom Barry, Soffia Guðmundsdóttir, Hólmgrímur Helgasson, and Elisie Kåresdotter

Supplementary Online Material

1. Action-oriented targets from the Kunming-Montreal GBF and 2. Extracts from Reykjavik Declaration

DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2023.PARKS-29-1TB.en


Assessing the adaptive management process in SMART sites: Lessons learned

Alexander Wyatt, Rohit Singh, Charlotte Read

DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2023.PARKS-29-1AW.en