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You can find the issues below or through the PARKS Journal website. To contribute to PARKS please contact the editor and follow the IUCN WCPA Parks Author guidelines.
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PARKS Journal 26.2 November 2020
PARKS Issue 26.2 brings the spotlight to papers on conceptual issues in conservation (wilderness definition, niche tourism, human-wildlife conflict and climate change, a framework for area-based conservation, and institutional arrangements for privately protected areas); lessons learned in practical conservation monitoring and management (species re-introduction, establishing national biodiversity monitoring programs, and tourism impact monitoring) , as well as papers on cultural ecosystem service assessment, management of tiger reserves and changes in support for protected areas in Brazil.
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PARKS Journal 26.1 May 2020
Issue 26.1 of PARKS, published amidst the COVID-19 pandemic includes an acclaimed Editorial on the impact of COVID-19 on protected and conserved areas, as well as articles on indigenous peoples’ rights in university-level conservation curricula, geodiversity of karst landforms in Egypt, the Brazilian experience with environmental funds to support protected areas, and rangers' perceptions of their working conditions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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PARKS Journal 25.1 May 2019
Articles in Issue 25.1 span topics such as mobile pastoralism and protected areas, popular perceptions of protected areas across spatial scales, national park entrance fees, and Vietnam's experiences in enhancing bird diversity through improved water management in a wetland national park.
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PARKS Journal 24.2 November 2018
Issue 24.2 features a range of papers from Australia, Benin, and South Africa, discussing the exposure of park management staff to trauma, expansion of marine protected area networks, analysing ranger-collected data on illegal activities, and privately protected areas and biodiversity stewardship.
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PARKS Journal 24 Special Issue on OECMs June 2018
The Special Issue of PARKS The International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation focuses on the topic of 'Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures' (OECMs) as described in Aichi Target 11. The Special Issue provides an overview of the process being undertaken to develop technical guidance on OECMs and contains eight case studies of 'potential OECMs'. The case studies cover all four governance types and include experiences from Australia, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Kenya and South Africa.
The Special Edition was published just prior to the 22nd meeting of the CBD's Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA22) where discussions on OECMs was on the agenda.
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Issue 24.1 contains a diverse set of papers from Africa, the Arab States, South Asia and North America as well as more globally focussed papers on issue of protected area policy and management. Papers in the issue address, amongst other topics, monitoring of marine protected, research priorities for protected areas, collaborative management, reporting on Biosphere reserves in the Arab-MAB network and the legal potential to use legal recognition of sacred natural sites as an effective tool for conservation of nature.
PARKS Journal 23.2 November 2017
Articles in this issue span the usual broad spectrum of issues of relevance to protected area professionals. At an international policy level papers consider the status and prospects for achieving Aichi biodiversity target 11 and whether the developing clarity around ‘other effective area based conservation measures’ or OECMs will make a positive contribution to recognition and support for territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs).
Other papers examine patterns of forest loss in Niassa National Reserve in Mozambique and a case study of organisational change in a protected area agency in Saint Lucia, West Indes. This issue also addresses twitter use by seven park agencies in North America that was examined over two time periods to determine how use of this social media is evolving, while another paper presents a case study on using remotely sensed imagery to monitor impacts of feral horses on vegetation in Australia’s alpine parks.
This issue also sees the introduction of book reviews for the first time, with four recent books on protected areas reviewed. Sadly, the issue also contains an obituary for Wayne Lotter, whose targeted killing in Tanzania in August shocked and saddened the conservation world.
Previous PARKS Issues:
PARKS Journal 23.1 - 2017
PARKS Journal 22.2 - 2016
Parks Journal 20_1 low resolution
Parks Journal 19.1. Ayvior et al
PARKS International Journal 18.2
Implementing the CBD PoWPA PARKS Magazine 17.1
16.2 The Visitor Experience Challenge
16.1 Community Conserved Areas
High Seas Marine Protected Areas PARKS Magazine 15.3
Private Protected Areas Parks Magazine 15.2
Planning for the Unexpected Parks Magazine 15.1
Protected Area Categories Parks Magazine 14.3
2003 Durban World Parks Congress Parks Magazine 14.2
War and Protected Areas Parks Magazine 14.1
Protected Areas as Engines for Development PARKS Magazine 13.3
Category V PARKS Magazine 13.2
Conservation Partnerships in Africa PARKS Magazine 13.1
International Agreements and Programme PARKS Magazine 12.3
Local Communities and Protected Areas PARKS Magazine 12.2
Tourism and Protected Areas PARKS Magazine 12.1
Cities and Protected Areas PARKS Magazine 11.3
ICDPS: Working with Parks and People PARKS Magazine 11.2
Biosphere Reserves PARKS Magazine 11.1
Partnership and Exchange Programmes PARKS Magazine 10.3
Non-Material Values of Protected Areas PARKS Magazine 10.2
Protected Areas in North African /Middle East Region
Bioregional Approach to Protected Areas PARKS Magazine 9.3
Management Effectiveness of Protected Areas PARKS Magazine 9.2
Reserve Design and Selection PARKS Magazine 9.1
Marine Protected Areas Parks Magazine 8.2
Populations and Parks PARKS Magazine 8.1
Parks for Peace PARKS Magazine 7.3
