- Title
- Effectiveness of private land conservation areas in maintaining natural land cover and biodiversity intactness
- Creator
- Shumba, Tafadzwa, de Vos, Alta, Biggs, Reinette, Esler, Karen J, Ament, Judith M, Clements, Hayley S
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/415852
- Identifier
- vital:71294
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00935"
- Description
- Private land conservation areas (PLCAs) are increasingly looked to for meeting the deficit left by state-owned protected areas in reaching global conservation targets. However, despite the increasing extent and recognition of PLCAs as a complementary conservation strategy, little research has been done to quantify their effectiveness; a critical consideration if they are to be counted towards international biodiversity conservation targets. The long history of PLCAs in South Africa provides an interesting case study to address this knowledge gap. Here, we quantified the effectiveness of South African PLCAs by comparing losses in natural land cover and biodiversity intactness within PLCAs with different levels of protection to that of unprotected control points. Points within PLCAs were matched with unprotected control points to test the prediction that if PLCAs offer effective protection, losses in natural land cover and biodiversity intactness would be significantly lower within their boundaries in comparison to unprotected controls exposed to similar conditions. Consequences of natural land cover loss on biodiversity intactness were thus assessed, thus advancing standard approaches for quantifying effectiveness.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (11 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Global Ecology and Conservation, Shumba, T., De Vos, A., Biggs, R., Esler, K.J., Ament, J.M. and Clements, H.S., 2020. Effectiveness of private land conservation areas in maintaining natural land cover and biodiversity intactness. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22, p.e00935, Global Ecology and Conservation volume 22 p.e. 00935 2020 2351-9894
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- Closed Access
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de Vos, Alta (Dr)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods
RU Department of Environmental Science
SDG 15. Life On Land
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