CEBC systematic review presented at World Parks Congress
The findings of a groundbreaking CEE Systematic Review of evidence on the ‘Human wellbeing impacts of terrestrial protected areas’ was presented at a special session during the World Parks Congress held in Sydney, Australia on 15th November. The session was organised by the Global Environment Facility that also commissioned the review. Protected areas now cover approximately 13% of the earth’s land surface and many billions of dollars are spent annually on their management. Consequently, many human communities are impacted, both positively and negatively, by protected area establishment and their is uncertainty about policies needed to achieve positive impacts.
CEBC staff led the review with contributions from John Healey, Neal Hockley and Julia Jones in SENRGY and staff from the EPPI-centre in London. The findings of the review suggest that many different types of positive and negative impacts are experienced by local communities when protected areas are established. However, there is insufficient evidence to understand how to achieve win-win outcomes for people and wildlife and higher quality research studies need to be conducted in future.
You can access the full review here
Publication date: 20 November 2014