Protected Areas Flashcards
What does IUCN stand for
International Union of Conservation and Nature
In your own words, describe what a protected area is
A piece of land that is protected legally, and it can receive long-term conservation
What was the first protected area in the US and when was it implemented?
The Yosemite act; 1864
Who was the president that established 150 national forest, 55 federal game/bird reserves, 5 national parks, 18 national monuments, and over 230 million acres of public land that is protected
Theodore Roosevelt
When was the National Park Service created, and who created it?
1916; Woodrow Wilson
What are the 4 common mechanisms for establishment?
government action, land purchases/easement, indigenous societies, field station
What is the voluntary legal agreement that permanently limits uses of land
easements
The IUCN as a 6 category classification, what do categories 1-4 do, and what do 5-6 do?
1-4 has strict protections, and 5-6 have multi-use/management (conservation and human use)
_________ protected areas are more likely to have a positive impact on locals, while __________ protected areas are more likely to have positive conservation and economic outcomes.
strictly; multi-use
more _____ + more ________ + _______ _________ = productive marine life and functional food webs
more fish + more species + bigger fish = productive marine life and functional food webs
What term is described as comparing biodiversity priorities with current and planned protected areas?
Gap analysis
What are the 4 R’s when it comes to protected area design?
Representation, Resiliency, Redundancy, Reality
What is the SLOSS debate?
Single large or several small; is species richness maximized in one large nature reserve or in several smaller one of an equal total area
What do protected networks do?
limit effects of fragmentation, and maintain meta-population dynamics
What are habitat corridors?
they are links between habitat patches
