CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Kovalenko, Olena |
|---|---|
| Title | Setting the priorities for threat reduction management in protected areas in Ukraine |
| Summary | Conservation of biodiversity has been internationally recognized as one of the global problems of today. At the same time, protected areas are widely established as core territories for biodiversity conservation. Even though the number and size of protected areas (PA) is what is frequently cited to demonstrate the success of conservation policies, PA management is what matters for reaching global conservation objectives. However, the effectiveness of PA management remains rather low in developing and transition countries like Ukraine, inter alia, due to absence of monitoring of management performance. The modified version of the Threat Reduction Assessment (TRA) tool, enabling negative scoring, has been chosen from a variety of other methods to assess the effectiveness of managerial efforts in the reduction of anthropogenic threats in the two selected wetland protected areas in Polissya natural region in Ukraine: Shatsky National Nature Park (NNP) and Polissya Nature Reserve (NR). To facilitate threat identification, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature standard lexicon for biodiversity conservation was used. For the chosen reference period of 2002-2012, the results for Shatsky NNP demonstrated the TRA Index of -16% with the main negative impact related to recreation. For Polissya NR the reduction score of -26% was derived for the assessment period of 1981-2012, while the greatest negative contribution was due to forest fires. Based on the obtained results, relevant recommendations for prioritizing the management actions were given and, in particular, the modified TRA tool was advised to be included as a mechanism of self-monitoring of management performance. |
| Supervisor | Anthony, Brandon |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/kovalenko_olena.pdf |
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