Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement as a threat to iconic protected areas. Conservation Biology. 2019. #OpenAccess #PADDD
The uncertain future of protected lands and waters. Science. 2019. #NoPaywall #PADDD
@theobserveruk.bsky.social highlights widespread but overlooked abandonment of conservation initiatives globally.
As @jamestapper.bsky.social reports, abandonment happens via both abdication of management responsibilities (e.g., "paper parks") & rollbacks of formal protections (e.g., #PADDD*).
#PADDD - Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing, and Degazettement - pode iniciar assim - Rebaixamento, Redução e Extinção de Áreas Protegidas: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redu%C3....
U.S. gov't sets stage to open national monuments, critical habitat, & other protected lands for mining & fossil fuel extraction.
#nature #biodiversity #climate #energy #backsliding #PADDD
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In 2025, we should anticipate widespread environmental backsliding in the USA and around the world. #PADDD #30x30 #climate #nature
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48. Albrecht, et al. 2021. Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) in marine protected areas. Marine Policy 129 (2021): 104437.#openaccess #PADDD
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.@washingtonpost: President Biden must end the desecration of Bears Ears #PADDD
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"Biden pledged “immediate steps to reverse the Trump assault on America’s national treasures” including major cuts in 2017 to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, as well as opening parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration." #PADDD
46. Keles, D., P. Delacote, A. Pfaff, S. Qin, and M.B. Mascia. 2020. What Drives the Erasure of Protected Areas? Evidence from across the Brazilian Amazon. Ecological Economics 176:106733.$) #PADDD #Amazon #nature
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Another example of the US gov’t rolling back protections for our natural lands and waters. Rare historically, now routine. #PADDD #nature
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Breaking: U.S. Gov't Finalizes Plan to Open Arctic Refuge to Oil and Gas Companies#ClimateChange #nature #PADDD
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Another attempt to roll back environmental protections in the USA. @RachGolden #PADDD
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Canadian company ready to mine (what used to be) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. "the company noted that the deposit 'recently became open for staking & exploration after a 21 year period moratorium.' #PADDD
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Four questions about the Amazon fires, answered #AmazonFires #PADDD
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#ClimateCrisis #PADDD
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Trump officials say a new plan will protect Bears Ears. Others call it ‘salt in an open wound.’ #PADDD
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Heading home from #ICCB2019 or looking for a good #sciencefriday read? Check out this new #openaccess paper in @ConBiology on legal threats to iconic protected areas. #PADDD
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Recent study in @sciencemagazine examines uncertain future of nat'l parks & other protected places. Widespread legal changes make clear that legal designation is an early milestone on road to conserving nature, not final destination#ICYI #PADDD #Trondheim
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As Work Begins on Trump’s Border Wall, a Key Wildlife Refuge Is at Risk #PADDD
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#PADDD ?
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“1/3 of oil reserves, half of gas reserves & over 80% of current coal reserves need to remain in the ground... to meet the target of 2C of global warming.” Maybe start by avoiding national parks & other protected areas? #PADDD
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The battle to save Lapland. “Anglo American...is currently carrying out exploratory drilling in an EU-protected nature reserve...” #PADDD
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Pricey hydropower dam proposed in Selous Game Reserve, a World Heritage Site in #Tanzania. Another case of #PADDD ?
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The big Alaskan land giveaway tucked into a sweeping conservation bill #PADDD on the horizon?
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The process of changing protected area rules & boundaries, or getting rid of parks & other protected areas entirely is known as #PADDD (protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement). Other examples inc. #BearsEars, #ANWR, & others described at
conservation.org/PADDD
More news about #PADDD.
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