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- Title
Conservation features of the terrestrial Antarctic Peninsula.
- Authors
Lee, Jasmine R.; Shaw, Justine D.; Ropert-Coudert, Yan; Terauds, Aleks; Chown, Steven L.
- Abstract
Conserving landscapes used by multiple stakeholder groups requires understanding of what each stakeholder values. Here we employed a semi-structured, participatory approach to identify features of value in the terrestrial Antarctic Peninsula related to biodiversity, science and tourism. Stakeholders identified 115 features, ranging from Adélie penguin colonies to sites suitable for snowshoeing tourists. We split the features into seven broad categories: science, tourism, historic, biodiversity, geographic, habitat, and intrinsic features, finding that the biodiversity category contained the most features of any one category, while science stakeholders identified the most features of any stakeholder group. Stakeholders have overlapping interests in some features, particularly for seals and seabirds, indicating that thoughtful consideration of their inclusion in future management is required. Acknowledging the importance of tourism and other social features in Antarctica and ensuring their integration into conservation planning and assessment will increase the likelihood of implementing successful environmental management strategies into the future.
- Subjects
ANTARCTICA; COLONIAL birds; PENINSULAS; ENVIRONMENTAL management; SNOWSHOES &; snowshoeing; BIODIVERSITY; TOURISM
- Publication
AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment, 2024, Vol 53, Issue 7, p1037
- ISSN
0044-7447
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13280-024-02009-4