Maps in Action: Key Freshwater Biodiversity Areas and protected area network planning

By |2016-05-03T01:23:26+00:00May 30th, 2014|Blog, Freshwater biodiversity, Protected Areas|Comments Off on Maps in Action: Key Freshwater Biodiversity Areas and protected area network planning

Originally posted to the FreshwaterBlog on 30 May 2014 The designation and management of protected areas has been a cornerstone of biodiversity policy for more than a century. In the 1970s, for example, the international community agreed to expand the global protected reserve area system guided by the representation principle – the idea that populations