Social-ecological contributions of protected areas to their surroundings

2025/12/01 by Graeme S. Cumming, Abbie A. Rogers, Teigan G. Collins +13 · 2 voices · 4 citations
Environmental Science · #Biodiversity #Conceptual framework #Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management #Corporate governance #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Generalizability theory #Identification (biology) #Land Use and Ecosystem Services #Legislation #Relevance (law) #Spillover effect

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101462

published in One Earth 8(12), 101462 (Elsevier BV)

openalex publication_date 2025/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/12/19 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Citations

• Conceptualizing and measuring ecological spillover effects from protected areas
• Fish communities can simultaneously contribute to nature and people across the world’s tropical reefs
• Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation

Cited by

• Protected area management has significant spillover effects on vegetation
• Protected area management has significant spillover effects on vegetation. [europepmc]

Discussions

• Our new review lays out a framework for understanding the social-ecological benefits of protected areas to their surroundings - just published in One Earth: www.cell.com/one-earth/ab... doi.org/10.1 [bsky, 36 points, 0 comments]
• New OI research from shows 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 deliver benefits well beyond their boundaries — for ecosystems, communities and economies. A timely framework as Australia works towards 30×30 [bsky, 9 points, 0 comments]