Enhancing biodiversity conservation and monitoring in protected areas through efficient data management
Abstract: A scientifically informed approach to decision-making is key to ensuring the sustainable management of ecosystems, especially in the light of increasing human pressure on habitats and species. Protected areas, with their long-term institutional mandate for biodiversity conservation, play an important role as data providers, for example, through the long-term monitoring of natural resources. However, poor data management often limits the use and reuse of this wealth of information. In this paper, we share lessons learned in managing long-term data from the Italian Alpine national parks. Our analysis and examples focus on specific issues faced by managers of protected areas, which partially differ from those faced by academic researchers, predominantly owing to different mission, governance, and temporal perspectives. Rigorous data quality control, the use of appropriate data management tools, and acquisition of the necessary skills remain the main obstacles. Common protocols for data collection offer great opportunities for the future, and complete recovery and documentation of time series is an urgent priority. Notably, before data can be shared, protected areas should improve their data management systems, a task that can be achieved only with adequate resources and a long-term vision. We suggest strategies that protected areas, funding agencies, and the scientific community can embrace to address these problems. The added value of our work lies in promoting engagement with managers of protected areas and in reporting and analysing their concrete requirements and problems, thereby contributing to the ongoing discussion on data management and sharing through a bottom-up approach
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Environmental monitoring and assessment. - 196, 1 (2024) , 12, ISSN: 1573-2959
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Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt
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Veröffentlichung
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Freiburg
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Universität
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2023
- Creator
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Urbano, Ferdinando
Viterbi, Ramona
Pedrotti, Luca
Vettorazzo, Enrico
Movalli, Cristina
Corlatti, Luca
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10.1007/s10661-023-11851-0
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2415215
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 7:26 AM CEST
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Associated
- Urbano, Ferdinando
- Viterbi, Ramona
- Pedrotti, Luca
- Vettorazzo, Enrico
- Movalli, Cristina
- Corlatti, Luca
- Universität
Time of origin
- 2023
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