Papua at the Crossroads: A Plea for Systematic Conservation Planning in One of the Largest Remaining Areas of Tropical Rainforest
Papua at the Crossroads: A Plea for Systematic Conservation Planning in One of the Largest Remaining Areas of Tropical Rainforest
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10.3389/ffgc.2022.763131
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2022-02
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C. Parsch;Benjamin Wagner;Margaretha Pangau‐Adam;C. Nitschke;H. Kreft;Julian Schrader
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作者：
C. Parsch;Benjamin Wagner;Margaretha Pangau‐Adam;C. Nitschke;H. Kreft;Julian Schrader
土地使用的变化在整个印度尼西亚群岛迅速发展，现在正在侵入新几内亚西部（塔纳巴布亚），这是世界上最后的荒野地区之一，拥有大片原始和高度多样化的热带雨林。塔纳巴布亚已经走到了一个十字路口，既要加速环境退化，又要执行《马诺夸里宣言》中承诺的大规模养护目标的可持续发展政策。我们评估了塔纳巴布亚的保护区网络内的生态区和海拔带的代表性，以确定其在广泛的空间尺度的缺点。与山区相比，低地生态区受到的保护较少，西部和南部低地有一半被指定为土地使用特许区。在土地利用变化的直接威胁下，塔纳巴布亚的政治动机是以保护和文化为中心的土地管理，这为科学指导的积极保护规划提供了一个机会之窗，该规划将可持续发展与土著社区的利益结合起来。
Land-use change has progressed rapidly throughout the Indonesian archipelago and is now intruding into western New Guinea (Tanah Papua), one of the world’s last wilderness areas with extensive tracts of pristine and highly diverse tropical rainforests. Tanah Papua has reached a crossroads between accelerating environmental degradation and sustainable development policies entailing landscape-scale conservation targets, pledged in the Manokwari Declaration. We assessed the representation of ecoregions and elevational zones within Tanah Papua’s protected area network to identify its shortcomings at broad spatial scales. Lowland ecoregions are less protected than mountainous regions, with half of the western and southern lowlands designated for land-use concessions. Under the direct threat from land-use change, the political motivation in Tanah Papua toward conservation- and culture-centered land management provides a window of opportunity for scientifically guided, proactive conservation planning that integrates sustainable development for the benefit of Indigenous communities.