Efficiency of the Transects Branch-Sampling Line Method to Estimate the Canopy and Number of Trees per Hectare in Zagros Forests (Case Study: Karazan Forest of Ilam) by Abdolali Karamshahi

“…Methods: The studied area is located in the southwestern part of the Manshet and Qalarang protected area in Ilam County. First, 100% inventory was applied in a 90-hectare area of the studied forest, and then 10 and 20-m sampling lines with branches of up to a maximum of 20 m (90 sampling points) were used for this study. …”
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Diversidade e uso de recursos medicinais do carrasco na APA da Serra da Ibiapaba, Piauí, Nordeste do Brasil Diversity and use of medicinal resources of "carrasco" in the EPA of Ser... by E.M.F. Chaves, R.F.M. Barros

“…<br>The present study was carried out in the Environmental Protection Area of Serra da Ibiapaba, in Cocal Municipality, Piauí. …”
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Evaluation of Understory Plant Species Biodiversity in Buaxus hyrcana Habitats within Hyrcanian Forests by alireza Bijani-Nejad, Asghar Fallah, Hamid Jalilund, Hamed Asadi

“…Methods: In this research, the important habitats of Hyrkanian boxwood were sampled from the protected area of Cheshme Bulbul, Bandar Gaz, Golestan province, as the easternmost distribution area of this species in Hyrkanian forests to Shafarood forests in Gilan province. …”
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Diversity and drivers of coral reef cryptofauna communities by Steyaert, M

“…This thesis explores the diversity and drivers of cryptobenthic communities across the remote and protected Chagos Archipelago Marine Protected Area (MPA)(Central Indian Ocean), an important scientific reference site for the wider Indian Ocean due to its near-pristine status and minimal local human impacts. …”

Ecoregions in context: a critique with special reference to Indonesia by Jepson, P, Whittaker, R

“…In the Indonesian context the resulting map appears problematic both in terms of the underlying rationale of the ecoregion approach and in terms of apparent conflict with preexisting protected-area design. We suggest, insofar as refined planning frameworks are needed, that an alternative route that builds on rather than competes with existing approaches would be to combine at the mesoscale the landform delineators that characterize the Bailey ecoregion system with the existing macroscale ecoclimatic and biogeographic delineators of the Dasmann-Udvardy system. …”

Nanosynthesis, and structural and dosimetric characteristics of undoped and copper manganese-doped calcium borate thermoluminescent dosimeters by Haghiri, Maryam Erfani

“…Tissue equivalent thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) are an effective device to measure low and high absorbed doses of ionizing radiation in protected area, medical and industrial applications or as a personal monitoring dosimeter. …”
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Vulnerability Assessment of the Landscape Made by Road Network in Lorestan Province by Hossein Madadi, Hossein Moradi, Ali Reza Soffianian, Abdolrassoul Salmanmahiny

“…Most of the environmentally sensitive areas that are most vulnerable are the Oshtrankuh Protected Area with an area of 18.8 km2, which is only 0.2% compared with the total area under the management of the EPA. …”
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Evaluation of the New City of Sahand Using the Urban Carrying Capacity Assessment System by Firooz Jafari, Akbar Asghari Zamani, Shiva Sattarzadeh Salehi

“…Evaluation of the tourism board capacity of Sefidkooh Lorestan protected area. Quarterly Journal of Geography and Territorial Spatial Arrangement, 10(34), 131-146 (in Persian).Linyu, X. …”
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Assessment of Wetland Water Quality and Avian Diversity of a Human-Modified Floodplain Wetland on River Yamuna by Upma MANRAL, Faiyaz A. KHUDSAR

“…<span style="color: #211d1e; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: RO; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Okhla Bird Sanctuary (OBS) is an Important Bird Area, which comes under the protected area network of Uttar Pradesh with one-third area lying in the state of Delhi (India). …”
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