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Protected Area Atlas

0. Front matter

1.1 The changing roles of African protected areas for people and nature

1.2 Methodological approaches to understanding protected area dynamics

1.3 Navigating continent-wide geospatial data

2.1 “When” and “where” – the expansion of protected areas

2.2 “What” – the ecological representation of protected areas

2.3 “Why” – the underlying reasons of different protected areas

2.4 “Who” – the variable governance of protected areas

3.1 Protected areas and climate change

3.2 Protected areas and freshwater

3.3 Protected areas and the biodiversity economy

4.1 Pressure from people, crops and livestock

4.2 Development pressure from extraction or infrastructure

4.3 Pressures from global environmental change

5.1 Improving protected area effectiveness

5.2 Bending the curve of biodiversity loss: the need for restoration

5.3 People and nature beyond the boundaries of protected areas

5.4 An African information network for protected and conserved areas

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