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Dudley, N.; Hockings, M.; Stolton, S.; Amend, T.; Badola, R.; Bianco, M.; Chettri, N.; Cook, C.; Day, J. C.; Dearden, P.; Ferraro, P.; Foden, W.; Gambino, R.; Kevin, J.; Ke, M.; Laestadius, L.; Laffoley, D.; Lham, D.; Lichtenstein, G.; Makombo, J.; Marshall, N.; Mcgeoch, M.; Nguyen, D.; Nogué, S.; Paxton, M.; Rao, M.; Reichelt, R.; Rivas, J.; Roux, D.; Ruʃe, C.; Schreckenberg, K.; Sovinc, A.; Sutyrina, S.; Utomo, A.; Vallauri, D.; Vedeld, P. O.; Verschuuren, B.; Waithaka, J.; Woodley, S.; Wyborn, C.; Zhang, Y.
A hundred research priorities of critical importance to protected area management were identified by a targeted survey of conservation professionals; half researchers and half practitioners
. Respondents were selected to represent a range of disciplines, every continent except Antarctica and roughly equal numbers of men and women. The results analysed thematically and grouped as potential research topics as by both practitioners and researchers. Priority research gaps reveal a high interest to demonstrate the role of protected areas within a broader discussion about sustainable futures and if and how protected areas can address a range of conservation and socio-economic challenges effectively. The paper lists the hundred priorities structured under broad headings of management, ecology, governance and social (including political and economic issues) and helps contribute to setting future research agendas
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Environmental degradation is a major threat confronting the world, and the rampant use of chemical fertilisers contributes largely to the deterioration of the environment through depletion of fossil fuels, generation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and contamination of water resources
. It leads to loss of soil fertility due to imbalanced use of fertilisers that has adversely impacted agricultural productivity and causes soil degradation. Now there is a growing realisation that the adoption of ecological and sustainable farming practices can only reverse the declining trend in the global productivity and environment protection
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