Home  About FNI  Research  Publications  Staff  News & events  Contact		FNI PROJECTS Managing Protected Areas in a Time of Internationalization This project will: 1) address decentralized management regimes for Norwegian national parks and protected landscapes in order to identify preconditions for ensuring an appropriate balance between local and international interests. Our focus is on protected areas that are of particular relevance to mountainous areas and landscape protection. Comparative studies of Norway-Canada and Norway-Sweden will be carried out as part of the project. 2) focus on new measures introduced by the Norwegian Nature Diversity Act, in particular chapter II on general principles for sustainable use, §§ 23-25 on priority species, § 40 on international status for protected areas, chapter VI on selected habitat types and § 62 on delegation of authority under the Act, as well as the increased focus on management plans and plans for management measures. 3) look at challenges regarding domestic implementation of international obligations related to establishment of networks of protected areas, and thus contribute to development of international policy to preserve biodiversity. Project leader: Ole Kristian Fauchald Project period: 2011-2013 Publications Fauchald, Ole Kristian and Lars H. Gulbrandsen, 'The Norwegian Reform of Protected Area Management: A Grand Experiment with Delegation of Authority?' Local Environment, Vol 17, No 2, 2012, pp. 203-222. Top		Related focal points of research:   Biodiversity and biosafety Project funding:   Research Council of Norway, Environment2015 Programme External cooperation partners:   Carleton University Canada)
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