Research
Currently the Center carries out applied research projects in the US, Latin America, and Asia.
Our research efforts, undertaken in more than 30 protected areas, have focused on:
- Protected area planning
- Visitor management
- Biophysical and social impacts to park resources and visitor experience
- Public perceptions of management
- Law enforcement techniques
- Commercial ecotourism evaluations
- Inter and intra agency and cross-boundary resource management
- Impacts from adjacent land use
Recent research projects include:
(to download more specific project information in PDF format, click on the underlined project title - Adobe Acrobat 
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- Analysis of the Community and Ecological Benefits Produced by Conservation Easements in Larimer County Colorado
- Analysis of Recreational Target Shooting on the Pawnee National Grasslands
- Study of Backcountry Users in Rocky Mountain National Park
- Iguazu National Park Visitor Study
- Campos Gerais Brazil Landscape Protection Strategy
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Adjacent Lands Study in 6 Countries in Mesoamerica
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The Beliefs and Perceptions of Fishermen Regarding Management Actions, Regulations, and the Protection of the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador
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Authority of the Resource Technique (Spanish version)
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Prioritizing the acquisition of Wilderness In-Holdings
