Population change in and around protected areas

… In some cases, they benefit directly, through the consumption of food produced or obtained in or around protected areas. In others, employment and income provide indirect benefits that contribute to sustaining livelihoods and may even attract immigration (Joppa, 2012). The growing interest in ecotourism and increasing access to nature reserves have increased the human presence in protected areas and raised concern about the sustainable management, including regulation of public access, of those areas (Distefano, 2005). …