Reconciling Human Needs and Conserving Biodiversity: Large Landscapes as a New Conservation Paradigm: The Lake Tumba, Democratic Republic of Congo

Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. However, legitimate demands formulated by countries for their economic development, growing human populations, forest fragmentations, and needs of local communities for sustainable livelihoods are also pressing demands on protected areas, stringently pressuring conservation community to identify means to reconcile long ...