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A study to examine the dependence of the informal protection of the hot spot dry forest in southern Madagascar on the taboos and forest governance is conducted. Results show that efficient conservation of such forests require proper incorporation of various social factors, including the local beliefs and legitimate sanctioning systems.

The potential of urban green areas managed by local user groups to support biodiversity and ecosystem services in growing city-regions was analyzed using Stockholm, Sweden as a model city-region. The findings concluded that the incorporation of locally managed lands into comanagement designs has the potential to improve conditions for urban biodiversity and of reducing ecosystem management's transaction costs.