TY - JOUR A1 - Aschenbrand, Erik A1 - Michler, Thomas T1 - Why Do UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Get Less Recognition than National Parks? A Landscape Research Perspective on Protected Area Narratives in Germany JF - Sustainability N2 - This paper explores how landscape research can contribute to our understanding of why integrated protected area concepts like biosphere reserves get less recognition than national parks. In this regard, we analysed policy documents and online communication of biosphere reserves and national parks, conducted qualitative interviews with conservation professionals and volunteers as well as participant observation in order to identify and compare narratives that guide the communication and perception of both protected area categories. The results show how national parks offer a clear interpretation of space by building on landscape stereotypes and creating landscape legibility and experience-ability through touristification. National Parks also experience conflicts about proper management and combine a variety of goals, often including regional development. Nevertheless, their narrative is unambiguous and powerful. Biosphere reserves, on the other hand, have an image problem that is essentially due to the difficulty of communicating their objectives. They confront the difficult task of creating a vision that combines development and conservation while integrating contrarious landscape stereotypes. We argue for a fundamental engagement with protected area narratives, as this improves understanding of protected areas’ transformative potential. KW - protected areas KW - biosphere reserves KW - national parks KW - narrative KW - landscape Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-2166 SN - 2071-1050 PB - MDPI ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Aschenbrand, Erik A1 - Michler, Thomas T1 - Exploring Connections Between Tourism and Forest Conservation T2 - Wald in der Vielfalt möglicher Perspektiven N2 - Many cultures have a long history of relating to forests and trees. Forest and tree motifs have been used throughout cultural history to reflect on human-nature relationships. Beginning in the nineteenth century, forests became popular through outdoor recreation and tourism. At the same time nature conservation in modern protected areas was invented. Both phenomena were sparked by an increasing appreciation of the sublimity of nature. In the twentieth century, tourism became part of forest conservation strategies. With reference to examples from North America and Europe we discuss the possibilities and limitations that tourism offers for forest conservation. KW - Forest; Tourism; Nature conservation; Forest recreation; Protected areas Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-4229 SN - 978-3-658-33705-6 SP - 257 EP - 277 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Michler, Thomas A1 - Aschenbrand, Erik ED - Heurich, Marco ED - Mauch, Christof T1 - »Natur Natur sein lassen« T2 - Urwald der Bayern: Geschichte, Politik und Natur im Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-525-36095-8 SN - 978-3-666-36095-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.13109/9783666360954.165 SP - 165 EP - 184 PB - Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ER -