caa a22 4500 60552730X CHVBK 20210128100807.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0941-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0941-5 Biodiversity attracts visitors to national parks [Elektronische Daten] [Pirkko Siikamäki, Katja Kangas, Antti Paasivaara, Susanna Schroderus] To cope with the funding constraints of biodiversity protection, nature-based tourism, which is regarded as an important ecosystem service, is considered as an option for creating revenues for biodiversity conservation. Here we show that Finnish national parks (NPs) with high biodiversity values are more attractive for visitors than parks with lower biodiversity values, providing evidence on the direct linkage between biodiversity protection and the provisioning of ecosystem services in protected areas. We found that the number of visits NPs received annually, i.e., their attractiveness, was positively associated with the number of Natura2000 habitat types and occurrences of species considered threatened in Finland according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List Categories and Criteria. Interestingly, recreational use also overlapped spatially with areas containing high biodiversity values: the number of occurrences of threatened species and Natura2000 habitat types were on average higher close to recreational routes than among randomly picked control areas within NPs. Our results emphasise the need for careful planning and park management in protecting biodiversity in NPs. However, these connections between biodiversity and recreational use of NPs are striking examples of "biophilia”, the human need for and love for nature, and can be used to engage the public more strongly with biodiversity issues. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Biophilia nationallicence Biodiversity nationallicence Ecosystem services nationallicence Habitat richness nationallicence Nature-based tourism nationallicence National parks nationallicence Species richness nationallicence Siikamäki Pirkko Oulanka Research Station, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Liikasenvaarantie 134, 93999, Kuusamo, Finland aut Kangas Katja Natural Resources Institute Finland, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 413, 90014, Oulu, Finland aut Paasivaara Antti Natural Resources Institute Finland, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 413, 90014, Oulu, Finland aut Schroderus Susanna Department of Geography, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/10(2015-09-01), 2521-2534 0960-3115 24:10<2521 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0941-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0941-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Siikamäki Pirkko Oulanka Research Station, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Liikasenvaarantie 134, 93999, Kuusamo, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kangas Katja Natural Resources Institute Finland, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 413, 90014, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paasivaara Antti Natural Resources Institute Finland, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 413, 90014, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schroderus Susanna Department of Geography, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/10(2015-09-01), 2521-2534 0960-3115 24:10<2521 2015 24 10531