TRANSNATURE aims to increase knowledge of the governance of transboundary biodiversity by addressing three research questions: 1. To what extent and how do transboundary conservation areas involve different types of managing authorities and stakeholders in effective governance mechanisms to enhance conservation? 2. To what extent and how does the stratification of different governance mechanisms in the same natural areas, such as World Heritage sites, European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs), national management authorities, subnational authorities and indigenous and community conserved areas, trigger processes that strengthen biodiversity conservation? 3. To what extent can transboundary conservation areas contribute to stop ecological degradation by improving the prevention of both cross-border pollution and transnational wildlife crime in the EU?

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