Pathways to socio-economic recovery in protected landscapes during the C

This document contains a proposal for a project that aims to help national parks in the UK recover socio-economically from the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will develop predictive models to estimate visitor capacity while considering social distancing and local factors. It also plans to create new policies and management tools with local input to encourage responsible environmental behavior. The project will gather data through interviews, surveys, and workshops, and initially focus on four national park sites, then expand to six more. Ultimately, the goal is to find the best ways to keep these areas open to the public, support local economies, protect biodiversity, and avoid overcrowding that could lead to new COVID-19 outbreaks.