| Description |
xxii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 5.Nursery Tales: Protected Areas Conserving Wild Marine and Freshwater Fish Stocks / Nigel Dudley / Sue Stolton -- Case Study 5.1: Freshwater Fishery Sustainability in Lake Malawi, East Africa / Sue Stolton -- Case Study 5.2: Managing and Monitoring Success: The Story of Tubbataha Reefs, Philippines / Marivel Dygico / Edgardo Tongson -- 6.Natural Security: Protected Areas and Hazard Mitigation / Glenn Dolcemascolo / Jonathan Randall / Sue Stolton -- Case Study 6.1: Environmental Degradation and the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 / Anita van Breda / Sue Stolton -- Case Study 6.2: Restoration and Protection Plan to Reduce Flooding in the Lower Danube / Orieta Hulea / Christine Bratrich -- 7.Safety Net: Protected Areas Contributing to Human Well-being / Nigel Dudley / Liza Higgins-Zogib / Stephanie Mansourian / Surin Suksuwan -- |
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Contents note continued: Case Study 10.1: Managing Tourism in South Korea's Protected Area System / Nigel Dudley / Hyun Kim / Won Woo Shin -- 11.Climate Change: The Role of Protected Areas in Mitigating and Adapting to Change / Trevor Sandwith / Nigel Dudley / Alexander Belokurov -- Case Study 11.1: Protected Areas Helping to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Brazil / Alerson Falieri / Fernando Vasconcelos de Araujo / Carlos Alberto de Mattos Scaramuzza / Karen Suassuna / Claudio C. Maretti / Erika Pinto / Hermann Rodrigues / Paulo Moutinho / Laura Dietzsch / Britaldo Silveira Soares Filho -- 12.Making Peace: Protected Areas Contributing to Conflict Resolution / Trevor Sandwith / Charles Besancon -- Case Study 12.1: La Amistad Binational Biosphere Reserve in Costa Rica and Panama / Manuel Ramirez -- 13.Nature Conservation: Leaving Space for Biodiversity / Nigel Dudley -- |
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Contents note continued: Case Study 13.1: A Hundred Years of Conservation Success at Kaziranga National Park, India / Sue Stolton / Vinod Mathur -- 14.Precious Places: Getting the Arguments Right / Sue Stolton / Nigel Dudley / Marc Hockings |
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Contents note continued: Case Study 7.1: Population-Health-Environment Approaches in Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Kenya / Cara Honzak / Sam Weru / Ali Mwachui / Judy Oglethorpe -- 8.Beyond Belief: Linking Faiths and Protected Areas to Support Biodiversity Conservation / Stephanie Mansourian / Josep-Maria Mallarach / Nigel Dudley / Liza Higgins-Zogib -- Case Study 8.1: The Ancient Sacred Natural Sites in al Hoceima National Park, Morocco / Josep-Maria Mallarach -- 9.Living Traditions: Protected Areas and Cultural Diversity / Liza Higgins-Zogib / Nigel Dudley / Ashish Kothari -- Case Study 9.1: Angkor Wat Protected Landscape - Where Culture, Nature and Spirit Meet / Liza Higgins-Zogib -- Case Study 9.2: Inuit Partnerships in the Torngat Mountains National Park, Canada / Judy Rowell -- 10.Diverting Places: Linking Travel, Pleasure and Protection / Zoltan Kun / Nigel Dudley / Sue Stolton -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Protected Areas: Linking Environment and Well-being / Sue Stolton -- 2.Vital Sites: Protected Areas Supporting Health and Recreation / Sue Stolton -- Case Study 2.1: Protecting Medicinal Resources in Colombia / Emilio Rodriguez / Sue Stolton -- Case Study 2.2: Parks Victoria (Australia) 'Healthy Parks Healthy People' Initiative / John Senior -- 3.Running Pure: Protected Areas Maintaining Purity and Quantity of Urban Water Supplies / Lawrence Hamilton / Nigel Dudley -- Case Study 3.1: Protecting Water Supplies to Caracas, Venezuela / Jose Courrau -- 4.Food Stores: Protected Areas Conserving Crop Wild Relatives and Securing Future Food Stocks / Sue Stolton / Nigel Maxted / Shelagh Kell / Brian Ford-Lloyd -- Case Scudy 4.1: Crop Genetic Diversity Protection in Turkey / Yildiray Lise / Sue Stolton -- Case Study 4.2: Conservation of Endangered CWRs in Mexico's Sierra de Manantlan / Jorge Alejandro Richards-Guevara / Sue Stolton -- |
| Summary |
"Most protected areas (such as national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and landscape or seascape values. They currently cover over 13 per cent of the world's land surface, around 12 per cent of marine coastal areas and 4 per cent of the marine shelf. Retaining and expanding these areas in the future will depend on showing their wider benefits for society." "This book provides a concise and persuasive overview of the values of protected areas. Contributing authors from over fifty countries examine a wide range of values that are maintained in protected areas, including cultural and spiritual values, and how they relate to issues such as food, water, materials, health and tourism, as well as capacity for buffering against climate change and natural disasters. The book also considers the role of protected areas in poverty reduction strategies, and their relationship with traditional and indigenous people and in fostering conflict resolution through -- |
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'peace park' initiatives." --Book Jacket |
| Analysis |
Ecosystems |
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Management |
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Nature conservation |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ecosystem management.
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Nature conservation.
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Protected areas -- Management.
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| Author |
Dudley, Nigel.
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Stolton, Sue.
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| LC no. |
2010007952 |
| ISBN |
1844078809 (hardback) |
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1844078817 (paperback) |
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9781844078806 (hardback) |
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9781844078813 (paperback) |
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