Managing protected areas : a global guide / edited by Michael Lockwood, Graeme L. Worboys, and Ashish Kothari.
Publication details: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2006.Description: xxx, 802 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps. ; 25 cmISBN:- 1844073033 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781844073030 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1844073025 (hardback. : alk. paper)
- 9781844073023 (hardback. : alk. paper)
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Content
Part I Start the context
Chapter 1 Natural heritage
The evolution of global environments
The physical environment
Biological diversity
Biogeographical realms
etc
Chapter 2 Social context
Socio-cultural context
Economic context
Political context
Protected areas and the new paradigm
Further reading
Chapter 3 Global protected area framework
Institutions working for protected areas
conventions
Types of protected areas
Extent of the world's protected
etc.
Chapter 5 Governance of protected areas
Types of governance for protected areas
Governance roles of different actors
Quality of protected area governance
Governance awareness and innovations
etc
Chapter 6 Process of management
Management functions
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
etc.
Chapter 7 Developing capacity
Capacity levels
Capacity for what, capacity for who and what capacity
Assessing capacity needs
Developing capacities
Progress and standards
etc.
Part II principles and practice
Chapter 8 Establishing protected areas
The need for comprehensive global
National and bioregional reserve
Systematic reserve selection methods
Planning process for protected area establishment
etc
Chapter 9 Threats to protected areas
Classification of threats
Managing threats: Underlying causes
Managing threats: planning and procedures
etc.
Chapter 10 Obtaining, managing and communicating information
Scope of information needs
Data and information collection methods
Storage, retrieval and analysis
Supporting institutions and partnerships
etc.
Chapter 11 Management planning
Approaches to planning
Preparing protected area management plans
Overview of good planning practice
Management principles
etc.
Chapter 12 Finance and economics
Financing protected areas
Pricing services and facilities
Demonstrating economic benefit
Management principles
etc.
Chapter 13 Managing staff finances and assets
Human resource management
A principled organization
Financial management
Asset management
Management principles
etc.
Chapter 14 Sustainability practice and sustainable use
Sustainability and protected area organizations
Sustainable resource use primarily in category V and VI protected areas
Management principles
Further reading
Chapter 15 Operations management
Planning for operations
Operations implementation
Management principles
Further reading
Chapter 16 Natural heritage management
Principles of and approaches to natural heritage management
Management water
Management geodiversity
Management fire
etc.
Chapter 17 Cultural heritage management
Significance of cultural heritage in protected areas
Cultural sites and landscapes
Conserving indigenous heritage
Conserving historical sites
Management principles
etc.
Chapter 18 Incident management
Organizations with incident management responsibilities
Managing incident responses
Incident control systems
Managing fire incidents
etc.
Chapter 19 Tourism and recreation
Global tourism and environmental performance
The tourism industry
Visitor management models
Visitor service and support
etc.
Chapter 20 Collaboratively managed protected areas
Common features of co-managed protected areas
Types of co-managed protected areas continuing challenges
The way forward for collaboratively managed protected areas
Management participles
etc.
21 Community conserved areas
Range and significance of community conserved areas
Legal and policy context Limitations and problems
Management principles
Chapter 22 Linking the landscape
Importance of linkages
Conservation at a bioreginal scale
Trans-boundary protected areas
Continental-scale linkages
etc.
Chapter 13 Marine protected areas
Characteristics of coastal and marine protected areas
Role and benefits of marine protected areas
Relationship of marine protected areas with other marine management approaches
Marine protected area governance
etc.
Chapter 24 Evaluating management effectiveness
Purpose of management effectiveness evaluation
Developing evaluation systems
Guidelines for evaluation management effectiveness
Management principles
Chapter 25 Building support for protected areas
Private commercial sector support
University and research organization support
Public sector
Management support role of NGOS
Local community support
Chapter 26 Challenges and opportunities
Includes bibliographical references (P. [756]-793) and index P 754 - 802
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