Jointly published | 2004
European models of good practice in protected areas
Four case studies of European protected areas are presented illustrating particular themes of management practice. The National Park of Abruzzo, Latium and Molise (Italy) serves as a model for zoning; the Bialowieza National Park (Poland) for monitoring; participatory management is exemplified…
Publication | 2004
Indigenous and local communities and protected areas : towards equity and enhanced conservation
Conventional approaches to managing protected areas have often seen people and nature as separate entities. They preclude human communities from using natural resources and assume that their concerns are incompatible with conservation. Protected area approaches and models that see conservation…
Publication | 2004
Publication | 2004
Joint initiative between IUCN and WWF for addressing the need to protect the highly valuable deep sea ecosystems in the Mediterranean. Is included for the first time a comprehensive proposal for conservation firmly based in virtually all scientific information currently available.
Publication | 2004
Participatory conservation : paradigm shifts in international policy
There is increasing recognition of the value that local, indigenous and mobile communities can bring to the process of conserving biodiversity, and of the need for a range of conservation types from strict protection to multiple sustainable use. Such a paradigm shift is reflected in the outcomes…
Publication | 2004
This book describes the 12 years of Kibale and Semliki Conservation and Development Project, and how in the projects early days conservation and development activities tended to be separate and discrete activities. With lesson learning the project gradually became more integrated in terms of…
Publication | 2004
Guidelines for planning and managing mountain protected areas
Mountains are special places. For many they are sacred; to most they bring an uplifting of the spirit and refreshment; to all they bring water, and rich biodiversity. Many of them have received legislative recognition by designation as parks or reserves of various kinds, and it is for the…
Publication | 2004
Conservation on private lands : the Australian experience
Publication | 2004
IUCN, WWF and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have developed this guidebook to assist marine protected area (MPA) managers in assessing the performance of their MPA. Based on this assessment, it shows how necessary changes can be made to improve management measures…