Natural connections [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives in community-based conservation / / edited by David Western and R. Michael Wright ; Shirley C. Strum, associate editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449972103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1994
• ISBN: 1-55963-802-8; 1-61091-094-X; 1-59726-902-6; 1-4175-3956-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (601 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WesternDavid; WrightR. Michael; StrumShirley C <1947-> (Shirley Carol)
• Disciplina: 333.7/2
• Soggetti: Nature conservation - Citizen participation; Ecosystem management - Citizen participation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Proceedings of a workshop held in Airlie, Va., Oct. 18-22, 1993.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note to the Reader; The Background to Community- based Conservation; Part I Case Studies; Ecosystem Conservation and Rural Development: The Case of Amboseli; The Resurgence of Community Forest Management in Eastern India; Transforming Customary Law and Coastal Management Practices in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia, 1870Ò 1992; Managing Wildlife with Local Communities in the Peruvian Amazon: The Case of the Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo; Kakadu National Park: An Australian Experience in Comanagement; Part II Case Study Profiles; The Zimbabwe Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE)Local Initiatives and the Rewards for Biodiversity Conservation: Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea; BOSCOSA: Forest Conservation and Management through Local Institutions (Costa Rica); Profile of National Policy: Natural Forest Management in Niger; A Profile and Interim Assessment ; of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Nepal; The Farm Scheme of North York Moors National Park, United Kingdom; Community-based Approaches to Wildlife Conservation in Neotropical Forests; Part III ThemesCultural Traditions and Community- based Conservation; The Link Between Local Participation and Improved Conservation: A Review of Issues and Experiences; Tenurial Rights and Community- based Conservation; Community Environmental Action: The National Policy Context; The Role of Institutions in Community-based Conservation; Economic Dimensions of Community-based Conservation; Ecological Limits and Opportunities for Community-based Conservation; Are Successful Community-based Conservation Projects Designed or Discovered?; Part IV The Workshop; Linking Conservation and Community AspirationsLessons Learned; Recommendations; A Few Big Challenges; Vision of the Future: The New Focus of Conservation; Participants; Index