Arguments for protected areas : multiple benefits for conservation and use / / edited by Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Washington D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.95/16
• Soggetto topico: Protected areas - Management; Ecosystem management; Nature conservation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DudleyNigel StoltonSue
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Arguments for Protected Areas; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Foreword: Jim Leape, Nik Lopoukhine and Kathy Mackinnon; 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: Sue Stolton and Emilio Rodriguez; 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: Nigel Dudley and Lawrence HamiltonCase Study 3.1: Protecting Water Supplies to Caracas, Venezuela: José Courrau; 4. Food Stores: Protected Areas Conserving Crop Wild Relatives and Securing Future Food Stocks: Nigel Maxted, Shelagh Kell, Brian Ford-Lloyd and Sue Stolton; Case Study 4.1: Crop Genetic Diversity Protection in Turkey: Yildiray Lise and Sue Stolton; Case Study 4.2: Conservation of Endangered CWRs in Mexico's Sierra de Manantlán: Sue Stolton and Jorge Alejandro Rickards-Guevara ; 5. Nursery Tales: Protected Areas Conserving Wild Marine and Freshwater Fish Stocks: Nigel Dudley and Sue StoltonCase 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: Edgardo Tongson and Marivel Dygico; 6. Natural Security: Protected Areas and Hazard Mitigation: Jonathan Randall, Sue Stolton and Glenn Dolcemascolo; Case Study 6.1: Environmental Degradation and the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004: Sue Stolton and Anita van Breda ; Case Study 6.2: Restoration and Protection Plan to Reduce Flooding in the Lower Danube: Orieta Hulea and Christine Bratrich7. Safety Net: Protected Areas Contributing to Human Well-being: Liza Higgins-Zogib, Nigel Dudley, Stephanie Mansourian and Surin Suksuwan; Case Study 7.1: Population-Health-Environment Approaches in Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Kenya: Judy Oglethorpe, Ali Mwachui, Sam Weru and Cara Honzak; 8. Beyond Belief: Linking Faiths and Protected Areas to Support Biodiversity Conservation: Liza Higgins-Zogib, Nigel Dudley, Josep-Maria Mallarach and Stephanie Mansourian ; Case Study 8.1: The Ancient Sacred Natural Sites in al Hoceima National Park, Morocco: Josep-Maria Mallarach9. Living Traditions: Protected Areas and Cultural Diversity: Liza Higgins-Zogib, Nigel Dudley and 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: Sue Stolton, Nigel Dudley and Zoltan Kun ; Case Study 10.1: Managing Tourism in South Korea's Protected Area System: Nigel Dudley, Hyun Kim and Won Woo Shin
• Sommario/riassunto: Most protected areas (e.g.national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and land- and seascape values. They currently cover over 13% of the world's land surface, around 12% of marine coastal areas and 4% 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 food, water and materials
• Titolo autorizzato: Arguments for protected areas
• ISBN: 1-282-61734-6; 9786612617348; 1-136-54293-0; 1-84977-488-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458882503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II