Most scientists and researchers working in tropical areas are convinced that parks and protected areas are the only real hope for saving land and biodiversity in those regions. Rather than giving up on parks that are foundering, ways must be found to strengthen them, and Making Parks Work offers a vital contribution to that effort. Focusing on the "good news" - success stories from the front lines and what lessons can be taken from those stories - the book gathers experiences and information from thirty leading conservationists into a guidebook of principles for effective management of protected areas. The book: - offers a general overview of the status of protected areas worldwide - presents case studies from Africa, Latin America, and Asia written by field researchers with long experience working in those areas - analyzes a variety of problems that parks face and suggests policies and practices for coping with those problems - explores the broad philosophical questions of conservation and how protected areas can - and must - resist the mounting pressures of an over-crowded world Contributors include Mario Boza, Katrina Brandon, K. Ullas Karanth, Randall Kramer, Jeff Langholz, John F. Oates, Carlos A. Peres, Herman Rijksen, Nick Salafsky, Thomas T. Struhsaker, Patricia C. Wright, and others.
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John Terborgh and Carel van Schaik are co-directors of the Center for Tropical Conservation at Duke University, where Dr. Terborgh is James B. Duke Professor of Environmental Science in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Dr. Schaik is professor of biological anthropology and anatomy. Lisa Davenport is a graduate student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Madhu Rao is associate conservation ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society.
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Costa Rica, World Bank, United States, New York, Island Press, Ranomafana National Park, Congo Basin, Oxford University Press, World Wildlife Fund, Leuser Ecosystem, West Africa, Last Stand, South Africa, The World Conservation Union, The Nature Conservancy, Khao Yai, Latin America, Cambridge University Press, Sierra Leone, Kruger National Park, Osa Peninsula, Wildlife Conservation Society, Carel van Schaik, Central Pacific, Conservation International New!
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- Last Stand: Protected Areas and the Defense of Tropical Biodiversity by Randall Kramer on 9 pages
- Rain Forest (Kingfisher Voyages) by Jinny Johnson on 6 pages
- Requiem for Nature by John Terborgh on 5 pages
- People and Parks: Linking Protected Area Management With Local Communities by Michael Wells on 4 pages
- Parks in Peril: People, Politics, and Protected Areas by Kent Redford on 4 pages
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- Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison by Richard B. Primack on page 297, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work: Towards More Effective Conservation and Development (Biology and Resource Management Series) by Thomas O. McShane on page 177, and page 179
- Biodiversity: An Introduction by Kevin J. Gaston on page 159, and Back Matter
- Political Ecology Across Spaces, Scales, and Social Groups by Susan Paulson on page 152
- Global Governance: An Architecture for the World Economy (Symposia and Conference Proceedings) by Horst Siebert on page 243
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