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Parks in Peril: People, Politics, and Protected Areas [Paperback]

Kent Redford (Editor), Katrina Brandon (Editor), Steven Sanderson (Editor)

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Publication Date: July 1, 1998

Using the experience of the Parks in Peril program -- a wide-ranging project instituted by The Nature Conservancy and its partner organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean to foster better park management -- this book presents a broad analysis of current trends in park management and the implications for biodiversity conservation. It examines the context of current park management and challenges many commonly held views from social, political, and ecological perspectives. The book argues that: biodiversity conservation is inherently political sustainable use has limitations as a primary tool for biodiversity conservation effective park protection requires understanding the social context at varying scales of analysis actions to protect parks need a level of conceptual rigor that has been absent from recent programs built around slogans and stereotypesNine case studies highlight the interaction of ecosystems, local peoples, and policy in park management, and describe the context of field-based conservation from the perspective of those actually implementing the programs. "Parks in Peril" builds from the case studies and specific park-level concerns to a synthesis of findings from the sites. The editors draw on the case studies to challenge popular conceptions about parks and describe future directions that can ensure long-term biodiversity conservation.Throughout, contributors argue that protected areas are extremely important for the protection of biodiversity, yet such areas cannot be expected to serve as the sole means of biodiversity conservation. Requiring them to carry the entire burden of conservation is a recipe for ecological and social disaster.

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Product Details

Paperback: 532 pages
Publisher: Island Press; 1 edition (July 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1559636084
ISBN-13: 978-1559636087
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,235,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
A barefooted campesino holding a machete stands on a muddy road that passes through a tropical rainforest. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
linkages between park, artisanal miners, regional conservation areas, communal reserve, conventional parks, rapid ecological assessment, resource tenure, artisanal mining, timber poaching, policy pitfalls, park establishment, natural protected areas, land tenure situation, park guards, park protection, transboundary issues, natural forest management, new protected areas, resource guards, core zone, other protected areas, park management, new management plan, timber theft, national policy framework

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Sierra de las Minas, Rio Bravo, Costa Rica, The Nature Conservancy, Latin America, Osa Peninsula, Santa Cruz, Central America, Parks Directorate, Red Line, San Luis, Pro Naturaleza, Agua Blanca, Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic, Corcovado Park, South America, Yanesha Communal Reserve, United States, Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve, Organizational Roles, San Felipe, World Wildlife Fund, Defensores de la Naturaleza, World Bank

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This book cites 34 books:

Traditional Peoples and Biodiversity Conservation in Large Tropical Landscapes by The Nature Conservancy on 4 pages
Parks and Progress: Protected Areas and Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean by Valerie Barzetti in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Protecting Nature: Regional Reveiws Of Protected Areas by Jeffrey A. McNeely in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Questioning History: The Middle Ages v. 2 by S.M. Harrison in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Last Stand: Protected Areas and the Defense of Tropical Biodiversity by Randall Kramer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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8 books cite this book:

Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work: Towards More Effective Conservation and Development (Biology and Resource Management Series) by Thomas O. McShane on 7 pages
Making Parks Work: Strategies for Preserving Tropical Nature by John Terborgh on 4 pages
Trans-Boundary Protected Areas: The Viability of Regional Conservation Strategies (Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 1/2) by Uromi Manage Goodale in Front Matter, and page 246
Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America by J. Timmons Roberts in Back Matter
Precaution, Environmental Science, and Preventive Public Policy by Joel Tickner on page 189

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