Parks face intense pressure from both environmental and developmental perspectives to conserve biodiversity and provide economic opportunities for rural communities. These imperatives are often in conflict, while potential solutions may be subject to theoretical and practical disagreement and complicated by pressing economic, political and cultural considerations. Parks in Transition collects the work of the most distinguished scholars and practitioners in this field, drawing on insight from over 50 case studies and synthesizing them into lessons to guide park management in transitional economies where the challenges of poverty and governance can be severe. The central message of the book is that parks are common property regimes that are supposed to serve society. It analyses and sheds light on the crucial questions arising from this perspective. If parks are set aside to serve poor people, should conservation demands over-rule demands for jobs and economic growth? Or will deliberately using parks as bridgeheads for better land use and engines for rural development produce more and better conservation? The issue that arises at all levels is that of accountability, including the problematic linkages between park authorities and political systems, and the question of how to measure park performance. This book provides vital new insights for park management, regarding the relationship between conservation and commercialization, performance management, new systems of governance and management, and linkages between parks, landscape and the land-use economy.
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Brian Child is Chair of the Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which promotes a convergence of biodiversity conservation and economic strategies.
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This is an important topic at the cutting edge of world conservation and protected area management. However, the writing is rough. Run-on sentences are almost standard. I tried to use it as a text in class, but the students protested vehemently. We want them to write well, so how can we force them to read works that are poorly edited? While we don't expect it to read like a detective novel, we do expect the writing to be smoother than this. Nevertheless, it is a vital topic and the contributors were architects of the innovations discussed in the book, so they are very knowledgeable.
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In 1903, the president of the US, Theodore Roosevelt, dedicated a monument on which is written: 'For the benefit and enjoyment of the people - Yellowstone National Park, created by an Act of Congress, March 1, 1872'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
international trophy hunting, wildlife producers, wildlife production systems, wildlife sector, wildlife enterprises, contract parks, wildlife income, park agencies, communal areas management programme, common property theory, economic instrumentalism, commercial farming sector, park objectives, hunting concessions, resource management institutions, state conservation agencies, safari hunting, community conservation, park performance, wildlife policy, conservation thinking, private landholders, ecological productivity, programmatic development, park budgets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, South Luangwa, World Bank, New York, Kruger National Park, James Currey, Natal Parks Board, North West Parks, Zambia Wildlife Authority, University of Zimbabwe, Cambridge University Press, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Kafue National Park, World War, Addo Elephant National Park, Island Press, Koedoe Supplement, World Commission, Century of Change, Gorongosa National Park, Hwange National Park, Central Statistical Office, Luangwa Integrated Resource Development Project, National Research Council, Pretoria Child New!
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In 1903, the president of the US, Theodore Roosevelt, dedicated a monument on which is written: 'For the benefit and enjoyment of the people - Yellowstone National Park, created by an Act of Congress, March 1, 1872'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
international trophy hunting, wildlife producers, wildlife production systems, wildlife sector, wildlife enterprises, contract parks, wildlife income, park agencies, communal areas management programme, common property theory, economic instrumentalism, commercial farming sector, park objectives, hunting concessions, resource management institutions, state conservation agencies, safari hunting, community conservation, park performance, wildlife policy, conservation thinking, private landholders, ecological productivity, programmatic development, park budgets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, South Luangwa, World Bank, New York, Kruger National Park, James Currey, Natal Parks Board, North West Parks, Zambia Wildlife Authority, University of Zimbabwe, Cambridge University Press, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Kafue National Park, World War, Addo Elephant National Park, Island Press, Koedoe Supplement, World Commission, Century of Change, Gorongosa National Park, Hwange National Park, Central Statistical Office, Luangwa Integrated Resource Development Project, National Research Council, Pretoria Child New!
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- African Wildlife and Livelihoods: The Promise and Performance of Community Conservation by Marshall W. Murphree on 5 pages
- Parks in Transition: Biodiversity, Rural Development and the Bottom Line by Brian Child on 5 pages
- Wildlife Conservation by Sustainable Use (Conservation Biology) by H.H.T Prins on 5 pages
- Animals in Peril by John A. Hoyt on page 100, and page 230
- Competing for the Future by Harvard Business School Press on page 26, and page 162
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