Contents

Foreword
JEFFREY A. McNEELY

Reflections: Nature for people and people for nature
JUDY LING WONG

Introduction
TED TRZYNA

The Congress, sponsors, and contributors

Part 1: Cities depend on protected areas

The role of forest protected areas in supplying drinking water to the world's biggest cities
NIGEL DUDLEY AND SUE STOLTON

Some benefits of protected areas for urban communities: A view from Sydney, Australia
NICHOLAS CONNER

Resource economics as a tool for open space planning in Durban, South Africa
DEBRA ROBERTS, RICHARD BOON, PENNY CROUCAMP, AND MYLES MANDER

Part 2: Protected areas depend on cities

Raising the priority of urban areas in protected area systems in Brazil and beyond
PEDRO DA CUNHA E MENEZES

A city defends its natural heritage: Hong Kong's Country and Marine Parks
FOOK YEE WONG

California cities and the protection and restoration of Yosemite National Park
JOHN J. REYNOLDS

Community-driven stewardship of an Australian government protected area
PAMELA PARKER AND MICHAEL PUN TURIERO

Part 3: Strategies for linking cities and protected areas

Connecting with nature in a capital city: The London Biodiversity Strategy
DAVIDGOODE

Paris-Nature: An innovative urban ecology program
MARK LELLOUCH

The City of Cape Town's Biodiversity Strategy
TAN IA KATZSCHNER, GREGG OELOFSE, KEITH WISEMAN, JOANNE JACKSON, AND DEAN FERREIRA

Biodiversity conservation as a social bridge in the urban context:
Cape Town's sense of "The Urban Imperative" to protect its biodiversity and empower its people
GEORGE DAVIS

Mosaic: Building links between ethnic communities and national parks in the United Kingdom
JESSICA MEMON

A conservation agency creates inner-city "natural parks" in Los Angeles
TEDTRZYNA

"Healthy Parks, Healthy People" and other social capital initiatives of Parks Victoria, Australia
JOHN SENIOR AND MARDIE TOWNSEND

Kids for Tigers: The Sanctuary Asia Tiger Program: A globally replicable school contact program to win support for wildlife and protected areas
BITTU SAHGAL

Vision beyond mandate: Creating farmland protected areas in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico
TODD MILLER

Part 4: Making partnerships work

Groundwork: An innovative British environmental partnership organization
TED TRZYNA

Chicago Wilderness: A collaborative model for urban conservation
LUCY HUTCHERSON

Building urban constituencies for nature conservation: The Golden Gate experience
BRIAN O'NEILL AND GREG MOORE

Conservation NGOs as leaders in protecting urban nature: The urban nature reserves project of Aves Argentinas
MARIA VIRGINIA DE FRANCESCO

Nature education in Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan: The important role of volunteers
SHIN WANG

Part 5: Evaluation

How to reach urban communities: Lessons learned from museum evaluation
MARTIN STORKSDIECK

Appendix: World Parks Congress Recommendations