Benefits Beyond Boundaries
Proceedings of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress – Durban, South Africa, 8–17 September 2003
Compiled and edited by Tim Jones
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The Vth IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) was the largest gathering of protected area experts in history. In September 2003, some 3,000 participants gathered in Durban, South Africa for 10 days of reflection, discussion, debate and networking to consider the state of the world’s protected areas, the challenges they face and the opportunities that lie ahead. The ‘Proceedings’ detail the rich deliberations of the Congress, including plenary sessions, symposia and workshops. All of the principal outputs from the event are included in the document. A CD-ROM is also included.

ISBN 2-8317-0829-X, 2005
295 x 210mm, ix + 306pp., colour photos
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Bénéfices par delà les frontières
Procès-verbaux du Ve Congrès mondial sur les parcs de l’UICN
Compilé et édité par Tim Jones
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Le Ve Congrès mondial sur les parcs de l’UICN a été le plus grand rassemblement de l’histoire consacré aux aires protégées. En septembre 2003, près de 3 000 participants se sont réunis à Durban (Afrique du Sud), en vue de dix jours de réflexion, d’échanges, de débats et de travail en réseau afin de faire le bilan de l’état des aires protégées dans le monde, des difficultés rencontrées et des voies d’avenir. Les Actes présentent d’une façon détaillée toute la richesse des délibérations du Congrès, notamment en séance plénière, dans les symposiums et les ateliers, ainsi que les principaux documents émanant de leurs travaux. Un CD-ROM est aussi inclus.

ISBN 2-8317-0836-2, 2005
298 x 210mm, x + 326pp., photos en couleur
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Beneficios más allá de las fronteras
Actas del V Congreso Mundial de Parques de la UICN
Compilado y editado por Tim Jones
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El V Congreso Mundial de Parques (CMP) constituyó el encuentro más numeroso de expertos en áreas protegidas que haya tenido lugar hasta ahora. En septiembre de 2003, se reunieron unos 3.000 participantes en Durban, Sudáfrica, durante diez días de reflexiones, discusiones, debates y creación de redes, a fin de considerar la situación de las áreas protegidas del mundo, los desafíos que se les presentan y las oportunidades que existen cara al futuro. Las “Actas” ofrecen el detalle de las ricas deliberaciones del Congreso en las sesiones plenarias, simposios y talleres. Todos los principales productos del evento aparecen en el documento. Un CD-ROM está también incluido.

ISBN 2-8317-0837-0, 2005
298 x 210mm, x + 326pp., fotos en color
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Cambodia National Report on Protected Areas and Development
This report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one. It concludes by setting out strategies for each sector to optimise the benefits received from protected areas whilst maintaining and improving their integrity.

Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.
ISBN 0-975033-21-2, 2003
297 x 210mm, 140pp., b/w photos, colour maps and figures
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Can Protected Areas contribute to Poverty Reduction?
Opportunities and Limitations
Lea M. Scherl, Alison Wilson, Robert Wild, Jill Blockhus, Phil Franks, Jeffrey A. McNeely and Thomas O. McShane

Poverty has become the central concern for development agencies, and because many of the areas that are most important for conserving biodiversity are occupied by poor people, or have poor people living around them, the complex relationship between poverty and protected areas can no longer be ignored.     This book presents a balanced perspective on how protected areas relate to poverty, both positively and negatively. On the one hand, protected areas deliver many benefits to the people living around them, ranging from tourism to pollination. On the other hand, protected areas may prevent some forms of resource use, and harbour animals that may damage crops in adjacent lands. But by carefully addressing these potential conflicts in an open and inclusive manner, protected area authorities can forge a productive partnership with the rural poor. The issues certainly will require further discussion, but this book provides a useful beginning that is built on a broad consensus of leading organisations working in conservation and development.

ISBN 2-8317-0830-3, 2004
210 x 150mm, viii + 68pp., figures, colour photos
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Conservation on Private Lands
The Australian Experience
Penelope Figgis

Australia's rich and distinct biodiversity is under multiple threats including loss of habitat to human settlement, agriculture and grazing, introduction and spread of alien invasives, pollution, altered fire regimes and landclearing. The landclearing rate of c. 500,000 hectares p.a. is comparable to the worst African, South American and Asian de-forestation rates, much occurring on private lands. This paper gives a brief survey of the ecological and social factors driving the increasing emphasis on private lands in the national biodiversity effort. It also reviews some of the key mechanisms being explored to augment the formal parks system to stem the decline and result in long-term biodiversity gains. With a huge range of programmes and mechanisms being trialed, this paper presents a comprehensive overview.

ISBN 2-8317-0779-X, 2004
295 x 207mm, iv +31pp., b/w photos
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The Economic Benefits of Protected Areas Field Studies in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam

These studies investigate the role of protected areas in supporting local socio economic development in selected regions of each country. They are designed to assist policy-makers and planners by demonstrating that protected areas are productive economic assets and that there is a need for appropriately managing them in order to realize the greatest benefits for the community.

Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.
ISBN 0-975033-28-X, 2003
297 x 210mm, 142pp., b/w photos, colour maps and figures
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European Models of Good Practice in Protected Areas
Hugh Synge

This book presents four case studies of European protected areas illustrating particular themes of management practice. The National Park of Abruzzo, Latium and Molise (Italy) serves as a model for zoning; the Bialowieza National Park (Poland) for monitoring; participatory management is exemplified in the Minorca Biosphere Reserve in Spain; and the Austrian Hohe Tauern National Park is a good example for visitor management.

Published by IUCN and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
ISBN 2-82317-0758-7, 2004
297 x 210mm, 32pp., colour photos
£8.50
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Friends for Life: New partners in support of protected areas
Edited by Jeffrey A. McNeely
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The Vth IUCN World Parks Congress held in 2003 in Durban, South Africa was host to a stream of workshops dedicated to the broad topic of building support for protected areas. As a means of providing a more coherent picture, a separate set of workshops was held on communicating the benefits of protected areas. The collection of papers contained within this publication brings together the experience and wisdom of the leading thinkers and practitioners of protected area planning and management. The editor has successively integrated the disparate and often complex literature and debate around this subject, deducing the “lessons learned” by so many researchers, managers, teachers and local communities.

ISBN-10: 2-8317-0834-6, 2005
ISBN-13: 978-2-8317-0834-8, 2005
297 x 210mm, x + 232pp.
£16.50
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Gestión de Áreas Protegidas Mediterráneas
Análisis y Posibilidades de las Redes y los Planes de Acción

Management of Protected Areas in the Mediterranean
Assessment and Opportunities of Networks and Action Plans

Gestion des Aires Protégées Méditerranéennes
Evaluation et Opportunités des Réseaux et Plans d’action

Arturo López Ornat y Elena Correas

Este documento en tres lenguas pretende revisar los programas y las redes para las zonas protegidas en la región del Mediterráneo. Se concentra en la gestión, puntos débiles, puntos fuertes, carencias y sinergias, intentando destacar las zonas en las que se precisa trabajar más. Su objetivo primordial reside en analizar la labor realizada hasta el momento más que en los planes de futuro.

ISBN 2-8317-0734-X, 2003
240 x 170mm, 151pp., ill., cartas
£12.50
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Lao PDR National Report on Protected Areas and Development

This report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one. It concludes by setting out strategies for each sector to optimise the benefits received from protected areas whilst maintaining and improving their integrity.
Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.

ISBN 0-975033-22-0, 2003
297 x 210mm, 101pp., b/w photos, colour maps and figures
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Lessons learned from global experience

Thematic lesson papers are intended to bring global lessons and best practice to the region and to help define the agenda for detailed consultation and reform in the four lower Mekong River countries.
Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.

Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.
ISBN 0-975033-27-1, 2003
297 x 210mm, 166pp., b/w photos and tables
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Lessons Learned in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand & Vietnam

These lessons papers are the result of assessment and debate carried out through background papers and national round table meetings involving all key sectors and levels of government. They provided the basis for the more detailed work in each country by inter agency PAD core groups on the national reports.

Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.
ISBN 0-975033-26-3, 2003
297 x 210mm, 104pp., b/w photos, colour maps and figures
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Management Plans – Concepts and Proposals
Stephan Amend, Aída Giraldo, Juan Oltremari, Ramón Sánchez, Vladimir Valarezo and Yerena Edgard

The conceptualisation of planning instruments for the management of protected areas in Latin America has a relatively long history. Management planning was further developed in the 90s through growing experience in the management of protected areas and, in particular, national parks. This publication (first published in Spanish under the title Planes de Manejo: Conceptos y Propuestas (2002)) is a summary compilation from an extensive base of Latin American works on the reality of protected area management.

Parques Nacionales y Conservación Ambiental No 11.
Published by Parques Nacionales y Conservación Ambiental, Panama.
ISSN 0798-2887, 2003
160 x 235mm, 114pp., figures
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Also available from the IUCN Regional Offices for Mesoamerica (ORMA) and South America (SUR).

Proceedings of the Workshop Stream Building a Secure Financial Future: Finance & Resources
Edited by Carlos E. Quintela, Lee Thomas and Sarah Robin
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This report provides a summary of the Workshop Stream “Building a Secure Financial Future”, part of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress, held in Durban, South Africa, 8–17 September 2003. These Proceedings provide insight as to how to secure the long-term financial viability of parks and conservation areas. The summary of discussions offers many alternatives for generating revenues, and emphasizes the need to adopt a business approach to management of protected areas. This publication provides us with the foundation for taking the next steps towards achieving sustainable financing of protected areas, and in so doing, to more effectively conserve our natural heritage.

An accompanying CD-Rom contains the full text papers and associated presentations submitted by participants of this Workshop Stream. Also contained is the Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) Training Guide, which provides detailed descriptions and instructions on how to implement a number of finance mechanisms.

ISBN 2-8317-0842-7, 2004
279 x 215mm, 63pp.
£9.00
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The Protected Landscape Approach
Linking Nature, Culture and Community
Edited by Jessica Brown, Nora Mitchell and Michael Beresford
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The traditional patterns of land use that have created many of the world’s cultural landscapes contribute to biodiversity, support ecological processes, provide important environmental services, and have proven sustainable over the centuries. Protected landscapes can serve as living models of sustainable use of land and resources, and offer important lessons for sustainable development. This book presents examples of these landscapes and the diverse strategies
needed to maintain this essential relationship between people and the land.

ISBN 2-8317-0797-8, 2005
240 x 165mm, xv + 268pp. plus 12 colour plates.
£16.75
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Protected areas in 2023
Scenarios for an uncertain future
Edited by Jeffrey A. McNeely and Frederik Schutyser

As part of the preparations for the Vth World Parks Congress, a high-level team was assembled by IUCN to consider the long-term future of protected areas. They prepared three scenarios – plausible futures, rather than predictions: The Triple Bottom Line, where economic growth, social well-being and environmental sustainability were given equal treatment; the Rainbow, a world where globalization was replaced by regional alliances; and But Your Eden, where economics ruled. All three contain surprises.

ISBN 2-8317-0749-8, 2003
210 x 147mm, 52pp.
£4.50
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Regional Report on Protected Areas and Development in the Lower Mekong Region

The regional report deals with issues requiring collective action from all four countries in the Lower Mekong region and describes the status and trends in the region which set the basis for the PAD Review.
Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.

Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.
ISBN 0-975033-25-5, 2003
297 x 210mm, 197pp., b/w photos, colour maps and figures
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ISBN 0-975033-29-8, 2003
Order no. B2137 - CD ROM Includes PDF files of all reports from the series, report summaries, maps, and photos.
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Securing Protected Areas In the Face of Global Change
Issues and Strategies
Edited by Charles Victor Barber, Kenton R. Miller and Melissa Boness

We live in a world of rapid global change – biophysical, socio-economic and institutional. This book examines the issues and options for protected area management to ensure that we continue to protect the Earth’s most valuable ecosystems in the face of these unprecedented changes.

ISBN 2-8317-0831-1, 2004
297 x 210mm, xxxiii + 234pp.

£14.50
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Speaking a Common Language:
The uses and performance of the IUCN System of Management Categories for Protected Areas
Kevin Bishop, Nigel Dudley, Adrian Phillips and Sue Stolton

The system of protected area management categories lies at the centre of IUCN's work and its mission; their effective use is of fundamental concern to the Union and its members. This project has looked at the successes, failures, strengths and weaknesses of the categories after a decade of use, with the intention of giving guidance on steps needed to improve their future effectiveness in response to changing needs and conditions.

ISBN 1-902647-48-3, 2004
297 x 210mm, 191pp
£14
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Thailand National Report on Protected Areas and Development

This report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one. It concludes by setting out strategies for each sector to optimise the benefits received from protected areas whilst maintaining and improving their integrity.

Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.
ISBN 0-975033-23-9, 2003
297 x 210mm, 133pp., b/w photos, colour maps and figures
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Order no. B2132
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Tourism and Protected Areas
Benefits beyond boundaries
Edited by Robyn Bushell and Paul Eagles

This book is a comprehensive record of the tourism issues discussed at the recent World Parks Congress held in Durban, South Africa in 2003. They reflect the past ten years of global challenges and lessons learnt in protected area management, the place of tourism in this and the projected issues for the next decade. The book is essential reading for researchers in tourism and protected areas, practitioners, managers, NGOs and conservationists.

ISBN 0-85199-022-3, 2004
172 x 244mm, c. 416 pp. (hardback)
£60

Published by CABI Publishing on behalf of The Task Force on Tourism and Protected Areas of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas CABI Publishing, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK.
Fax: +44 (0) 1491 829292 Visit the online bookshop www.cabi-publishing.org/bookshop E-mail: orders@cabi.org

The Urban Imperative
Urban Outreach Strategies for Protected Area Agencies
Edited by Ted Trzyna
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Almost half the world’s people live in cities and this proportion is steadily growing. Protected areas provide important benefits to cities; conversely, conservationists depend on support from voters, leaders, and opinion-shapers largely concentrated in urban centres and their success will depend increasingly on taking these urban connections seriously.
This book examines how those responsible for protected areas can better serve people in large cities and build stronger urban constituencies for nature conservation. Authors from 13 countries discuss the multifaceted interdependence of cities and protected areas; innovative roles for conservation organizations in educating urban people about nature, greening cities, and bridging divisions in urban society; and the partnerships essential to working in urban settings. Case studies focus on cities as diverse as Beijing, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Mumbai and Sydney.

ISBN 1-880028-11-5, 2005
275 x 212mm, 168pp.
£20. No discount.
Order no. B2127
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Vietnam National Report on Protected Areas and Development

This report analyses the relationships between the national protected area system and socio-economic development addressing important sectors one by one. It concludes by setting out strategies for each sector to optimise the benefits received from protected areas whilst maintaining and improving their integrity.

Published by the International Centre for Environmental Management.
ISBN 0-975033-24-7, 2003
297 x 210mm, 57pp., b/w photos, colour maps and figures
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Order no. B2133
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2005 World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA) CD-ROM

The vision for the WDPA is to have a freely available, accurate and up-to-date World Database of Protected Areas that becomes a global standard by all stakeholders. In practical terms, the aim is to ensure that the development, review and update of the WDPA and its placement in the public domain becomes a continuous sustainable process, with consortium members working together to find the necessary resources. The WDPA is the product of the WDPA Consortium formed under an Agreement signed by UNEP and IUCN. It is also a core system of the Conservation Commons initiative of IUCN and other partners. The CD-ROM contains all GIS data and attributes to more than 110,000 protected areas in the world.

Available from IUCN Programme on Protected Areas, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland.
Tel: +41 (22) 999-0160; Fax: +41 (22) 999-0015; Email: wcpa@iucn.org

2003 United Nations List of Protected Areas
Compiled by Stuart Chape et. al.

This UN List is the thirteenth produced since 1962 and the first version to attempt a comprehensive presentation of all the world’s known protected areas. The introductory text presents an analysis and the accompanying CD lists more than 102,000 sites covering 18.8 million sq. km. Significant progress has been made in conserving representative areas of the world’s terrestrial biomes, although some, including Lake Systems and Temperate Grasslands, remain under-represented. It is an essential reference document for all who want to understand the progress made in responding to the challenges of biodiversity loss and other environmental threats around the world.

Published in collaboration with IUCN WCPA, UNEP and UNEP-WCMC.
ISBN 2-8317-0746-3/92-807-2362-6, 2003
297 x 210mm, ix + 44pp., tables, figures, CD-ROM
£30
Order no. B2029
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