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for Protected Area Management Categories
The guidelines attempt to
establish greater understanding among all
concerned about the different categories
of protected areas. A central principle
upon which the guidelines are based is that
categories should be defined by the objectives
of management, rather than the title of
the area nor by the effectiveness of management
in meeting those objectives.
IUCN - WCPA and WCMC (1994)
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Guidelines
for Planning and Managing Mountain Protected
Areas"
This new manual, co-authored
by Lawrence Hamilton and Linda McMillan,
provides general recommendations for setting
up new protected areas and managing these
in the special mountain environment. The
handbook is intended to provide the framework
for developing specific guidelines or management
plans at the national and especially at
the site level.
Lawrence Hamilton and Linda McMIllan
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National
System Planning for Protected Areas
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines
No. 1.
A system
plan is the design of a total protected
area system covering the full range of ecosystems
and communities found in a particular country.
These guidelines identify links between
system planning, In situ conservation, protected
area management categories and the importance
to provide a broad national framework. This
publication provides good guidance to national
governments to implement article 8 of the
CBD.
Adrian G. Davey, Adrian Phillips (Ed) (1998)
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Economic
Values of Protected Areas - Guidelines for
Protected Areas Managers
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines
No. 2.
Part I gives
an overview of how the economic values of
protected areas can be assessed, providing
new insights and inform the debate. The
case studies in Part II identify those sites
where protecting the environment has made
a significant contribution to the economy.
Task Force on Economic Benefits of Protected Areas of the WCPA In Collaboration with the Economic Service Unit of IUCN
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Guidelines
for Marine Protected Areas
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines
No. 3.
Guidelines for creating and managing MPAs
as a component of integrated coastal management
and sustainable development. PARKS Magazine,
Volume 8, No.2 on Marine Protected Areas
is an integral part of this document.
Graeme Kelleher
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Indigenous
and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas
- Principles, Guidelines and Case Studies
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines No. 4.
It is sometimes
assumed that protected areas must be in
conflict with the rights and traditions
of indigenous and other traditional peoples.
However, the present document shows that
there are processes to avoid conflicts between
those peoples' rights and protected area
objectives.
WWF/IUCN.
Javier Beltrán
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Financing
Protected Areas - Guidelines for Protected
Area Managers.
Best Practice Protected Areas Guidelines
No. 5.
This Guideline is aimed at providing
protected areas managers with information
about financing their protected areas and
where to look for finance beyond existing
sources.
Financing Protected Areas Task Force of
WCPA, Economics Unit of IUCN,
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Evaluating
Effectiveness - A Framework for Assessing
the Management of Protected Areas
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines
No. 6.
This report
proposes a framework for assessing management
effectiveness. The framework also includes
suggested tools which can be used as the
basis for developing an assessment methodology.
Marc Hockings, Sue Stolton,
Nigel Dudley
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Transboundary
Protected Areas for Peace and Co-operation
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines N °7
This publication
gives guidance on how to achieve peace through
protected areas and aims to facilitate transboundary
cooperation between protected areas.
Trevor Sandwith, Clare Shine, Lawrence
Hamilton and David Sheppard
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Sustainable
Tourism in Protected Areas: Guidelines for
Planning and Management
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines No. 8.
These guidelines
aim to build an understanding of protected
area tourism, and its management. They provide
a theoretical structure, but are also intended
to help managers in practical ways. The
underlying aim is to ensure that tourism
contributes to the purposes of protected
areas and does not undermine them.
Paul Eagles, Stephen F. McCool, Christopher D. Haynes
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Management
Guidelines for IUCN Category V Protected Areas
Protected Landscapes/Seascapes
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines No.9.
Category V is managing the interface between
people and nature and is a tough challenge
for society,
Adrian Phillips
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Guidelines
for Management Planning for Protected Areas
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines No.10.
What is a management plan for
a protected area? Why is one needed? These
Guidelines based on global best practice
drawn from many areas around the world,
represent a working framework for protected
area planners to consider and to adapt to
their needs and circumstances
Lee Thomas and Julie Middleton
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Indigenous
and Local Communites and Protected Areas
Towards Equity and Enhanced Conservation
Best Practice Protected
Areas Guidelines No.11.
An open and flexible guide to engaging indigenous
peoples and local communities in protected
area management. It includes clear concepts
and concrete advice for policy at the national,
landscape and site level, and ushers better
recognition and protection of existing Community
Conserved Areas – a marvellous world--wide
conservation asset in great jeopardy today.
Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Ashish Kothari & Gonzalo Oviedo
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Forests & Protected Areas
Guidance on the use of the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories
Best Practice Protected Areas Guidelines No 12
These Guidelines centre around five related concepts protected areas, forests, forests as defined forests protected areas, and other conserved forests.
For hard copy contact
Anne Erb anne.erb@iucn.org
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Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas
A global review of challenges and options
Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines No 13
Lucy Emerton, Joshua Bishop and Lee Thomas
This volume is a little different from many previous Guidelines in its emphasis on understanding the complex issues of financing protected areas as well as helping managers find solutions from the experience gained in many protected areas around the world.
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Evaluating Effectiveness - A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas 2nd Edition
Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines No 14
Marc Hockings, Sue Stolton, Fiona Leverington, Nigel Dudley, José Courrau
The Framework for management effectiveness developed by the IUCN World Commission for Protected Areas was published in the first version of this Best Practice Guideline. It is further explained and interpreted, although not substantially altered, in this version. A number of key guidelines for good practice in evaluation are presented from many practitioners around the world, and important needs and directions for the future are identified.
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Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas: targets for comprehensive protected area systems
Best Practice Guidelines No 15
Penny F.Langhammer, Mohammed I. Bakarr, Leon A. Bennun, Thomas M.Brooks, Rob P. Clay, Will Darwall, Naamal De Silva, Graham J. Edgar, Güven Eken, Lincoln D.C. Fishpool, Gustavo A.B.Fonseca, Mattew N. Foster, David H.Knox, Paul Matiku, Elizabeth A. Radford, Ana S.L. Rodrigues, Paul Salaman, Wes Sechrest and Andrew W. Tordoff
Important Bird Areas and Plant Areas have already been identified in more than 170 countries. The Key Biodiversity Areas approach builds on the work done to date, in order to provide practical guidance to governments in identifying those sites which must be protected to ensure the future of both biodiversity and humanity.
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Directory
of Protected Areas in East Asia People, Organisations
and Places is intended to facilitate the networking
and capacity building among all protected
area organisations and initiatives in East
Asia. It identifies key individuals working
in the protected areas field, describes the
relevant government and non-government agencies
and institutions operating in the region,
as well as international organisations from
other regions that have an interest in conservation
and protected areas in East Asia and lists
the existing protected areas.
Shelley Hayes and Daniel Egli
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Guidelines
for Tourism in Parks and Protected Areas
of East Asia introduces park
tourism concepts, describes tourism in East
Asia and identifies tourism goals linked
to protected areas. It outlines issues
related to tourism in protected areas in
East Asia and provides suggestions for implementing
sustainable tourism practices tailored to
this region.
Paul Eagles, Margaret E. Bowman, Teresa Chang-Hung Tao
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Guidelines
for Financing Protected Areas in East Asia explains how protected areas
can generate more finance to help meet their
needs. It contains brief case studies
relating to the financing of protected areas
in East Asia and includes a list of potential
funding sources for protected area work
in the region.
Andrea Athanas, Frank Vorhies, Fernando Ghersi, Peter Shadie and John Shultis
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Implementation
of an Exchange Programme for Protected Areas
in East Asia analyses
the different types of exchange programmes
between protected area agencies and staff
which might be set up in the East Asia region.
It reports on previous successful exchange
programmes throughout the world and distils
the lessons learned from these past experiences
to provide recommendations for the East
Asia region.
Shelley Hayes and John Shultis
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