Publication | 2009
C'est dans ce contexte que la présente étude, portant sur l'analyse de l'apport de ce label pour la conservation et sur les priorités de gestion de ces biens naturels, a été réalisée par le Programme Aires Protégées de l'UICN (UICN-Papaco), sur financement du Fonds Français pour l'Environnement…
Publication | 2006
Estimating the value of ecotourism in the Djoudj National Bird Park in Senegal
This report presents the results of an economic study of the willingness to pay (WTP) of recreational visitors to the Djoudj National Bird Park in northern Senegal, based on interviews with 647 visitors to the park conducted in early 2003. The study forms part of a broader economic analysis of…
Publication | 2005
The protected landscape approach : linking nature, culture and community
The traditional patterns of land use that have created many of the worlds 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…
Publication | 1998
1997 United Nations list of protected areas
This new edition reveals a global network of over 30,000 protected areas designated under national legislation which covers 13.2 million square kilometres of land, freshwater and sea, an area larger than Canada, and accounts for nearly 8 per cent of the world's land area, as well as 1.5 million…