Arguments for Protected Areas
Multiple Benefits for Conservation Use
Sue Stolton ,  Nigel Dudley
Cloth: 978 1 84407 880 6
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Paper: 978 1 84407 881 3
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Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
April 2010 , 296 pp., 6 1/4" x 9 3/4"
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Most protected areas (national parks and nature reserves) have been created mainly to protect wildlife and landscape values and currently cover over 10 per cent of the world's land surface and around 0.5 per cent of the oceans. Retaining or expanding these areas in the future, however, will depend largely on showing their wider benefits for society.

This book provides a concise and persuasive overview of the values of protected areas. As such it is a contribution to advocacy for new protected areas, can help secure existing protected areas and ensure that management is appropriate and well-informed. It examines a wide range of values that are maintained in protected wild and cultural landscapes, including food, water and materials; health; tourism; cultural and spiritual values; and buffering capacity against climate change and natural disasters. The book also considers the role of protected areas in poverty reduction strategies, their relationship with traditional and indigenous people and in fostering conflict resolution through peace parks initiatives.

The chapters draw on a series of authoritative reports published by WWF over recent years under the "Arguments for Protection" banner, in association with various partners, and on additional research carried out especially for the volume. It analyzes the opportunities and limitations of protected areas for supplying the various values along with practical advice for planners and managers about maximizing benefits. It provides an important contribution to the debate about the role of protected areas in conservation and other aspects of natural resource management and human livelihoods.

Table of Contents:
Foreword: Arguments for Protected Areas
1. Protected Areas: Linking Environment and Well-Being
2. Vital Sites: Protected Areas Supporting Health and Recreation
Case Study 2.1: Protecting Medicinal Resources in Colombia
Case Study 2.2: Parks Victoria (Australia) Healthy Parks Healthy People Initiative
3. Running Pure: Protected Areas Maintaining Purity and Quantity Of Urban Water Supplies
Case Study 3.1: Protecting Water Supplies to Caracas, Venezuela
4. Food Stores: Protected Areas Conserving Crop Wild Relatives and Securing Future Food Stocks
Case Study 4.1: Crop Genetic Diversity Protection in Turkey
Case Study 4.2: Conservation Of Endangered CWRs in Mexico's Sierra de Manantlán
5. Nursery Tails: Protected Areas Conserving Wild Marine and Freshwater Fish Stocks
Case Study 5.1: Freshwater Fishery Sustainability in Lake Malawi, East Africa
Case Study 5.2: Managing and Monitoring Success: The Story of Tubbataha Reefs, Philippines
6. Natural Security: Protected Areas and Hazard Mitigation
Case Study 6.1: Environmental Degradation and The tndian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 Case Study 6.2: Restoration and Protection Plan to Reduce Flooding in the Lower Danube
7. Safety Net: Protected Areas Contributing to Human Well-Being
Case Study 7.1: Population-Health-Environment Approaches in Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Kenya
8. Beyond Belief: Linking Faiths and Protected Areas to Support Biodiversity Conservation
Case Study 8.1: The Ancient Sacred Natural Sites in Al Hoceima National Park, Morocco
9. Living Traditions: Protected Areas and Cultural Diversity
Case Study 9.1: Angkor Wat Protected Landscape: Where Culture, Nature and Spirit Meet
Case Study 9.2: Inuit Partnerships in the Torngat Mountains National Park, Canada
10. Diverting Places: Linking Travel, Pleasure and Protection
Case Study 10.1: Managing Tourism in South Korea's Protected Area System
11. Climate Change: The Role of Protected Areas in Mitigating and Adapting to Change
Case Study 11.1: Protected Areas Helping to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Brazil
12. Making Peace: Protected Areas Contributing to Conflict Resolution
Case Study 12.1: La Amistad Binational Biosphere Reserve in Costa Rica and
13. Nature Conservation: Leaving Space for Biodiversity
Case Study 13.1: One Hundred Years of Conservation Success at Kaziranga National Park, India
14. Precious Places: Getting the Arguments Right
Index


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Reviews & Endorsements:
"In this survey of international efforts for protected areas, edited by British ecologists Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley, contributing authors from more than 50 countries examine the benefits of conservation sites. Among the issues in the case studies were the value to local individuals in terms of supporting health and recreation; maintaining purity and quantity of water supplies; safeguarding wild relative species of crops; conserving wild animal resources on both land and water; and maintaining a quality of life through support of cultural traditions. They also discuss the impact of conservation areas in supporting peaceful relations between bordering countries that work toward the same conservation goal for a buffer zone. In addition to recognizing the role of protected areas, the text includes discussions of management options."
- Chicago Botanic Garden
"An honest appraisal of the many values and benefits of protected areas which shows why they are not just of interest to conservationists but also of critical importance to those who are as concerned with equity and sustainable development."
- Nik Sekhran, Principal Technical Advisor for Ecosystems and Biodiversity, United Nations Development Program