Making Parks Work
Subtitle: Strategies For Preserving Tropical Nature
Contributors: John Terborgh (Editor); Carel van Schaik (Editor); Lisa Davenport (Editor); Madhu Rao (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: March 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 511
ISBN-13: 9781559639040
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; Management of land & natural resources; Tropics; Natural Resources; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Conservation Of Natural Resources (General); Tropical Ecology; Nature/Ecology; Nature; Environmental Studies; National parks and reserves; Environmental Science; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Protected areas; Biodiversity conservation; Ecology; Congresses; Management
First sentence: Experts estimate that extinctions are occurring at hundreds of times the rate recorded through normal times in fossil history, the so-called "background" extinction rate.
Description: This text stems from an August 1999 gathering held at White Oak Plantation in northern Florida, attended by 30 conservationists from field sites, universities, and conservation organizations throughout the world, with a focus on success stories in tropical nature conservation. Coverage includes an overview of protected areas worldwide; case studies of conservation in Africa, Latin America, and Asia; challenges faced by parks at different hierarchical levels; and broad philosophical questions of conservation, and how protected areas might effectively deal with the pressures of an overcrowded planet.