Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values
Subtitle: Ninth World Wilderness Congress Symposium, November 6-13, 2009, Meridá, Yucatán, Mexico
By: compilers, Alan Watson, Joaquin Murrieta-Saldivar, Brooke McBride
Contributors: Watson, Alan E.; Murrieta-Saldivar, Joaquin; McBride, Brooke; Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Series: Proceedings RMRS -- P-64; Proceedings RMRS -- P-64.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Fort Collins, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Management; Congresses; Citizen participation; Nature conservation; International cooperation; Protected areas; Wilderness areas
Other titles: Ninth World Wilderness Congress Symposium; USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-64, 2011; 9th World Wilderness Congress
Notes: "August 2011"--Cover.

"The 9th World Wilderness Congress convened in Meridá, Yucatán, Mexico in 2009 with a challenging agenda"--P. iii.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: section 1. Empowering young people. The promise of youth service as a global conservation tool / Emily R. Sloane ; The design and implementation of a Conservation Corps program in Nuristan, Afghanistan / Danny Markus and John W. Groninger ; The U.S. Forest Service Job Corps' 28 Civilian Conservation Centers / Larry J. Dawson and Alicia D. Bennett; title: section 2. Promoting involvement of local communities. Indigenous ecotourism in preserving and empowering Mayan natural and cultural values at Palenque, Mexico / Adrian Mendoza-Ramos and Heather Zeppel ; From dominance to détente in the face of climate change : agreements beyond boundaries with indigenous nations / Linda Moon Stumpff ; Human-wildlife conflict and its implication for conservation around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park / Margaret Aharikundira and M. Tweheyo ; Understanding and building wilderness management partnerships with indigenous peoples and communities / Gregory F. Hansen; title: section 3. Enhancing transboundary conservation goals. Maloti Drakensberg Transfrontier Park joint management : Sehlabathebe National Park (Lesotho) and the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site (South Africa) / John M. Crowson ; The climate adaptation programs and activities of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative / Wendy L. Francis ; "Europe's wild heart" - new transboundary wilderness in the middle of the old continent / Hans Kiener and Zdenka Křenová ; Shared wilderness, shared responsibility, shared vision : protecting migratory wildlife / Will Meeks, Jimmy Fox, and Nancy Roeper ; String of turquoise : the future of sacred mountain peaks in the Southwest U.S. and Mexico / Linda Moon Stumpff; title: section 4. Exploring wilderness meanings. The socio-cultural value of New Zealand wilderness / Kerry Wray ; El Toro Wilderness, Luqillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico / Peter L. Weaver ; Public perception of the Antarctic wilderness : surveys from an educated, environmentally knowledgeable European community / Tina Tin, Kees Bastmeijer, Jessica O'Reilly, and Patrick Maher ; Wilderness - between the promise of hell and paradise : a cultural-historical exploration of a Dutch national park / Koen Arts, Anke Fischer, and René van der Wal ; Roles of and threats to Yoruba traditional beliefs in wilderness conservation in southwest Nigeria / Fola D. Babaloa ; Threats and changes affecting human relationships with wilderness : implications for management / Robert G. Dvorak, William T. Borrie, and Alan E. Watson ; Human relationships to fire prone ecosystems : mapping values at risk on contested landscapes / Kari Gunderson, Steve Carver, and Brett H. Davis ; Understanding the transformative aspects of the wilderness and protected lands experience upon human health / Alan Ewert, Jillisa Overholt, Alison Voight, and Chun Chieh Wang ; Challenges in protecting the wilderness of Antarctica / Tina Tin and Alan Hemmings; title: section 5. Monitoring and predicting change. Climate change and ecosystem services : the contribution of and impacts on federal public lands in the United States / Valerie Esposito, Spencer Phillips, Roelof Boumans, Azur Moulaert, and Jennifer Boggs ; How do you know things are getting better (or not?) : assessing resource conditions in national parks and protected areas / James D. Nations ; Monitoring recreational impacts in wilderness of Kamchatka (on example of Kronotsky State Natural Biosphere Preserve) / Anya V. Zavadskaya ; Protection of the wilderness and aesthetic values of Antarctica : geographical information systems (GIS) as a tool / Rupert Summerson and Tina Tin; title: section 6. New directions in wilderness stewardship. The National Landscape Conservation System : a model for long term conservation of significant landscapes / Dave Harmon and Jeff Jarvis ; The verification of wilderness area boundaries as part of a buffer zone demarcation process : a case study from the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site / Sonja C. Krüger, Ian A. Rusworth, and Kirsten Oliver ; Protecting marine parks and sanctuaries from aquatic nuisance species releases from ballast during emergency response events / Phyllis A. Green ; Planning for people? : an evaluation of objectives for managing visitors at wildlife refuges in the United States / Jeffrey J. Brooks and Robert Massengale ; Wilderness : an unexpected second chance / Jerry Magee and Dave Harmon ; Examining visitors' behavioral intentions and behaviors in a Taiwan national park / Chieh-Lu Li and Garry E. Chick; title: Section 7. Tribute. Natural and near natural tropical forest values / Daniel H. Henning.