Parks in Transition - Biodiversity, Rural Development and the Bottom Line

Informationen zum Autor Brian Child is Chair of the Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group (SASUSG) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which promotes a convergence of biodiversity conservation and economic strategies. Klappentext * Shows how parks can effectively promote both the conservation of biodiversity and rural development Zusammenfassung States that parks are common property regimes which are supposed to serve society. This book provides fresh insights for park management, regarding the relationship between conservation and commercialization, performance management, various systems of governance and management, and linkages between parks, landscape and the land-use economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface * Introduction * Growth of Modern Nature Conservation in Southern Africa * Private Land Contribution to Conservation in South Africa * Community-Based Natural Resource Management as a Conservation Mechanism: Lessons and Directions * Performance of Parks in a Century of Change * Park Agencies, Performance and Society in Southern Africa * Innovations in Park Management * Does 'Commercialization' of Protected Areas Threaten Their Conservation Goals? * Who and What Are Parks in Transitional Societies? * Parks in Transition: Biodiversity, Development and the Bottom Line * Index

Product details

• Authors: Brian Child, Child Brian
• Assisted by: Brian Child (Editor), Child Brian (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9781844070688
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-068-8
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; NATURE / Natural Resources, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Environmental Management, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Rural planning and policy, Rural planning