The world's protected areas : status, values and prospects in the 21st century /

The world's protected areas : status, values and prospects in the 21st century / Status, values and prospects in the 21st century / edited by Stuart Chape, Mark Spalding and Martin Jenkins ; foreword by Achim Steiner and Julia Marton-Lefèvre. - Clothbound edition. - xv, 359 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-338) and index.

History, definitions, values and global perspective -- Protected areas and biodiversity -- Threats to protected areas -- Protected areas in the wider context -- The functions and processes of protected area management -- Managing the marine environment -- Prospects for protected areas in the 21st century -- Regional analysis -- North America -- The Caribbean -- Central America -- Brazil -- South America -- Europe -- West and Central Africa -- Eastern and Southern Africa -- North Africa and the Middle East -- Northern Eurasia -- South Asia -- East Asia -- Southeast Asia -- Australia and New Zealand -- Pacific Islands.

0520246608 9780520246607

2008025975


Protected areas

S944.5.P78 / W695 2008

333.72

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