Transforming Parks and Protected Areas: Policy and Governance in a Changing World

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This title was originally published in 2007. The version published in 2012 is a PB reprint of the original HB**

The protection of natural resources and biodiversity through protected areas is increasingly based on ecological principles. Simultaneously the concept of ecosystem-based management has become broadly accepted and implemented over the last two decades. However, this period has also seen unprecedented rapid global social and ecological change, which has weakened many protection ...