Protected Areas

Notes on Contributors Introduction: Do protected areas safeguard biodiversity? J. E. M. Baillie, L. Joppa and J. G. Robinson PART I: The Global Protected Area Portfolio 1. Government commitments for protected areas, status of implementation and sources of leverage to enhance ambition L. Krueger 2. Protected area diversity and potential for improvement N. Dudley and S. Stolton 3. Sound investments: Protected areas as natural solutions to climate change and biodiversity conservation K. Mackinnon 4. Optimal protection of the world's threatened birds, mammals and amphibians J. E. M. Watson, D. B. Segan and R. A. Fuller 5. Maintaining a global data set on protected areas A. Milam, S. Kenney, D. Juffe-Bignoli, B. Bertzky, C. Corrigan, B. MacSharry, N. D. Burgess and N. Kingston PART II: The Fate of Species in Protected Areas 6. Species population trends in protected areas B. Collen, L. McRae, E. Nicholson, I. D. Craigie, E. J. Milner-Gulland, J. Loh and S. Whitmee 7. Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving large carnivores in Europe L. Santini, L. Boitani, L. Maiorano and C. Rondinini 8. Towards understanding drivers of wildlife population trends in terrestrial protected areas M. Barnes, I. Craigie and M. Hockings PART III: Managing Protected Areas at System Scales 9. Towards assessing the vulnerability of US national parks to land use and climate change A. Hansen, C. Davis, J. Haas and N. Piekielek 10. Integrating community managed areas into protected area systems: The promise of synergies and the reality of trade-offs M. Rao, H. Nagendra, G. Shahabuddin and L. R. Carrasco 11. The importance of Asia's protected areas for safeguarding commercially high value species J. Walston, E. J. Stokes and S. Hedges PART IV: Monitoring Protected Areas at System Scales 12. Monitoring protected area coverage and impact on key biodiversity areas, important bird areas and alliance for zero extinction sites S. H. M. Butchart, T. M. Brooks, J. P. W. Scharlemann and M. A. K. Mwangi 13. Camera traps for conservation: Monitoring protected area investments T. O'Brien 14. Monitoring protected areas from space N. Pettorelli, M. Wegmann, L. Gurney and G. Dubois Index