Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work
Towards More Effective Conservation and Development
Will be published approx. on 28. July 2004
Book
Hardback
464 pages
978-0-231-12764-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores both the theoretical and practical underpinnings of integrated conservation and development. It synthesizes existing experience to better inform conservationists and decision makers of the role ICDPs play in conservation and management and analyzes their successes and shortcomings.
Reviews / Votes
People engaged in conservation and development projects will find this book important. -- Hans Hurni Basic and Applied Ecology Anyone interested in the future of global biodiversity conservation should get a copy and make sure to pass it around. -- George Robinson Environmental ConservationMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
26 illus
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-12764-6 (9780231127646)
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Towards More Effective Conservation and Development
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Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work
Towards More Effective Conservation and Development
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Persons
Thomas O. McShane is senior conservation advisor to WWF International. He is coauthor of The Myth of Wild Africa: Conservation Without Illusion. Michael P. Wells is an independent conservation consultant and has published more than thirty articles and books on the environment and sustainable development, including People and Parks: Linking Protected Areas and Local Communities.
Content
Section I. The challenge of linking conservation and development 1. Trying to better understand integrated conservation and development, by Thomas O. McShane and Michael P. Wells 2. Jack of all trades, by master of none: inherent contradictions among ICD approaches, John G. Robinson a 3. The pathology of projects, by Jeffery Sayer and Michael P. Wells 4. Expecting the unattainable: the assumptions behind ICDPs, by Thomas O. McShane and Suad A. Newby Section II. Application and Issues 5. Fitting ICD into a project framework: the CARE experience, by Phil Franks and Thomas Blomley 6. Making biodiversity conservation a land-use priority, by Agnes Kiss 7. Yellowstone: a 130-year experiment in integrated conservation and development, by Dennis Glick and Curtis Freese 8. Policies, by parks and projects: a review of three Costa Rican ICDPs, Katrina Brandon and Mic 9. Indigenous peoples and protected areas: the case of the Sibuyan Mangyan Tagabukid, by Philippines, Edgardo Tongson and Marisel Dino 10. Land tenure and state property: a comparison of the Korup and Kilum ICDPs in Cameroon, by Steve Gartlan 11. Trade-off analysis for integrated conservation and development, by Katrina Brown 12. Transforming approaches to CBNRM: learning from the Luangwa experience in Zambia, by Brian Child and Barry Dalal-Clayton 13. Ecodevelopment in India, by Shekhar Singh and Arpan Sharma 14. Conservation landscapes: whose landscapes, by whose trade-offs?, Stewart Maginnis, Bill Jackson and Nigel Dudley 15. Poverty and forests: sustaining livelihoods in integrated conservation and development, by Gill Shepherd Section III. Conclusions 16. Using adaptive management to improve ICDPs, by Nick Salafsky and Richard Margoluis 17. The future of integrated conversation and development projects: building on what works, by Michael P. Wells, Thomas O. McShane, Holly T. Dublin, Sheila O'Connor and Kent