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  • LEAVING SPACE FOR NATURE
    NIGEL DUDLEY / SUE STOLTON
    This book provides the first contemporary assessment of area-based conservation and its implications for nature and society. Now covering 15 per cent of the land surface and a growing area of ocean, the creation of protected areas is one of the fastest conscious changes in land management in history. But this has come at a cost, including a backlash from human rights organisati...

    $1,160.00

  • PARTNERSHIPS FOR PROTECTION
    SUE STOLTON
    Taking into consideration the fact that many ecosystems are under-represented in protected areas of land and water and traditional management methods have often been ineffective, this volume describes how improvements can be made. Specifically, it explores ways of ensuring that all major ecosystems are safeguarded, and innovative approaches to conservation involving individuals...

    $1,480.00

  • FOREST QUALITY
    NIGEL DUDLEY / RODOLPHE SCHLAEPFER / WILLIAM JACKSON / JEAN-PAUL JEANRENAUD / SUE STOLTON
    Deforestation is frequently a topic of discussion in the environmental arena, but it is not just the number of trees that matters; the quality of the forest is also important. Even where the forest area is stable or increasing, there are often rapid changes in its character. Natural forests are being replaced by plantations or by intensively managed forests. Around the world, f...

    $860.00

  • ARGUMENTS FOR PROTECTED AREAS
    NIGEL DUDLEY / SUE STOLTON
    Most protected areas (e.g.national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and land- and seascape values. They currently cover over 13% of the world's land surface, around 12% of marine coastal areas and 4% of the marine shelf. Retaining and expanding these areas in the future will depend on showing their wider benefits for society. This book provides a...

    $1,420.00