Author: Jessica Brown
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 2831707978
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The traditional patterns of land use that have created many of the world's cultural landscapes contribute to biodiversity, support ecological processes, provide important environmental services, and have proven sustainable over the centuries. Protected landscapes can serve as living models of sustainable use of land and resources, and offer important lessons for sustainable development. Examples of these landscapes and the diverse strategies needed to maintain this essential relationship between people and the land are provided.
Author: P.H.C. Lucas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1992-06-30
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780412455308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Many countries have areas with special natural qualities characterized by the harmonious interaction between resident populations and the land. This book sets out the varied approaches to establishing such areas as protected landscapes. It provides guidance on criteria for selection of landscapes, implementation, management and the legal measures involved if protection is to be achieved.
Author: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. Special Meeting
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Nigel Dudley
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 2831710863
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording, and classifying protected areas. They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many national governments. As a result, they are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation. These guidelines provide as much clarity as possible regarding the meaning and application of the Categories. They describe the definition of the Categories and discuss application in particular biomes and management approaches.
Author: Adrian Phillips
Publisher: World Conservation Union
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Protected Landscapes (IUCN Protected Area Category V) are lived-in working landscapes. In the past, there has been a tendency to see them as a rather Eurocentric approach to protected areas but increasingly the category is being designated in other parts of the world, including in a number of developing countries. The Guidelines include sections on the background and on the planning of such areas, and chapters on the principles, policies, process and the means for their management. The text includes more than twenty case studies from ore than fifteen countries in every region of the world.
Author: John Foster
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9782880329396
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Thora Amend
Publisher: Kasparek Verlag
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 3925064486
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents twelve case studies from different parts of the world illustrating the role Protected Landscapes are playing in conserving agrobiodiversity and related knowledge and practices. This title includes a synthesis that focuses on the key lessons to be learned from these case studies
Author: John N. Owens
Publisher: EOLSS Publications
Published: 2009-02-24
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 1905839383
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Forests and Forest Plants is a component of Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Forests are an essential part of Earth's life support systems. Forest resources are essential for humankind. They provide both vital goods and services. They provide food, fuel, shelter, soil and water protection, and filter the air we breathe. This publication on Forest and Forest Plants provides the user with such information as to create an awareness of the value of our forestlands and the products and environmental services they provide. The three volumes on Forests and Forest Plants are organized starting with first the necessity of : the World's Forest Resources – including classification and distribution of forest, urban forestry and agroforestry; Important Tree Species including trees in reclamation and arid zone forestry; Forests and Forest Products including wood and non word products; the Role of Forests in the Biosphere – preserving biological diversity, functions in the hydrological cycle, etc.; and Conservation and Breeding of Forest Trees – what is being done to improve our forest resources - silviculture, tree nurseries, and forest protection. The theme Forest and Forest Plants has led to the conclusion that there are substantial difficulties in matching environmental concerns and sustainability with an ever-increasing world population. Thus there is a tension between maximizing for food, wood and production on the one hand and implementing sustainable development and environmental protection on the other. These three volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers, NGOs and GOs.