Edited By: Graeme L Worboys, Wendy L Francis and Michael Lockwood
382 pages, Figs, tabs, maps
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In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely on parks and protected areas as isolated 'islands of wilderness' to conserve and protect vital biodiversity. Increasing connections are being considered and made between protected areas and 'connectivity' thinking has started to expand to the regional and even the continental scale to match the challenges of conserving biodiversity in the face of global environmental change.
This groundbreaking book is the first guide to connectivity conservation management at regional and continental scales. Written by leading conservation and protected area management specialists under the auspices of the World Commission on Protected Areas of IUCN, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, this guide brings together a decade and a half of practice and covers all aspects of connectivity planning and management. The book establishes a context for managing connectivity conservation and identifies large scale naturally interconnected areas as critical strategic and adaptive responses to climate change.
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Preface by Nik Lopoukhine Foreword by Gary Tabor Setting the Context 1. The connectivity conservation imperative 2. Connectivity science 3. Scoping the territory: considerations for connectivity conservation managers Connectivity Conservation Management Case Material 4. Africotropical connectivity conservation initiatives Joining the dots: stewardship for connectivity conservation in the Cederberg Mountains, Cape Floristic Region, South Africa Conserving connectivity in the Greater Virunga Landscape Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Programme: A South African perspective 5. Australasian connectivity initiatives Australian Alps Australian Alps to Atherton connectivity conservation Gondwana Link 6. Indomalayan connectivity initiatives Creating biological corridors for conservation and development: a case study from Bhutan Developing conservation corridors and regional cooperation in the transboundary Sacred Himalayan Landscape Establishing tropical rainforest connectivity in northern Sumatra: Challenges and opportunities 7. Nearctic connectivity initiatives Conservation network in the southern Appalachian mountains Greater northern Appalachian bioregion Yellowstone to Yukon connectivity conservation 8. Neotropic connectivity initiatives Mesoamerican biological corridor The ecosystem approach applied to international connectivity: the Andean Paramo Corridor Integrating protected areas and landscapes: lessons from the Vilcabamba Amboro conservation corridor (Bolivia-Peru) Serra Do Espinhaco Biosphere Reserve Articulating local visions to build macrocorridors: the Munchique-Pinche example Llanganates Sangay ecological corridor in central eastern Ecuador: Good conservation practice at a local scale Implementation of an interconnected system of protected areas in the Venezuelan Andes 9. Palaearctic connectivity initiatives Altai Mountain Knot: Between conservation and development Overview of connectivity projects in the European Alps and adjacent mountains Tri-national Mont-Blanc Massif: A crucial link in European alpine connectivity Ecological network of protected areas in the European Alps Cantabrian Mountains-Pyrenees-Massif Central-Western Alps Great Mountain Corridor The Appenines (European Alps to the Mediterranean) 10. Themes and lessons from global experience in connectivity conservation Synthesis 11. Connectivity management framework and key tasks 12. Challenges and opportunities for connectivity conservation References
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Dr Graeme L. Worboys is Vice Chair of Mountains Biome and Connectivity Conservation, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Wendy L. Francis is director, conservation science and action, Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative, Banff, Canada Michael Lockwood is Senior Lecturer in Environment and Planning at the University of Tasmania.
Edited By: Graeme L Worboys, Wendy L Francis and Michael Lockwood
382 pages, Figs, tabs, maps
'What a great effort! I found it comprehensive, easy to read and of practical value for park managers and other interested conservationists and professionals.' Dr Fausto Sarmiento, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Georgia, USA 'This is an important practical contribution to connectivity conservation. It will be a valuable resource text for practitioners and for those studying connectivity..' Professor Roger Crofts, Former Vice Chair Europe, IUCN WCPA and Chief Executive Officer, Scottish National Heritage; Honorary Professor, Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh, UK 'This book provides a highly practical guide for designing, implementing and managing Connectivity Conservation Areas. It addresses the full suite of challenges that conservation management professionals are currently facing, from climate change adaptation to development pressures in fragmented landscapes. This valuable new book is more than innovation. It describes a new paradigm for conservation management for the 21st Century.' Cyril Kormos, Regional Vice Chair for North America and the Caribbean, IUCN WCPA; Vice President for Policy, The WILD Foundation 'This book provides a high quality, timely and welcomed insight into the theory and practice of connectivity conservation. This global guide serves as a valuable handbook, drawing key lessons from the case studies, identifying priorities and tasks for management and the challenges and opportunities for advancing connectivity conservation as the best hope for nature and people in the 21st Century.' Dr Brendan Mackey, Professor of Environmental Biogeography, Environmental Conservation, and Cross-disciplinary Studies in Sustainability, Australian National University 'This book is essential for individuals and for nongovernmental and governmental organizations engaged in connectivity projects at local to international levels.' R. L. Smith, Choice, October 2010. 'This book brings together a decade and a half of practice and covers all aspects of connectivity planning and management.' In Practice
