A guide for planners and managers - IUCN

viii MARINE AND COASTAL
PROTECTED AREAS
with the help of many friends. To be sure, this is not a new book. It does not seek to
provide a comprehensive overview of the latest theories on the application of the reserve
concept to the conservation of biological diversity. Its emphasis and true value is in
capturing the practical aspects of establishing and managing marine protected areas
– including successes and failures.
Mindful of the particular needs of managers in tropical developing countries,
the emphasis is given to tropical marine ecosystems such as coral reefs and mangroves,
and the case studies are drawn from those environments. It is with those environments,
and the people that live within them and depend upon them, in mind that we dedicate
our renewed efforts to protect the resiliency of the marine environment through
protection of its fragile and highly productive areas. And bearing in mind that in the
end, it is not the environment, but we ourselves, that we manage, I commend this
book to you. May it serve you well, and strengthen you in your capacity and resolve
to protect the ocean and the life within it.
John Waugh
IUCN Marine Programme