1.Front section - IUCN

the management of protected areas, one implication of
which is the challenge of sharing and disseminating
effective strategies. Similarly, science and practice are
generating new knowledge, yet little is being shared
where it is most needed.
This book brings together, like no other, the experience
and wisdom of the leading thinkers and practitioners of
protected area planning and management. Jeff McNeely
has long been an effective instigator of new ideas and
debate related to protected areas; in this book, he
successfully integrates the disparate and often complex
literature and debate regarding protected areas, deducing
the “lessons learned” by so many researchers, managers,
teachers and local communities.
Kenton Miller (retired)
(recently, Chair, IUCN/WCPA, and Vice-President,
Conservation and Sustainable Development,
World Resources Institute)
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