Protected areas spearhead our response to the rapidly accelerating biodiversity crisis. However, while the number of protected areas has been growing rapidly over the past 20 years, the extent to which the world's protected areas are effectively conserving species, ecosystems, and ecosystem services is poorly understood. _ Highlights new techniques for better management and monitoring of protected areas _ Sets guidelines for the decision making processes involved in setting up and maintaining protected areas _ Fully international in scope and covering all ecosystems and biomes
Protected areas spearhead our response to the rapidly accelerating biodiversity crisis. However, while the number of protected areas has been growing rapidly over the past 20 years, the extent to which the world's protected areas are effectively conserving species, ecosystems, and ecosystem services is poorly understood.
_ Highlights new techniques for better management and monitoring of protected areas
_ Sets guidelines for the decision making processes involved in setting up and maintaining protected areas
_ Fully international in scope and covering all ecosystems and biomesHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lucas N. Joppa, Computational Ecology and Environmental Sciences Unit, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK. Jonathan M. Baillie, Institute of Zoology, London, UK. John Robinson, CEO Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo, New York, USA.
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Contributors ix Introduction: Do Protected Areas Safeguard Biodiversity? 1 J. E. M. Baillie, L. Joppa and J. G. Robinson Part I The Global Protected Area Portfolio 11 1. Government Commitments for Protected Areas: Status of Implementation and Sources of Leverage to Enhance Ambition 13 L. Krueger 2. Protected Area Diversity and Potential for Improvement 34 N. Dudley and S. Stolton 3. Sound Investments: Protected Areas as Natural Solutions to Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation 49 K. MacKinnon 4. Optimal Protection of the World's Threatened Birds, Mammals, and Amphibians 66 J. E. M. Watson, D. B. Segan and R. A. Fuller 5. Maintaining a Global Data Set on Protected Areas 81 A. Milam, S. Kenney, D. Juffe Bignoli, B. Bertzky, C. Corrigan, B. MacSharry, N. D. Burgess and N. Kingston Part II The Fate of Species in Protected Areas 103 6. Species Population Trends in Protected Areas 105 B. Collen, L. McRae, E. Nicholson, I. D. Craigie, E. J. Milner Gulland, J. Loh and S. Whitmee 7. Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Conserving Large Carnivores in Europe 122 L. Santini, L. Boitani, L. Maiorano and C. Rondinini 8. Towards Understanding Drivers of Wildlife Population Trends in Terrestrial Protected Areas 134 M. Barnes, I. D. Craigie and M. Hockings Part III Managing Protected Areas at System Scales 151 9. Toward Assessing the Vulnerability of US National Parks to Land Use and Climate Change 153 A. Hansen, C. Davis, J. Haas and N. Piekielek 10. Integrating Community Managed Areas into Protected Area Systems: The Promise of Synergies and the Reality of Trade Offs 169 M. Rao, H. Nagendra, G. Shahabuddin and L. R. Carrasco 11. The Importance of Asia's Protected Areas for Safeguarding Commercially High Value Species 190 J. Walston, E. J. Stokes and S. Hedges Part IV Monitoring Protected Areas at System Scales 209 12. Monitoring Protected Area Coverage and Impact on Key Biodiversity Areas, Important Bird Areas and Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites 211 S. H. M. Butchart, T. M. Brooks, J. P. W. Scharlemann and M. A. K. Mwangi 13. Camera Traps for Conservation: Monitoring Protected Area Investments 228 T. G. O'Brien 14. Monitoring Protected Areas from Space 242 N. Pettorelli, M. Wegmann, L. Gurney and G. Dubois Index 260
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Do protected areas safeguard biodiversity? J. E. M. Baillie, L. Joppa and J. G. Robinson
PART I: The Global Protected Area Portfolio
1. Government commitments for protected areas, status of implementation and sources of leverage to enhance ambition L. Krueger
2. Protected area diversity and potential for improvement N. Dudley and S. Stolton
3. Sound investments: Protected areas as natural solutions to climate change and biodiversity conservation K. Mackinnon
4. Optimal protection of the world's threatened birds, mammals and amphibians J. E. M. Watson, D. B. Segan and R. A. Fuller
5. Maintaining a global data set on protected areas A. Milam, S. Kenney, D. Juffe-Bignoli, B. Bertzky, C. Corrigan, B. MacSharry, N. D. Burgess and N. Kingston
PART II: The Fate of Species in Protected Areas
6. Species population trends in protected areas B. Collen, L. McRae, E. Nicholson, I. D. Craigie, E. J. Milner-Gulland, J. Loh and S. Whitmee
7. Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving large carnivores in Europe L. Santini, L. Boitani, L. Maiorano and C. Rondinini
8. Towards understanding drivers of wildlife population trends in terrestrial protected areas M. Barnes, I. Craigie and M. Hockings
PART III: Managing Protected Areas at System Scales
9. Towards assessing the vulnerability of US national parks to land use and climate change A. Hansen, C. Davis, J. Haas and N. Piekielek
10. Integrating community managed areas into protected area systems: The promise of synergies and the reality of trade-offs M. Rao, H. Nagendra, G. Shahabuddin and L. R. Carrasco
11. The importance of Asia's protected areas for safeguarding commercially high value species J. Walston, E. J. Stokes and S. Hedges
PART IV: Monitoring Protected Areas at System Scales
12. Monitoring protected area coverage and impact on key biodiversity areas, important bird areas and alliance for zero extinction sites S. H. M. Butchart, T. M. Brooks, J. P. W. Scharlemann and M. A. K. Mwangi
13. Camera traps for conservation: Monitoring protected area investments T. O'Brien
14. Monitoring protected areas from space N. Pettorelli, M. Wegmann, L. Gurney and G. Dubois
Contributors ix Introduction: Do Protected Areas Safeguard Biodiversity? 1 J. E. M. Baillie, L. Joppa and J. G. Robinson Part I The Global Protected Area Portfolio 11 1. Government Commitments for Protected Areas: Status of Implementation and Sources of Leverage to Enhance Ambition 13 L. Krueger 2. Protected Area Diversity and Potential for Improvement 34 N. Dudley and S. Stolton 3. Sound Investments: Protected Areas as Natural Solutions to Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation 49 K. MacKinnon 4. Optimal Protection of the World's Threatened Birds, Mammals, and Amphibians 66 J. E. M. Watson, D. B. Segan and R. A. Fuller 5. Maintaining a Global Data Set on Protected Areas 81 A. Milam, S. Kenney, D. Juffe Bignoli, B. Bertzky, C. Corrigan, B. MacSharry, N. D. Burgess and N. Kingston Part II The Fate of Species in Protected Areas 103 6. Species Population Trends in Protected Areas 105 B. Collen, L. McRae, E. Nicholson, I. D. Craigie, E. J. Milner Gulland, J. Loh and S. Whitmee 7. Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Conserving Large Carnivores in Europe 122 L. Santini, L. Boitani, L. Maiorano and C. Rondinini 8. Towards Understanding Drivers of Wildlife Population Trends in Terrestrial Protected Areas 134 M. Barnes, I. D. Craigie and M. Hockings Part III Managing Protected Areas at System Scales 151 9. Toward Assessing the Vulnerability of US National Parks to Land Use and Climate Change 153 A. Hansen, C. Davis, J. Haas and N. Piekielek 10. Integrating Community Managed Areas into Protected Area Systems: The Promise of Synergies and the Reality of Trade Offs 169 M. Rao, H. Nagendra, G. Shahabuddin and L. R. Carrasco 11. The Importance of Asia's Protected Areas for Safeguarding Commercially High Value Species 190 J. Walston, E. J. Stokes and S. Hedges Part IV Monitoring Protected Areas at System Scales 209 12. Monitoring Protected Area Coverage and Impact on Key Biodiversity Areas, Important Bird Areas and Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites 211 S. H. M. Butchart, T. M. Brooks, J. P. W. Scharlemann and M. A. K. Mwangi 13. Camera Traps for Conservation: Monitoring Protected Area Investments 228 T. G. O'Brien 14. Monitoring Protected Areas from Space 242 N. Pettorelli, M. Wegmann, L. Gurney and G. Dubois Index 260
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Do protected areas safeguard biodiversity? J. E. M. Baillie, L. Joppa and J. G. Robinson
PART I: The Global Protected Area Portfolio
1. Government commitments for protected areas, status of implementation and sources of leverage to enhance ambition L. Krueger
2. Protected area diversity and potential for improvement N. Dudley and S. Stolton
3. Sound investments: Protected areas as natural solutions to climate change and biodiversity conservation K. Mackinnon
4. Optimal protection of the world's threatened birds, mammals and amphibians J. E. M. Watson, D. B. Segan and R. A. Fuller
5. Maintaining a global data set on protected areas A. Milam, S. Kenney, D. Juffe-Bignoli, B. Bertzky, C. Corrigan, B. MacSharry, N. D. Burgess and N. Kingston
PART II: The Fate of Species in Protected Areas
6. Species population trends in protected areas B. Collen, L. McRae, E. Nicholson, I. D. Craigie, E. J. Milner-Gulland, J. Loh and S. Whitmee
7. Effectiveness of protected areas in conserving large carnivores in Europe L. Santini, L. Boitani, L. Maiorano and C. Rondinini
8. Towards understanding drivers of wildlife population trends in terrestrial protected areas M. Barnes, I. Craigie and M. Hockings
PART III: Managing Protected Areas at System Scales
9. Towards assessing the vulnerability of US national parks to land use and climate change A. Hansen, C. Davis, J. Haas and N. Piekielek
10. Integrating community managed areas into protected area systems: The promise of synergies and the reality of trade-offs M. Rao, H. Nagendra, G. Shahabuddin and L. R. Carrasco
11. The importance of Asia's protected areas for safeguarding commercially high value species J. Walston, E. J. Stokes and S. Hedges
PART IV: Monitoring Protected Areas at System Scales
12. Monitoring protected area coverage and impact on key biodiversity areas, important bird areas and alliance for zero extinction sites S. H. M. Butchart, T. M. Brooks, J. P. W. Scharlemann and M. A. K. Mwangi
13. Camera traps for conservation: Monitoring protected area investments T. O'Brien
14. Monitoring protected areas from space N. Pettorelli, M. Wegmann, L. Gurney and G. Dubois
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