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Parks in Transition - Biodiversity, Rural Development and the Bottom Line (Hardcover, New)
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Parks in Transition - Biodiversity, Rural Development and the Bottom Line (Hardcover, New)
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Parks face intense pressure from both environmental and
developmental perspectives to conserve biodiversity and provide
economic opportunities for rural communities. These imperatives are
often in conflict, while potential solutions may be subject to
theoretical and practical disagreement and complicated by pressing
economic, political and cultural considerations.Parks in Transition
collects the work of the most distinguished scholars and
practitioners in this field, drawing on insight from over 50 case
studies and synthesizing them into lessons to guide park management
in transitional economies where the challenges of poverty and
governance can be severe. The central message of the book is that
parks are common property regimes that are supposed to serve
society. It analyses and sheds light on the crucial questions
arising from this perspective. If parks are set aside to serve poor
people, should conservation demands over-rule demands for jobs and
economic growth? Or will deliberately using parks as bridgeheads
for better land use and engines for rural development produce more
and better conservation? The issue that arises at all levels is
that of accountability, including the problematic linkages between
park authorities and political systems, and the question of how to
measure park performance. This book provides vital new insights for
park management, regarding the relationship between conservation
and commercialization, performance management, new systems of
governance and management, and linkages between parks, landscape
and the land-use economy.
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