Leaving Space for Nature: The Critical Role of Area-Based Conservation Dudley Nigel
Leaving Space for Nature: The Critical Role of Area-Based Conservation Dudley Nigel This book provides the first contemporary assessment of area-based conservation and its implications for nature and…
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Leaving Space for Nature: The Critical Role of Area-Based Conservation Dudley Nigel
This book provides the first contemporary assessment of area-based conservation and its implications for nature and society.Now covering 15 per cent of the land surface and a growing area of ocean, the creation of protected areas is one of the fastest conscious changes in land management in history. At the same time, a range of new types of area-based conservation has emerged, based on indigenous people's territories, local community lands and a new designation of "other effective area-based conservation measures". But this has come at a cost, including a backlash from human rights organisations about the social impacts of protected areas.
With many people calling for half the earth's land surface to remain in a natural condition, this book taps into the urgent debate about the This book provides a concise overview of the status and possible futures of area-based conservation.