National Parks and Protected Areas: Their Role in Environmental Protection
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National Parks and Protected Areas explores the roles that national parks play in preserving and understanding biodiversity and related ecosystem processes. As the gateway to the conservation effort, parks can no longer be viewed as distinct, separate entities. They must be understood and managed in the context of their surrounding ecological and cultural landscapes. National Parks and Protected Areas outlines the reasons why ecosystem management serves as a functional paradigm for parks and protected areas and presents the supporting historical, political ecological and legal bases. It illustrates the role that these guiding principles of ecosystem management play in protecting landscapes at various scales, ranging from a complete system of protected areas to an individual park. The use of case examples provides background and understanding of the often contentious role natural processes play in park ecosystems. Recognizing that management of protected areas requires constant survelllance and monitoring to identify changes and trends, National Parks and Protected Areas clearly identifies the real value of maintaining pristine protected areas
National Parks and Protected Areas: Their Role in Environmental Protection,R. Gerald Wright,John Lemons,Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated,0865424969,Canada,Conservation Of Natural Resources (General),Ecosystem management,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Environmental Engineering & Technology,General,Life Sciences - Ecology,Management,National parks and reserves,Natural Resources,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Parks,Science,United States,Conservation of the environment,Management of land & natural resources,NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES_CANADA,Science / Ecology,Zoos & wildlife parks
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