National Parks and Protected Areas: Keystones to Conservation and Sustainable Development

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Keys to Life....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-10
Science and Protected Area Management: An Ecosystem-based Perspective....Pages 11-21
Landscape Ecology as a Basis for Protecting Threatened Landscapes....Pages 23-30
Landscape Approaches to National Parks and Protected Areas....Pages 31-42
Land Use and Decision-Making for National Parks and Protected Areas....Pages 43-63
A Clash of Values: Planning to Protect The Niagara Escarpment in Ontario, Canada....Pages 65-76
The Economic Pitfalls and Barriers of the Sustainable Tourism Concept in the Case of National Parks....Pages 81-91
Environmental Education in Protected Areas as a Contribution to Heritage Conservation, Tourism and Sustainable Development....Pages 93-102
Extending the Reach of National Parks and Protected Areas: Local Stewardship Initiatives....Pages 103-116
The Role of Banff National Park as a Protected Area in the Yellowstone to Yukon Mountain Corridor of Western North America....Pages 117-124
The Danube Challenge: Protecting and Restoring a Living River....Pages 125-132
Exploratory Planning for a Proposed National Marine Conservation Area in Northeast Newfoundland....Pages 133-143
Experience in Cross-Border Cooperation for National Park and Protected Areas in Central Europe....Pages 145-150
Parks for Life: An Action Plan for the Protected Areas of Europe....Pages 151-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Usable Knowledge for National Park and Protected Area Management: A Social Science Perspective....Pages 161-173
Integration of Information on the Kraków-Czestochowa Jura for Conservation Purposes: Application of CORINE Methodology....Pages 175-185
The Potential Role Of Biosphere Reserves In Piloting Effective Co-Operative Management Systems For Heritage, Landscape and Nature Conservation....Pages 187-190
The Berezinski Biosphere Reserve in Belarus: Is Ecotourism a Tool to Support Conservation in the Reserve?....Pages 191-194
Canada-Hungary National Parks Project 1992–1995....Pages 195-198
A Sustainability Appraisal of the Work of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority....Pages 199-205
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Forest Management and Planning and Local Populations: Assessing the Case of Niepołomice Forest, nr. Kraków, Poland....Pages 207-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Conflict Between Skiers and Conservationists and an Example of its Solution: The Pilsko Mountain Case Study (Polish Carpathians)....Pages 227-234
Research, Conservation, Restoration and Eco-tourism in National Parks: Experience from Hungary....Pages 235-241
Questions Related to the Rehabilitation of the Egyek-Pusztakocs Marshes....Pages 243-245
Bulgarian Experience in Nature Protection: Contributing to Sustainable Development....Pages 247-252
The Emerging System of Protected Areas in Lithuania: A Review....Pages 253-255
Landscape Protection in Estonia: The Case of Otepää....Pages 257-264
Protected Areas and Plant Cover Diversity in the Ukrainian Carpathians: an Assessment of Representativeness....Pages 265-268
Sultan Marshes, Turkey: A New Approach to Sustainable Wetland Management....Pages 269-276
Conservation of The Mediterranean Environment: The Vital Need to Protect and Restore the Quality of National and Cultural Resources in Libya and the Role of Parks and Protected Areas....Pages 277-283
Back Matter....Pages 285-294