Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories

Edited by Nigel Dudley



Cover photo:
Front: Discussion with local communities near Morondava,
Madagascar about zoning in a proposed protected area to
conserve rare baobab tree species © Nigel Dudley

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DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2006.PAPS.2.en
ISBN: 978-2-8317-1086-0


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 Index

Foreword

Information for this Title

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Background

2. Definition and categories

3. Governance

4. Applying the categories

5. Using the categories

6. Specialized applications

7. International conservation initiatives

8. Effectiveness of the IUCN categories

Appendix. Typology and glossary

References