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Peace parks : Conservation and conflict resolution

Author
Ali S.H.
Date
2007
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-080785)
Publisher | Place of publication
MIT Press | Cambridge, MA, USA
ISBN
978-0-262-51198-8
Pages
406 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America, Mexico, Korea, Republic of, Russian Federation, Japan, Afghanistan, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Military activities Transboundary effects Management/conservation Protected area International relations/cooperation
Geographical area
Asia, Africa
Abstract

Contents:
Foreword by Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Preface and Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
Introduction: A Natural Connection between Ecology and Peace? - Saleem H. Ali

I Environmental Peace-Building
Theories and Histories
1 Measuring Peace Park Performance: Definitions and Experiences - Anne Hammill and Charles Besançon
2 Peace Games: Theorizing about Transboundary Conservation - Raul Lejano
3 Peace Parks and Global Politics: The Paradoxes and Challenges of Global Governance - Rosaleen Duffy
4 Scaling Peace and Peacemakers in Transboundary Parks: Understanding Glocalization - Maano Ramutsindela
5 Peace Parks as Social Ecological Systems: Testing Environmental Resilience in Southern Africa - Anna Spenceley and Michael Schoon

II Transboundary Conservation in Action Bioregional Management for Science and Economic Development
6 Connecting the World's Largest Elephant Ranges: The Selous–Niassa Corridor - Rolf D. Baldus, Rudolf Hahn, Christina Ellis and Sarah Dickinson DeLeon
7 The "W" International Peace Park: Transforming Conservation and Conflict in West Africa - Aissetou Dramé-Yayé, Diallo Daouda Boubacar and Juliette Koudénoukpo Biao
8 The Emerald Triangle Protected Forests Complex: An Opportunity for Regional Collaboration on Transboundary Biodiversity Conservation in Indochina - Yongyut Trisurat
9 Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Protection: The Antarctic Paradigm - Michele Zebich-Knos
10 The Waterton–Glacier International Peace Park: Conservation amid Border Security - Randy Tanner, Wayne Freimund, Brace Hayden and Bill Dolan

III Peace Parks and Regional Governance Regimes Redefining Security and Realism
11 Bridging Conservation across La Frontera: An Unfinished Agenda for Peace Parks along the US–Mexico Divide - Belinda Sifford and Charles Chester
12 Liberia: Securing the Peace through Parks - Arthur G. Blundell and Tyler Christie
13 Preserving Korea's Demilitarized Corridor for Conservation: A Green Approach to Conflict Resolution - Ke Chung Kim
14 Nesting Cranes: Envisioning a Russo–Japanese Peace Park in the Kuril Islands - Jason Lambacher
15 The Siachen Peace Park Proposal: Reconfiguring the Kashmir Conflict? - Kent Biringer and Air Marshall K. C. (Nanda) Cariappa
16 Linking Afghanistan with Its Neighbors through Peace Parks: Challenges and Prospects - Stephan Fuller
17 Iraq and Iran in Ecological Perspective: The Mesopotamian Marshes and the Hawizeh–Azim Peace Park - Michelle L. Stevens
18 Conclusion: Implementing the Vision of Peace Parks - Saleem H. Ali