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The protected landscape approach: Linking nature, culture and community

Author
Brown J., Mitchell N., Beresford, M. (eds)
Date
2005
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-073788)
Publisher | Place of publication
IUCN | Gland, Switzerland
ISBN
2-8317-0797-8
Pages
268 p.
Document type
Document of international organization
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
Nepal, Philippines, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, United States of America, Australia
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Land-use planning Cultural heritage Protected area
Geographical area
Africa, Central Europe, Caribbean
Abstract

Contents: 1. Protected landscapes: A conservation approach that linkss nature, culture and community 2. Landscape as a meeting ground: Category V Protected Landscapes/Seascapes and World Heritage Cultural Landscapess 3. World Heritage Cultural Landscapes: A global perspective 4. From pre-assumptions to a 'just world conserving nature': The role of Category VI in protecting landscapes 5. Conserving 'unprotected' protected areas - communities can and do conserve landscapes of all sorts 6. Landscape conservation initiatives in Nepal: Opportunities and challenges 7. World Heritage inscription and challenges to the survival of community life in Philippine cultural landscapes 8. Pastoralists, conservation and livelihoods in East and Southern Africa: Reconciling continuity and change through the protected landscape approach 9. Protected landscapes in the UK 10. Sustaining rural landscapes and building civil society:: Experience from Central Europe 11. Cultural landscapes of the Andes: Indigenous and colonoo culture, traditional knowledge and ethno-ecological heritage 12. Protecting landscapes and seascapes: Experience from coastal regions of Brazil 13. Protected landscapes and seascapes and their relevance to Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean: The case of Saint Lucia 14. Collaborative management of protected landscapes: Experience in Canada and the USA 15. The evolution of landscape conservation in Australia: Reflections on the relationsip of nature and culture 16. Building leadership and professionalism: Approaches to training for protected landscape management 17. Conclusions - The protected landscape approach: Conservation for a sustainable future

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