Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work Towards More Effective Conservation and Development

Name: Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work Towards More Effective Conservation and Development
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ISBN: 9780231127653

ISBN-10: 0231127650

ISBN-13: 9780231127653

Edition: 2004

Authors: Thomas O. McShane, Michael Wells

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Parks and reserves are on the front line in the campaign to conserve biodiversity on our planet. It is increasingly clear that these protected areas have limited future prospects without the cooperation and support of local people, especially in developing countries. Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) set out to reconcile park management with local needs and aspirations -- by emphasizing social and economic development among local communities -- and have managed to attract the lion's share of the funding for biodiversity. But so far the results have been disappointing. Important unanswered questions remain, and there is little consensus on when or where an ICDP…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 7/28/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




The challenge of linking conservation and development



Trying to better understand integrated conservation and development




Jack of all trades, by master of none: inherent contradictions among ICD approaches




The pathology of projects




Expecting the unattainable: the assumptions behind ICDPs




Application and Issues



Fitting ICD into a project framework: the CARE experience




Making biodiversity conservation a land-use priority




Yellowstone: a 130-year experiment in integrated conservation and development




Policies, by parks and projects: a review of three Costa Rican ICDPs




Indigenous peoples and protected areas: the case of the Sibuyan Mangyan Tagabukid




Land tenure and state property: a comparison of the Korup and Kilum ICDPs in Cameroon




Trade-off analysis for integrated conservation and development




Transforming approaches to CBNRM: learning from the Luangwa experience in Zambia




Ecodevelopment in India, by Shekhar Singh and Arpan Sharma



Conservation landscapes: whose landscapes, by whose trade-offs?




Poverty and forests: sustaining livelihoods in integrated conservation and development




Conclusions



Using adaptive management to improve ICDPs




The future of integrated conversation and development projects: building on what works