The world's protected areas : status, values and prospects in the 21st century /
edited by Stuart Chape... [et al.]
- Berkeley : University of California P., 2008.
- xv, 359 p. : ill., graphs, col. photos, maps.
Includes bibliographical references.
History, definitions, values and global perspective -- Protected areas and biodiversity -- Threats to protected areas -- Protected areas in the wider context -- The functions and processes of protected area management -- Managing the marine environment -- Prospects for protected areas in the 21st century -- Regional analysis -- North America -- The Caribbean -- Central America -- Brazil -- South America -- Europe -- West and Central Africa -- Eastern and Southern Africa -- North Africa and the Middle East -- Northern Eurasia -- South Asia -- East Asia -- Southeast Asia -- Australia and New Zealand -- Pacific Islands.