Protected Area Management Principles and Practice

by Worboys, Graeme L.; Lockwood, Michael; De Lacy, Terry

• ISBN13: 9780195517286
• ISBN10: 0195517288
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Protected Area Management examines the multi-disciplinary task of managing protected areas. This second edition of this authorative text has been updated, expanded and includes new Australian and international case studies. This comprehensive text is an essential text for students and an invaluable resource for practitioners and all readers who are concerned about conservation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
List of Figures	xi
List of Tables	xiv
List of Photographs	xvii
List of Backgrounders, Case Studies, and Snapshots	xxii
Australian Jurisdictions and Protected Area Management Agencies	xxviii
Acknowledgments (First Edition)	xxxi
Acknowledgments (Second Edition)	xxxvi
Preface to the Second Edition	xl
Introduction	xli
Part A Setting the Context	1	(130)
Australia's Natural Heritage	2	(33)
Evolution of Australia's natural heritage	3	(9)
Australia today	12	(1)
Climate	13	(3)
Landforms, soils, and landscapes	16	(4)
Biological diversity	20	(3)
Terrestrial vegetation	23	(5)
Terrestrial fauna	28	(6)
Marine flora and fauna	34	(1)
Social Context	35	(41)
A brief history of Australian protected areas	36	(11)
Contemporary influences	47	(9)
Responses and initiatives	56	(8)
Government in Australia	64	(3)
Legislation	67	(2)
Society, culture, and values	69	(7)
Concept and Purpose of Protected Areas	76	(36)
Values	78	(7)
International environmental protection	85	(6)
Types of protected areas	91	(14)
Extent of Australia's protected areas	105	(7)
Process of Management	112	(19)
How organisations manage	114	(1)
Planning	115	(1)
Organising	116	(8)
Leading	124	(2)
Controlling	126	(1)
Managing for performance	126	(5)
Part B Principles and Practice	131	(444)
Establishing Protected Areas	132	(30)
Terrestrial national reserve system	133	(5)
Marine national reserve system	138	(6)
Scientific reserve selection methods	144	(3)
Land-use planning and protected area establishment	147	(13)
Management lessons and principles	160	(2)
Obtaining and Managing Information	162	(26)
Scope of information needs	163	(4)
Data and information collection methods	167	(7)
Storage, retrieval, and presentation	174	(5)
Analysis and application	179	(5)
Information management systems	184	(2)
Management lessons and principles	186	(2)
Management Planning	188	(31)
Approaches to planning	190	(5)
From approach to process	195	(4)
Protected area management plans	199	(18)
Management lessons and principles	217	(2)
Finance and Economics	219	(31)
Financing protected areas	220	(3)
Pricing services and facilities	223	(14)
Environmental valuation and benefit-cost analysis	237	(11)
Management lessons and principles	248	(2)
Administration--Making it Work	250	(19)
Administering people	251	(5)
A principled organisation	256	(1)
Administering finances	257	(5)
Administration of assets, standards, and systems	262	(2)
Administration policy and process considerations	264	(3)
Management lessons and principles	267	(2)
Sustainability Management	269	(19)
The need for sustainability	270	(4)
Sustainability and protected areas	274	(12)
Management lessons and principles	286	(2)
Operations Management	288	(21)
Planning for operations	290	(10)
Operations implementation	300	(7)
Management lessons and principles	307	(2)
Natural Heritage Management	309	(42)
A national perspective	310	(4)
Conserving fauna	314	(14)
Conserving flora	328	(3)
Fungi	331	(1)
Managing water	332	(3)
Managing soils and geology	335	(7)
Conserving scenic quality	342	(1)
Managing fire	343	(6)
Management lessons and principles	349	(2)
Cultural Heritage Management	351	(20)
An ancient heritage	352	(1)
Types of cultural heritage sites	353	(5)
Conserving cultural heritage	358	(5)
Conserving Aboriginal cultural heritage sites	363	(4)
Conserving historic sites	367	(3)
Management lessons and principles	370	(1)
Threats to Protected Areas	371	(31)
Underlying causes	372	(5)
Type and nature of threats	377	(9)
Preventing environmental threats	386	(6)
Minimising environmental threats	392	(8)
Management lessons and principles	400	(2)
Incident Management	402	(22)
Organisations with incident management responsibilities	403	(1)
Managing incident responses	404	(8)
Managing fire incidents	412	(5)
Managing wildlife incidents	417	(1)
Managing incidents arising from natural phenomena	418	(4)
Management lessons and principles	422	(2)
Tourism and Recreation	424	(41)
Global tourism and environmental performance	427	(2)
Tourism and recreation in Australia's protected areas	429	(13)
Managing tourism and recreation	442	(14)
Managing for quality	456	(6)
Management lessons and principles	462	(3)
Working with the Community	465	(28)
A critical working relationship	466	(3)
Making the relationship work	469	(5)
Communicating with stakeholders	474	(10)
Interpretation: Communicating with heart and mind	484	(7)
Management lessons and principles	491	(2)
Indigenous People and Protected Areas	493	(16)
Who are Indigenous people?	494	(1)
`Caring for country'	495	(3)
Land rights	498	(1)
Indigenous people and protected areas	499	(4)
Implications for Aboriginal land management	503	(4)
Management lessons and principles	507	(2)
Linking the Landscape	509	(23)
Importance of linkages	511	(4)
Conservation at a regional scale	515	(10)
A menu of policy instruments	525	(5)
Management lessons and principles	530	(2)
Marine Protected Areas	532	(21)
Importance of marine protected areas	533	(1)
Australian marine environments	534	(5)
Marine management issues	539	(2)
Marine park management	541	(11)
Management lessons and principles	552	(1)
Evaluating Management Effectiveness	553	(16)
Purposes of management effectiveness evaluation	554	(4)
Developing evaluation systems	558	(5)
Guidelines for evaluating management effectiveness	563	(4)
Management lessons and principles	567	(2)
Futures and Visions	569	(6)
Appendices	575	(28)
Appendix 1 Chronology of Major Events	576	(8)
Appendix 2 Extent of Australian protected areas	584	(19)
Commonwealth protected areas	585	(2)
Australian Capital Territory protected areas	587	(1)
New South Wales protected areas	588	(2)
Northern Territory protected areas	590	(2)
Queensland protected areas	592	(2)
South Australia protected areas	594	(2)
Tasmania protected areas	596	(2)
Victoria protected areas	598	(2)
Western Australia protected areas	600	(2)
International designations	602	(1)
References	603	(26)
Index	629