Forests and Protected Areas: Guidance on the Use of the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories (Volume 12)

by Nigel Dudley, Adrian Phillips (Editor)

Protected areas are the cornerstone of virtually all national and international conservation policies. About 10% of the world’s forests are to be found in protected areas, and Forest Protected Areas make a critical contribution to conservation. The purpose of this publication is to address two questions, both of which are strategic, complex and politically What is, and what is not, a Forest Protected Area? What other forms of forest protection are there, and how do they relate to Forest Protected Areas?

58 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004