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1. Arguments for Protected Areas

   Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use

   Edited by Sue Stolton, Nigel Dudley

   Most protected areas (e.g.national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and land- and seascape values. They currently cover over 13% of the world's land surface, around 12% of marine coastal areas and 4% of the marine shelf. Retaining and expanding these areas in the...

   Published March 23rd 2010 by Routledge
2. Forest Quality

   Assessing Forests at a Landscape Scale

   By Nigel Dudley, Rodolphe Schlaepfer, William Jackson, Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud, Sue Stolton

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   Deforestation is frequently a topic of discussion in the environmental arena, but it is not just the number of trees that matters; the quality of the forest is also important. Even where the forest area is stable or increasing, there are often rapid changes in its character. Natural forests are...

   Published August 31st 2006 by Routledge
3. Partnerships for Protection

   New Strategies for Planning and Management for Protected Areas

   By Nigel Dudley

   Edited by Sue Stolton

   Taking into consideration the fact that many ecosystems are under-represented in protected areas of land and water and traditional management methods have often been ineffective, this volume describes how improvements can be made. Specifically, it explores ways of ensuring that all major ecosystems...

   Published April 30th 1999 by Routledge