Table of Contents
Foreword: Arguments for Protected Areas
1. Protected Areas: Linking Environment and Well-Being
2. Vital Sites: Protected Areas Supporting Health and Recreation
Case study 2.1: Protecting Medicinal Resources in Colombia
Case Study 2.2: Parks Victoria (Australia) 'Healthy
Parks Healthy People Initiative'
3. Running Pure: Protected Areas Maintaining Purity and Quantity of Urban Water Supplies
Case Study 3.1: Protecting Water Supplies to Caracas, Venezuela
4. Food Stores: Protected Areas Conserving Crop Wild Relatives and Securing Future Food Stocks
Case Study 4.1: Crop Genetic Diversity Protection in Turkey
Case Study 4.2: Conservation of Endangered CWRs in Mexico‘s Sierra de Manantl n
5. Nursery Tails: Protected Areas Conserving Wild Marine and Freshwater Fish Stocks
Case Study 5.1: Freshwater Fishery Sustainability in Lake Malawi, East Africa
Case Study 5.2: Managing and Monitoring Success: The Story of Tubbataha Reefs, Philippines
6. Natural Security: Protected Areas and Hazard Mitigation
Case Study 6.1: Environmental Degradation and The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004
Case Study 6.2: Restoration and Protection Plan to Reduce Flooding in the Lower Danube
7. Safety Net: Protected Areas Contributing to Human Well-Being
Case Study 7.1: Population-Health-Environment Approaches in Kiunga Marine National Reserve, Kenya
8. Beyond Belief: Linking Faiths and Protected Areas to Support Biodiversity Conservation
Case Study 8.1: The Ancient Sacred Natural Sites in Al Hoceima National Park, Morocco
9. Living Traditions: Protected Areas and Cultural Diversity
Case Study 9.1: Angkor Wat Protected Landscape: Where Culture, Nature and Spirit Meet
Case Study 9.2: Inuit Partnerships in the Torngat Mountains National Park, Canada
10. Diverting Places: Linking Travel, Pleasure and Protection
Case Study 10.1: Managing Tourism in South Korea‘s Protected Area System
11. Climate Change: The Role of Protected Areas in Mitigati