Methods for the establishment and management of protected areas for tropical primary forest and woodland resources (Draft)
This report details the status of forest protection in the tropics and describes appropriate technologies for improving methods of establishment and management of tropical parks and reserves. While a significant percentage of tropical forest is encompassed by protected conservation units, many of these areas are inadequately managed and could be subjected to increasing adverse pressures. There is a marked disparity in the global coverage of tropical parks and some biogeographical provinces well represented and others devoid of sites. Though management techniques are continually being refined there are still many unanswered questions concerning optimal shape, size and location of reserves. A concerted international effort is needed to establish the political and organizational framework necessary to achieve global conservation goals. The World Conservation Strategy, which molds environmental and economic concerns into pragmatic guidelines, serves as a logical first step in initiating those actions. The dearth of trained individuals at the natural resource professional, technical and user level in tropical nations is a major impasse in putting conservation strategies into practice. Environmental education programs are also needed to development plans. Commensurate to these actions should be an integration of development goals into wildland management strategies. Effective organization of wildland management agencies is important, and human and technical resources must be adequate to efficiently operate a complete system of parks and reserves. The integrated socioeconomic/ecological approach to park management demands interdisciplinary, multisectorial planning efforts. Such teams should follow internationally proven management guidelines which are modified to meet local conditions. Tropical forest management can no longer be limited to terrain within park boundaries. Reserve administration must begin to expand their scope of concern to regional development adjacent to protected areas. Finally, several Congressional mechanisms for promoting tropical forest protection, including the creation of international conservation laws and compensatory payments to developing nations for forest protection activities, are outlined.
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1982
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| Subjects: | PLANIFICACION, MANEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES, METODOS Y TECNICAS, CATEGORIAS DE MANEJO, |
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