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The Urban Imperative

Urban outreach strategies for protected area agencies

 

EDITED BY TED TRZYNA  [BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION]

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword: JEFFREY A. McNEELY, IUCN

Reflections: Nature for people and people for nature

JUDY LING WONG, Black Environment Network, United Kingdom

Introduction: TED TRZYNA

Part 1: Cities depend on protected areas

The role of forest protected areas in supplying drinking water to the world’s biggest cities: NIGEL DUDLEY and

SUE STOLTON, consultants, United Kingdom

Some benefits of protected areas for urban communities: A view from Sydney, Australia: NICHOLAS CONNER, Government of New South Wales, Australia

Resource economics as a tool for open space planning in Durban, South Africa: DEBRA ROBERTS and others, Durban local government

Part 2: Protected areas depend on cities

Raising the priority of urban areas in protected area systems in Brazil and beyond: PEDRO DA CUNHA E MENEZES, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations; formerly Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A city defends its natural heritage: Hong Kong’s Country and Marine Parks: FOOK YEE WONG, Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department, Hong Kong

California cities and the protection and restoration of Yosemite National Park: JOHN J. REYNOLDS, National Park Foundation; formerly U.S. National Park Service

Community-driven stewardship of an Australian government protected area: PAMELA PARKER, Australian Landscape

Trust and Chicago Zoological Society, and MICHAEL PUNTURIERO, Community Land Management, Inc.

Part 3: Strategies for linking cities and protected areas

Connecting with nature in a capital city: The London Biodiversity Strategy: DAVID GOODE, University College London; formerly Greater London Authority

Paris-Nature: An innovative urban ecology program:

MARK LELLOUCH, consultant

The City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Strategy: TANIA KATZSCHNER and others, City of Cape Town, South Africa

Biodiversity conservation as a social bridge in the urban context: Cape Town’s sense of "The Urban Imperative" to protect its biodiversity and empower its people: GEORGE DAVIS, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town

Mosaic: Building links between ethnic communities and national parks in the United Kingdom: JESSICA MEMON, Milton Keynes local government, UK; formerly Mosaic

A conservation agency creates inner-city "natural parks" in Los Angeles: TED TRZYNA

"Healthy Parks, Healthy People" and other social capital initiatives of Parks Victoria, Australia: JOHN SENIOR and MARDIE TOWNSEND, Parks Victoria

Kids for Tigers: The Sanctuary Asia Tiger Program: A globally replicable school contact program to win support for wildlife and protected areas: BITTU SAHGAL, Project Tiger, Mumbai, India

Vision beyond mandate: Creating farmland protected areas in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico: TODD MILLER, Canaan Valley Institute; formerly City of Albuquerque

Part 4: Making partnerships work

Groundwork: An innovative British environmental partnership organization: TED TRZYNA

Chicago Wilderness: A collaborative model for urban conservation: LUCY HUTCHERSON, Chicago Wilderness

Building urban constituencies for nature conservation: The Golden Gate experience: BRIAN O’NEILL, Golden Gate

National Parks, and GREG MOORE, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco

Conservation NGOs as leaders in protecting urban nature: The urban nature reserves project of Aves Argentinas:

MARIA VIRGINIA DE FRANCESCO, Aves Argentinas, Buenos Aires

Nature education in Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan: The important role of volunteers: SHIN WANG, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Part 5: Evaluation

How to reach urban communities: Lessons learned from museum evaluation: MARTIN STORKSDIECK, Institute for Learning Innovation, Annapolis, Maryland

Appendix: World Parks Congress Recommendation 5.14: Cities and Protected Areas

 

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