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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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