L04066 MPA-Proceedings-2009-2011 Protected Areas in Focus.Pdf
Protected Areas in Focus: Analysis and Evaluation Michael Getzner, Michael Jungmeier (eds.) Series: Proceedings in the Management of Protected Areas, Vol. IV Series editors: Michael Getzner, Michael Jungmeier Research assistant: Anna Drabosenig Supported by Centre of Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy Vienna University of Technology MSc. “Management of Protected Areas”, Department of Geography and Regional Studies, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt E.C.O. - Institute of Ecology, Klagenfurt Title page: © Filippa © by Verlag Johannes Heyn Klagenfurt, 2013 Druck: Druckerei Theiss GmbH, A-9431 St. Stefan ISBN 978-3-7084-0505-6 To Georg Grabherr, Scientist, teacher, Conservationist, Role model and friend. FOREWORD Nature conservation and protected areas continue to offer hope to the world un- der circumstances through which the planet faces many profound challenges. De- spite the ongoing destruction and degradation of natural ecosystems as a result of human development, persistent poverty, natural and man-made disasters and accel- erating global climate change, the protected area systems of the world continue to grow in number and extent and attract an increasing share of investment of gov- ernments, development agencies and a wide variety of public and private interests. The Protected Planet Report 2012 provides quantitative measures of this success. It also points towards challenges that remain pertinent, including the challenge of achieving most dimensions of protected area quality. Despite of all the good work, there remain many situations in which protected areas are not managed effectively and at the same time degraded, in which poor governance results in ongoing con- flict and harm, and either as a result of or perhaps leading to situations of unsus- tainable financing.
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