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Books

Mountains Network conferences continue to produce important new books covering mountain management and protection issues

New books for 2006

A new book on the subject of Large Scale Conservation Connectivity (Conservation Corridors) Management is currently in development by the Network, and will be published in 2006. It will be one of the outputs from our Mountain Conservation Connectivity Management Workshop that will take place in Quito, Ecuador, 14-17 November 2006. Learn more about unfolding plans for this important event...

Books published in 2005

Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas

Stunningly illustrated, this book represents the work of fifty conservationists, scientists, and professional photographers, including several of our Mountain PA Network members.

This book focuses on 29 transboundary parks around the world, from the El Carmen-Big Bend in North America to Southern Africa's Kavango-Zambezi "Four Corners" Transboundary Conservation Area. It explores the history and increasing popularity of protecting some of the most biologically rich territory on Earth. This book can be purchased from Conservation International.

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Books published in 2004

At the 2004 World Conservation Congress in Bangkok, the Mountain PA Network celebrated the launch of two books produced as outputs from our Drakensberg Workshop prior to the World Parks Congress in 2003:

  • Managing Mountain Protected Areas: Challenges and Responses for the 21st Century
  • Guidelines for Planning and Managing Mountain Protected Areas (shown below in its three editions )
Managing Mountain Protected Areas: Challenges and Responses fo the 21st Century

Managing Mountain Protected Areas: Challenges and Responses for the 21st Century


 Index of Articles

Edited by Mountain PA Network members David Harmon and Graeme Worboys and published in 2004 by Andromeda Editrice, Italy. This book can be purchased directly from Andromeda Editrice

Guidelines For Planning and Managing Mountain Protected Areas

English Edition

Synthesised and edited by Dr. Lawrence Hamilton and Linda McMillan and published in 2004

Table of Contents, First Page

Table of Contents, Second Page

A handbook of principles and practical guidelines aimed at conserving the rich mountain heritage of nature and culture in the high places of our world. A new edition of the 1992 version, it is directed to those who have a role in managing protected areas in mountain environments.

English and Spanish Editions can be purchased from Publisher: IUCN Publications ISBN 2-8317-0777-3, 2004 239 x 164mm, xi + 83pp., b/w photos.

Guías para la Planificacion y el Manejo de las Areas Protegidas de Montana

The Spanish Edition was translated by Ms. Elena Sarmiento, with Mountain PA Network member Dr. Fausto Sarmiento serving as science advisor. Both teach at the University of Georgia in the USA. This edition was published in 2004 and is available from IUCN Publications.

Russian Edition

The Russian Edition was translated by Mountain PA Network member Dr. Yuri P. Badenkov and published in 2005. It is available through Dr. Badenkov at the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science.