State Of The World's Parks

<p>There are currently more than one thousand national parks around the world from Yellowstone in the United States to Darmitor National Park in Yugoslavia. Many of these parks are threatened by poaching development pollution overuse and a host of other problems. <i>The State of the World's Parks</i> is the first systematic international study of the pressures these special places face. The book examines two questions– what are the threats to national parks worldwide and what can be done about them? The authors borrow from the disciplines of ecology anthropology and sociology as well as from the applied fields of wildlife management park management and environmental science. Their arguments are based on data collected from a survey of 135 parks in more than fifty countries; the voices of park managers conservation officers and game wardens are heard throughout the book. Recommendations some controversial are made for resource management policy and research. <i>The State of the World's Parks</i> is important reading for conservationists park managers policymakers scientists and citizens interested in national parks and their future.</p>