Protected Area Management: Principles and Practice 2e examines the multi-disciplinary task of managing protected areas.

This second edition of this authoritative text has been updated, expanded, and includes new Australian and international case studies.

Divided into three sections: Part A explains the environmental, social, political and historical context of management; Part B examines in depth the main principles and practices of management, including obtaining and managing information; planning; administration; economics; natural heritage; cultural heritage; incidents; tourism and visitor management, indigenous peoples and protected areas, and managing for the future; and, Part C is a state-by-state summary of protected areas.

The book includes the most recent information about management principles to assist students and practitioners to improve the management of protected areas. It is an essential reference to anyone with an active interest in the conservation and management of protected areas.

New topics include:

• Operations management
• Governance
• Sustainable management
• Marine protected area management
• Performance management
• Chronology of Australian protected area management

Contents:

1. List of Figures
   List of Tables
   Abbreviations for Australian jurisdictions and major protected area management agencies
   Related web sites
   Acknowledgments: Edition One
   Acknowledgements: Edition Two
   Preface to the Second Edition
   Introduction

   Part A Setting the Context

2. Australia's Natural Heritage
3. Social Context
4. The Concept and Purpose of Protected Areas
5. The Process of Management and Governance
   
   Part B Principles and Practice
6. Establishing Protected Areas
7. Obtaining and Managing Information
8. Protected Area Planning
9. Finance and Economics
10. Administration and Legal-Making it Work
11. Sustainable Management
12. Operations Management
13. Conserving Australia's Natural Heritage
14. Conserving Australia's Cultural Heritage
15. Threats to Protected Areas
16. Incident Management
17. Tourism and Visitor Management
18. Working with the Community
19. Indigenous People and Protected Areas
20. Linking the Landscape
21. Marine Protected Area Management
22. Evaluating Protected Area Management Effectiveness
23. Futures and Vision
    

Graeme Worboys – completing a Doctoral Degree with the School of Environmental and Applied Sciences, Griffith University

Michael Lockwood – Senior Lecturer in Environmental Planning with the School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania

Terry De Lacy – Chief Executive, Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Professor of Environmental Policy at the University of Queensland