About the Book
The purpose of the publication is to address two questions, both of which are strategic, complex and politically significant. What is, and what is not, a Forest Protected Area? What other forms of forest protection are there, and how do they relate to Forest Protected Areas? About 10 per cent of the world's forests are to be found in protected areas, and Forest Protected Areas make a critical contribution to conservation.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements, vii; Preface, ix; Part I - The Guidelines; 1. Basic concepts, background and introduction to the Guidelines, 3; Basic concepts, 3; The value of forests, 4; Forest protection, management and restoration, 4; Challenges and opportunities, 5; Aims of the Guidelines, 6; Relationship to other IUCN guidance, 7; Audiences for the Guidelines, 7; Structure of the Guidelines, 8; 2. Forests and the land-use mosaic, 9; What is a forest?, 9; Does the FAO definition fit the needs of Forest Protected Areas?, 10; A range of management regimes, 10; The forest estate, 11; The concept of sustainable management, 12; Forest Protected Areas and conserved forests, 12; 3. Protected areas and Forest Protected Areas, 15; What is a protected area?, 15; Applying the IUCN categories in practice, 18; What is a Forest Protected Area?, 19; What is not a Forest Protected Area?, 21; 4. Other conserved forests, 27; The changing relationship between protected areas and the wider landscape, 27; Forests managed to maintain soil and water resources, 27; Forests managed for community purposes, 28; Strategic reserves, 29; Multiple-purpose forests, 29; Recreational forests and woodlands, 29; Spiritual forests and woodlands, 30; Small woodlands for use in the farming system, 31; Woodland managed for sport shooting etc, 31; Forests conserved by accident, 31; Ornamental gardens and arboreta, 32; Military zones, 32; Defining the status of corridors and buffer zones associated with Forest Protected Areas, 32; Conclusions, 34. Part II - Case Studies; A. Case studies of Forest Protected Areas; IUCN Category Ia Forest Protected Area: Wo Long Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China; IUCN Category Ib Forest Protected Area: Misty Fiords National Monument, Alaska, USA; IUCN Category II Forest Protected Area: Girraween National Park, Queensland, Australia; IUCN Category III Forest Protected Area: Coal River Hot Springs, Yukon, Canada; IUCN Category IV Forest Protected Area: forests in the Dana Nature Reserve, Jordan; IUCN Category V Forest Protected Area: native woodland in Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK; IUCN Category VI Forest Protected Area: Rio Macho Forest Reserve, Costa Rica; IUCN Category V not a Forest Protected Area: exotic plantations in Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK; B. Case studies of other types of conserved forest; Forests protected to maintain water resources: forests around Stockholm, Sweden; Community-managed forest: Gilgit Community Forest, Northern Pakistan; Recreational forest: Dyrehaven Royal Deer Park, Copenhagen, Denmark; Forest protected for spiritual reasons: sacred groves in Ghana; Forest as part of an arboretum: Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Uganda; Multiple-purpose forest: the Jura Mountains, Switzerland; References and additional sources.
