‘(…) the book (…) it is a wondrous piece of work (…) It is a change maker’
Nik Lopoukhine, Chairperson Emeritus, IUCN WCPA; Former Chief Executive, Parks Canada
‘It is a splendid volume representing a vast amount of work and will be immensely valuable’
John Gordon, Honorary Professor, School of Geography and Geological Sciences, University of St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
‘This is a book that needs to be read by all (…) from the heads of protected area authorities to the park managers and rangers on the ground’
Dr Jane Smart, IUCN Global Director, Biodiversity Conservation Group, Gland, Switzerland
‘(…) it will (…) become “the bible” of protected area management for decades to come’
Roger Good, Alpine Ecologist, NSW Australia
‘What a cracker of a book (…) a great resource to train and improve protected area management in all its diverse glories’
Mike Williams, Principal, Michael Williams and Associates, Waverton, NSW Australia
‘Congratulations on what is a significant piece of work (…), I (…) can see it will be of great reference value’
Daniel Iglesias, Director ACT Parks and Conservation, Australia
‘Its wide and free availability as an eBook is fantastic’
Peter Jacobs, Former Chief Ranger, Alpine National Park, Victoria
‘(… )well done to the excellent WCPA collective effort to get this vital information into the hands of protected area staff (…)’
Roger Croft, Founding CEO, Scottish Natural Heritage; Former WCPA Regional Vice Chair for Europe, United Kingdom
‘Congratulations (…) for the new IUCN protected area book, fantastic’
Dr Yuri Badenkov, Russian Academy of Science
‘What a terrific resource it is, and will remain so, for many, many years’
David Harmon, Executive Director, George Wright Society, Hancock, USA
‘This is great! We have people lined up for this book! (…) for me, it turned into one of the best writing experiences I have had’
Steve McCool, Professor Emeritus, Department of Society and Conservation, University of Montana, USA
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Protected Area Governance and Management, edited by Graeme L. Worboys, Michael Lockwood, Ashish Kothari, Sue Feary, and Ian Pulsford has been reviewed by David Harmon at The George Wright Forum. Harmon writes:
‘ A truly comprehensive guide to the full range of issues, both conceptual and practical, that protected areas managers in today’s world are facing, this is a book that really ought to be on the desk of every senior-level park manager (and of anyone who aspires to be).’ And concludes by saying:
‘When taking a global perspective, inevitably the subjects have to be dealt with at a level less specific than that taken in specialist texts. The challenge—probably the biggest one editors of a single-volume overview like this have to meet—is to find the sweet spot between superficiality and suffocating detail. Nearly all the chapters of Protected Area Governance and Management hit that target. If you want to understand what is going on in the wide world of protected areas, this is simply a book not to be missed.’
(David Harmon, review of Protected Area Governance and Management, edited by Graeme L. Worboys, Michael Lockwood, Ashish Kothari, Sue Feary, and Ian Pulsford. Review can be found on The George Wright Forum, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 220–221, 2015)
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Ralf Buckley from Griffith University, writing for Annals of Tourism Research, reviews Protected Area Governance and Management, edited by Graeme L. Worboys, Michael Lockwood, Ashish Kothari, Sue Feary, and Ian Pulsford. Buckley writes:
‘It is a compilation of received knowledge, designed to remain current for a substantial period. … it is well worthy of attention by tourism researchers as well as park managers.
(Ralf Buckley, review of Protected Area Governance and Management, edited by Graeme L. Worboys, Michael Lockwood, Ashish Kothari, Sue Feary, and Ian Pulsford. Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 55, November 2015, pp. 191-192. The review can be found online: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2015.08.004)
