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Distributed for Conservation International

Russell A. Mittermeier, Cyril F. Kormos, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier, and Patricio Robles Gil

Transboundary Conservation

A New Vision for Protected Areas

With a Preface by Vally Moosa With a Foreword by Peter E. Seligmann
372 pages, 264 color plates  12 x 11-1/4  © 2005

Cloth $50.00

ISBN: 9789686397833   Published November 2005

Introduction
 
Three Exemplary Case Studies
1. The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park: The First of Its Kind
2.  The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park: A Benchmark for International Conservation
3.  El Carmen-Big Bend: An Emerging Model for Private Public Partnership in Transboundary Conservation
 
America
4.  The Alaska-Yukon-British Columbia Borderlands:  The World's Larges Contiguous Protected Area Complex
5.  Dry Borders:  Linking Nature Reserves across the Sonora-Arizona Border
6.  Laguna Madre:  A Major Transboundary Wetland on the Texas-Tamaulipas Border
7.  The Maya Tropical Forst:  Saving a Threatened Tri-National Biological and Cultural Heritage
8.  La Amistad: A Long History of Transboundary Friendship in Central America
9.  Vilcabamba-Amboro:  Transboundary Collaboration from Andean Peaks to the Amazon Basin
10.  Pantepui:  The Roraima and Neblina Regions of Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana
11.  The Borderlands of Brazil and the Guianas:  The World's Most Intact Tropical Rainforest
12.  Iguacu-Iguazu:  One of the World's Greatest Natural Wonders
 
Europe
13.  The Pyrenees-Mount Perdu:  A Shared Gem on the French-Spanish Border
14.  The European Greenbelt:  From Vision to Reality
 
Africa
15.  West Africa's Upper Guinea Forest Region:  Transboundary Conservation in a Conflict Zone
16.  The Tri-National de la Sangha:  Transboundary Conservation in the Western Congo Forest
17.  The Virunga Volcanoes Transboundary Conservation Area: Home of the Mountain Gorilla
18.  Serngeti-Masai:  Land of the Great Migration
19.  |Ai-|Ais-Richtersveld-Sperrgebiet:  Transboundary Conservation in an Arid Hotspot
20.  Kavango-Zambezi:  The Four-Corners Transfrontier Conservation Area
21.  The Roof of Africa:  Transboundary Conservation in the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains
 
Asia/Pacific
22.  West Tien Shan:  At the Crossroads of Central Asia
23.  Manas:  Transboundary Conservation on the Assam-Bhutan Border
24.  The Lanjak Entimau/Batang Ai/Betung Kerihun Complex:  A Heritage Area in the Heart of Borneo
25.  Wasur-Tonda; Transboundary Conservation in the New Guinea Wilderness
 
Marine
26.  The Mesoamerican Reef:  A Shared Commitment for the Caribbean Jewel
27.  The Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape:  An Innovative Model for Transboundary Marine Conservation
28.  Antarctica:  The Last Global Commons
 
Appendix
Bibliography
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