Governance of Protected Areas in Eastern Europe

Governance of Protected Areas in Eastern Europe – overview on different governance types, case studies, and lessons learned. Study commissioned to ProPark, Romania, by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). BfN-Skripten (2013) Authors: Erika Stanciu and Alina Ioniță The [...]

Guidelines for Applyed Protected Area Management Categories

Content:   Background Protected areas History of the IUCN protected area categories Purpose of the IUCN protected area management categories 2. Definition and categories The new IUCN definition of a protected area Principles Definition of a protected area system [...]

Natura 2000 Management Guidelines for Montenegro

The Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro commissioned us to prepare management guidelines for the management of the future Natura 2000 sites. During two intense work-periods in Montenegro, after learning about the protected area system and interacting with various stakeholders, we prepared [...]

Participatory management of protected area in the carpathian ecoregion

The handbook is addressed mainly to the protected area practitioners working at the local level (staff of protected area Administrations, custodians, etc) but could be equally useful to the decision-makers working in nature conservation field at regional or national level, to students or teachers [...]

Protected Area Governance in Eastern Europe. An overview

The brochure provides information regarding the current situation of protected area governance in Eastern Europe, respectively the governance types identified within the region, the trends for their diversification and their quality improvement, as well as a series of overall recommendations on how to [...]

Protected Area Management Planning Manual

Guide for Managers in Protected Areas in Romania.   Coordinated by Michael R. Appleton.   Table of contents:   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS   1 INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT 1.1 Purpose of the manual  1.2 Management Plan Format  1.3 [...]