Ir. D. Vreugdenhil : Protected areas system planning and monitoring

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3 Jun 2003 16:00
Unit: Wageningen University
Location: Aula (gebouw 362), Gen. Foulkesweg 1, Wageningen
Promotor: prof.dr. H.H.T. Prins (Resource ecology)prof.dr. A.M. Cleef (Tropical Nature Conservation and Vertebrate Ecology)
Co Promotor: dr. S.E. van Wieren

 This thesis provides scientifically argumented methods and tools for the design of rational protected areas systems, their monitoring and an approximation of their costs:
  • identification of ecosystems and species assemblages by surrogate identifiers;
  • Minimum size requirements of protected areas;
  • A Protected Areas System cost approximation tool;
  • A stand-alone protected areas and ecosystem monitoring database and application manual. The dissertation will be made available for the World Parks Congress The Vth World Parks Congress to be held in Durban, South Africa, September 8-17, 2003 will evaluate progress in protected areas conservation and stipulate strategic policies for the coming decade. Most countries of the world have at least a collection of protected areas, and have signed the Convention on Biological Diversity, while considerable international funding has been established to help developing countries finance their conservation commitment. Yet only few countries have had the opportunity to systematically select biodiversity in such a way that together, their protected areas form a realistic system in which the majority of national biological heritage may find a reasonably secure refuge.
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