Protected Area Management Effectiveness

Abstract

As far back as 1746, the British statesman Philip Stanhope gave his son the advice that ‘whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well’ (Widger 2012). It is advice we could well follow today in managing the growing network of protected areas around the world. Earlier in this book, the changing paradigm of protected areas and the spectacular growth in the number and coverage of protected areas have been documented. We have clearly decided that protected areas are ‘worth doing’ and we have abundant advice on how to manage them well, as is evident in the preceding chapters