ELEMENTS OF A PROTECTED AREA SYSTEM MASTER PLAN

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

McNeely, J. and J. Thorsell. 1991. Guidelines for preparing protected area system plans. Parks 2(2): 4-8.

Guides, tools and methods

CBD. 2004. Biodiversity issues for consideration in the planning, establishment and management of protected area sites and networks.  Technical Series no. 15. Montreal: CBD Secretariat.

Davey, A.G. 1998. National System Planning for Protected Areas. Best Practices Protected Area Guidelines, Series No 1, A. Phillips, Series Editor. Cambridge, UK: IUCN Publications Services Unit.

Dudley, N., K. J. Mulongoy, S. Cohen, S. Stolton, C.V. Barber and S. B. Gidda. 2005. Towards effective protected area systems: An action guide to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Programme of Work on Protected Areas.  Technical series No. 18. Montreal, Canada: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Kelleher, G. 1999. Guidelines for Marine Protected Areas. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. xxiv +107pp.

Case studies, reports and PDF downloads

California Department of Fish & Game.  2006. California Marine Life Protection Act: Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas.  Sacramento, CA: California Department of Fish and Game. 185 pp.

Meerman, J. and J. R. Wilson. 2005. The Belize National Protected Areas System Plan. Belize: Protected Areas Conservation Trust. 71 pp.

ICEM, 2003. Cambodia National Report on Protected Areas and Development. Review of Protected Areas and Development in the Lower Mekong River Region, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia. 148 pp.

Queensland Environmental Protection Agency.  2001. Master Plan for Queensland’s Parks Ssytem. Queensland, AU: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. 57 pp.

Websites

www.protectedareas.info  

Powerpoint Presentations

Master Planning Overview