Core Texts
Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation: A Concept Paper
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
- Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
- Lignes directrices pour la législation des aires protégées
- Directrices para la legislación relativa a áreas protegidas
Other Resources
General Texts
- David Farrier and Melissa Harvey, Solange Teles da Silva and Márcia Diegues Leuzinger, Jonathan Verschuuren and Mariya Gromilova, Arie Trouwborst, Alexander Ross Paterson (2013). The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation - Case Studies. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN
- Borrini-Feyerabend, G., N. Dudley, T. Jaeger, B. Lassen, N. Pathak Broome, A. Phillips and T. Sandwith (2013). Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action. Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 20, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN
- Dudley, N. (Editor) (2008). Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN
- Robert L. Pressey and Paul J. Ferraro (Editors) (2015). Measuring the difference made by protected areas: methods, applications and implications for policy and practice, Theme Issue, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
- Worboys G, Francis W & Lockwood M (eds) (2010). Connectivity Conservation Management: A Global Guide, Earthscan
- Stolton S & Dudley N (eds) (2010). Arguments for Protected Areas: Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use, Earthscan
- Nelson F (ed) (2010). Community Rights, Conservation and Contested Land: The Politics of Natural Resource Governance in Africa, Earthscan
- Dudley N, Stolton S, Belokurov A, Krueger L, Lopoukhine N, MacKinnon K, Sandwith T & Sekhran N (eds) (2010). Natural Solutions: Protected Areas Helping People Cope with Climate Change, IUCN-WCPA, TNC, UNDP, WCS, World Bank & WWF; Gland, Switzerland, Washington DC & New York
- Gillespie A (2007). Protected Areas and International Environmental Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden
- Hanna K, Clark C & Slocombe D (eds) (2007). Transforming Parks and Protected Areas: Policy and Governance in a Changing World, Routledge
- Lockwood G, Worboys G & Kothari A (2006). Managing Protected Areas – A Global Guide, IUCN, Earthscan
- Emerton L, Bishop J & Thomas L (2006). Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas: A Global Review of Challenges and Options, IUCN, Gland
- Borrini-Feyerabend G, Kothari A & Oviedo G (2004). Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas: Towards Equity and Enhanced Conservation - Guidance on Policy and Practice for Co-Managed Protected Areas and Community Conserved Areas, IUCN & Cardiff University, Gland & Cambridge
Module 1
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 1-47)
- Lausche, Barbara, David Farrier, Jonathan Verschuuren, Antonio G. M. La Viña, Arie Trouwborst, Charles-Hubert Born, Lawrence Aug (2013). The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation - A Concept Paper. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN (Pgs 1-8)
- Lockwood G, Worboys G & Kothari A (2006). Managing Protected Areas – A Global Guide, IUCN, Earthscan, chapters 4 and 9.
- Borrini-Feyerabend G, Dudley N, Jaeger T, Lassen B, Broome N, Phillips A & Sandwith T (2013). Governance of Protected Areas: From Understanding to Action, IUCN, Gland.
- Dudley N, Stolton S, Belokurov A, Krueger L, Lopoukhine N, MacKinnon K, Sandwith T & Sekhran N (eds) (2010). Natural Solutions: Protected Areas Helping People Cope with Climate Change, IUCN-WCPA, TNC, UNDP, WCS, World Bank & WWF; Gland, Switzerland, Washington DC & New York.
- Dudley N (ed) (2008). Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories, IUCN, Gland. WITH Stolton S, Shadie P & Dudley N (2013). IUCN WCPA Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types, IUCN Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 21, Gland, Switzerland.
- R Wacks (2008). Law: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford. This compact book provides a good introduction to relevant Legal concepts.
Module 2
- Dudley, N. (Editor) (2008). Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 25-32)
- Borrini-Feyerabend, G., N. Dudley, T. Jaeger, B. Lassen, N. Pathak Broome, A. Phillips and T. Sandwith (2013). Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action. Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 20, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN (Pgs 1-62)
Module 3
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 107-138)
Module 4
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 138-162, 172-174)
- Dudley, N. (Editor) (2008). Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 1-24, 33-50)
Module 5
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 29-33, 129-134, 162-174)
Module 6
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 174-206)
Module 7
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 47-73)
- Philippe Sands, Principles of International Environmental Law, 2d ed.
- David Hunter, James Salzman, Durwood Zaelke, International Environmental Law and Policy, 3d ed.
- Patricia Birnie, Alan Boyle, Catherine Redgwell, International Law and The Environment, 3d ed.
- John Currie, Public International Law (Irwin Law, 2008)
- Thomas Greiber Et Al, An Explanatory Guide To The Nagoya Protocol On Access And Benefit-Sharing (IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, 2012)
- Nagoya Protocol
- World Heritage Convention Operational Guidelines
- Patry, M. “World Heritage and IUCN Categories” In N. Dudley and S. Stolton (Eds.) Defining Protected Areas: An International Conference In Almeria, Spain (Gland: IUCN, 2008)
- Ramsar Vision Statement
- “Criteria For Identifying Wetlands Of International Importance”
- The Ramsar Convention Manual: A Guide To The Convention On Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971), 6th ed. (Gland, Switzerland: Ramsar Convention secretariat, 2004)
- UN Watercourses Convention
- Michael Bowman, Peter Davies And Catherine Redgwell, Lyster’s International Wildlife Law, 2d ed, (Cambridge UP, 2010)
Module 8
- Lausche, Barbara, David Farrier, Jonathan Verschuuren, Antonio G. M. La Viña, Arie Trouwborst, Charles-Hubert Born, Lawrence Aug (2013). The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation - A Concept Paper. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN (Pgs 77-142)
- David Farrier and Melissa Harvey, Solange Teles da Silva and Márcia Diegues Leuzinger, Jonathan Verschuuren and Mariya Gromilova, Arie Trouwborst, Alexander Ross Paterson (2013). The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation - Case Studies. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN
- Worboys G., Francis W. & Lockwood M. (Editors) (2010). Connectivity Conservation Management: A Global Guide, Earthscan.
- Dudley, N. (Editor) (2008). Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 11-23)
- Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Module 9
- Lausche, Barbara, David Farrier, Jonathan Verschuuren, Antonio G. M. La Viña, Arie Trouwborst, Charles-Hubert Born, Lawrence Aug (2013). The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation - A Concept Paper. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN (Pgs 77-142)
- David Farrier and Melissa Harvey, Solange Teles da Silva and Márcia Diegues Leuzinger, Jonathan Verschuuren and Mariya Gromilova, Arie Trouwborst, Alexander Ross Paterson (2013). The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation - Case Studies. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 167-170)
- Dudley, N. (Editor) (2008). Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 11-23)
- Mexico’s federal General Climate Change Law (Ley General de Cambio Climático, 6 June 2012 (in Spanish)
Module 10
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 209-242) and accompanying case studies
- Lausche, Barbara, David Farrier, Jonathan Verschuuren, Antonio G. M. La Viña, Arie Trouwborst, Charles-Hubert Born, Lawrence Aug (2013). The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation - A Concept Paper. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN (Pgs 143-164)
Module 11
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs. 242-264), and accompanying case studie
- Lausche, Barbara, David Farrier, Jonathan Verschuuren, Antonio G. M. La Viña, Arie Trouwborst, Charles-Hubert Born, Lawrence Aug (2013). The Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation - A Concept Paper. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN (Pgs. 164-169)
- Dudley, N. (Editor) (2008). Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (especially pgs. 7-33 and 55-58)
Module 12
- Lausche, Barbara. (2011). Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN (Pgs 265-292)
- Schoon, Michael, and Matt McKinney, “Definitions and Governance of Transboundary Conservation” (International workshop on defining transboundary conservation principles, delivered at Thaytal National Park, 16 October, 2013)
- Vasilijević, Maja, and Boris Erg, “Global Transboundary Conservation Network”
- Vasilijević, Maja, “Transboundary Conservation and WCPA Best Practice Guidelines Series” (International workshop on defining transboundary conservation principles, Thayatal National Park, 16 October, 2013)
- Slocombe, D.S. & R.K. Danby, ”Transboundary protected areas, connections, and conservation” in J.G. Nelson & B. Dempster, eds., Transboundary Protected Areas, Research and Planning: Parks and Protected Areas Research in Ontario. (Parks Research Forum of Ontario, Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON 2007)
- Sandwith, Trevor, et al., Transboundary Protected Areas for Peace and Co-operation: IUCN Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 7 (IUCN, 2001) at 34
- Agnès Michelot with Boubacar Ouedraogo, Transboundarry Protected Areas: Legal Framework for the W Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Benin, Burkino Faso, Niger) (IUCN-EPLP No. 81)
- Ntare, Nicholas, “Nyungwe-Kibira landscape transboundary collaboration,” TBeNEWS 7 (June 2013) 13
- “Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park”