Publisher : Asean Centre for Biodiversity
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Publication year : 0
Thematic : Transboundary Arrangements
Language : English
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In the natural world, animals were born to roam. They are, however, increasingly being forced to live in small isolated patches surrounded by modified unnatural landscapes such as mono-culture plantations, agriculture, roads, hydro development, villages, and housing developments. As a consequence, species movement is confined and some species will probably never get to find adjacent areas, even though these may be relatively close, that have food resources, nesting grounds and breeding opportunities including mates with differing genes (a very good thing for the health of a species). In addition, the plant seeds and pollen that naturally hitchhike on animals are trapped and are unable to spread. Over the last four or so decades, protected area management professionals and conservationists have discovered that joining adjacent protected areas, including those that transcend national boundaries, provide ―corridors which plants and animals can utilize and naturally spread. These have been named Transboundary Protected Areas (TBPA). A source of significant inspiration and information is the book Transboundary Conservation - A New Vision for Protected Areas (Mittermeir, 2005). This wonderfully illustrated and informative book traces the evolution of ideas that underpinned and cement the wide range of international perspectives and associated with TBPA. This set of guidelines has, however, been prepared with ASEAN Transboundary Protected Area managers and advocates as the primary target group. They address TBPA management as a subset of the emerging science and practice of Connectivity Conservation (CC). This is a relatively new approach which is exploring ways to address the reality that we live on an increasingly fragmented and fragile planet.
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