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Perils and Promise of Privately Owned Protected Areas

Perils and Promise of Privately Owned Protected Areas Forum Perils and Promise of Privately Owned Protected Areas JEFFREY A. LANGHOLZ AND JAMES P. LASSOIE overnments have long been the principal force THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE CURRENT Gbehind the establishment of protected areas worldwide. The quality of governmental protection, however, has often STATE OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING proven inadequate, with many parks existing only on paper (Van Schaik et al. 1997, IUCN 1999). Even if publicly owned PRIVATELY OWNED PARKS WORLDWIDE, parks were well protected, more than 93% of the Earth’s land area and most of its biodiversity would still remain vulnera- EMPHASIZING THEIR CURRENT STATUS, ble (WRI et al. 1998). Given ongoing habitat destruction, es- VARIOUS TYPES, AND PRINCIPAL pecially in the tropics (World Bank 1998), it is imperative that the conservation community develop additional approaches STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES for in situ biodiversity protection. Privately owned protected areas have emerged as one option. Private parks are prolifer- ating throughout much of the world, yet little is known about them. Research has begun to address private parks, but only The rise of modern private parks indirectly (Sayer 1991, Schelhas and Greenberg 1993). A few Privately owned protected areas have existed in various forms case studies highlighting various aspects of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png BioScience Oxford University Press

Perils and Promise of Privately Owned Protected Areas

Langholz, Jeffrey A.; Lassoie, James P.
BioScience , Volume 51 (12) – Dec 1, 2001
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Forum Perils and Promise of Privately Owned Protected Areas JEFFREY A. LANGHOLZ AND JAMES P. LASSOIE overnments have long been the principal force THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE CURRENT Gbehind the establishment of protected areas worldwide. The quality of governmental protection, however, has often STATE OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING proven inadequate, with many parks existing only on paper (Van Schaik et al. 1997, IUCN 1999). Even if publicly owned PRIVATELY OWNED PARKS WORLDWIDE, parks were well protected, more than 93% of the Earth’s land area and most of its biodiversity would still remain vulnera- EMPHASIZING THEIR CURRENT STATUS, ble (WRI et al. 1998). Given ongoing habitat destruction, es- VARIOUS TYPES, AND PRINCIPAL pecially in the tropics (World Bank 1998), it is imperative that the conservation community develop additional approaches STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES for in situ biodiversity protection. Privately owned protected areas have emerged as one option. Private parks are prolifer- ating throughout much of the world, yet little is known about them. Research has begun to address private parks, but only The rise of modern private parks indirectly (Sayer 1991, Schelhas and Greenberg 1993). A few Privately owned protected areas have existed in various forms case studies highlighting various aspects of

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