Leaving Space for Nature: The Critical Role of Area-Based Conservation - Paperback

by Nigel Dudley (Author), Sue Stolton (Author)

This book provides the first contemporary assessment of area-based conservation and its implications for nature and society.

Author Biography

Nigel Dudley is a consultant ecologist who has worked with international organisations, including WWF International, IUCN and UNESCO. He is co-founder of Equilibrium Research and an industry fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia. Nigel is the author/editor of numerous titles, including Arguments for Protected Areas (Routledge, 2010) and Authenticity in Nature (Routledge, 2011).

Sue Stolton co-founded Equilibrium Research with Nigel Dudley thirty years ago. She works mainly on issues relating to protected areas, including management of protected areas and the wider values and benefits that protected areas offer. Sue is vice chair of the WCPA specialist group on privately protected areas and nature stewardship.