Thanks Elizabeth, One I will be reading!
Sent from my iPhone > On 8/03/2014, at 9:52 am, "Elizabeth De Santo" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > This new book by my colleague Peter Jones may be of interest to those of you > working on marine issues, parks or other related issues. See announcement > below and attached, and apologies for cross-postings. > > Best wishes, > Elizabeth > > -- > Elizabeth M. De Santo > Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies > > Department of Earth and Environment > Franklin & Marshall College > P.O. Box 3003 > Lancaster, PA 17604 > > Tel: 717-358-4555 > Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > www.fandm.edu/elizabeth-desanto<http://www.fandm.edu/elizabeth-desanto> > www.emdesanto.com<http://www.emdesanto.com/> > > > > The book 'Governing Marine Protected Areas - resilience through diversity' > has now been published and can be ordered fromhttp://tinyurl.com/npm8f4b - > the discount code DC361 brings the price down to £40. It is also available on > Kindle from Amazon (£37.50), but go directly to Amazon and search for title, > as the Taylor and Francis link to Kindle edition does not work. > > This new book explores questions relating to the effective and equitable > governance of MPAs and options for addressing them, drawing on 20 MPA case > studies from around the world. A key theme is that MPA governance needs to > combine participative, legal and economic approaches. Building on ideas > concerning the governance of common-pool resources, author Peter Jones of > University College London puts forward a more holistic and less prescriptive > approach for analysing the governance of MPAs. This trans-disciplinary > analysis is aimed at supporting the development of MPA governance approaches > that build social-ecological resilience through both institutional and > biological diversity. This builds on the argument that diversity is the key > to resilience, both of species in ecosystems and incentives in governance > systems. > > A leaflet on the book, including the discount code, can be found at > http://tinyurl.com/q8eyvfd (also attached) and a blog on the book can be > found at http://tinyurl.com/oy3y9nf > > > Reviews > "There are many books on how to design and create marine protected areas > (MPAs), but few on how to make them successful. This book plugs that crucial > gap, distilling experience from across the world into sound and creative > advice." - Callum Roberts, Professor of Marine Conservation, University of > York, UK > > "The issue of governance is addressed in this book in a novel and important > way. Through the lens of his review of a large number of MPA case studies, > Jones makes the case for diversity and complexity in the governance of MPAs, > which are themselves ecologically diverse and complex. This is a signal > achievement which should greatly advance both policy and practice." - Bonnie > J. McCay, Distinguished Professor, School of Environmental and Biological > Sciences, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, USA. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > ________________________________ > P Please consider the environment before you print this email. > "The contents of this e-mail (including any attachments) may be confidential > and/or subject to copyright. Any unauthorised use, distribution, or copying > of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please advise the sender by return e-mail or telephone and then delete > this e-mail together with all attachments from your system." > <Governing Marine Protected Areas leaflet.pdf> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
