Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas

Russell A. Mittermeier, Cyril F. Kormos, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier, Patricio Robles Gil, Trevor Sandwith, Charles Besancon Transboundary Conservation, (2005) Published by CEMEX in cooperation with The WILD Foundation, Conservation International and Agrupacion Sierra Madre. Color photographs, illustrated 11.3 x 12, 372 pages Hardback.    A transboundary conservation area is an excellent tool for better protection of wilderness and biodiversity. Such protected areas cross international boundaries, is managed cooperatively for conservation purposes, and may include adjacent national parks and other protected areas. Although the concept is not new, the growth in internationally adjacent protected areas in recent years have been very rapid. In 1988, there were 59 such complexes around the world. The most recent analysis, however, indicates that there are now 188 involving 818 protected areas in 112 countries, representing approximately 17% of the global extent of protected areas.With s