Parks, Peace, and Partnership: Global Initiatives in Transboundary Conservation

This book is based on information presented at the conference on parks, peace and collaboration held in Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada in September 2007. It is the fourth of a collection of books describing the experiences of the province of Alberta, Canada, in energy, ecology and the environment. The articles in this book have been written by managers, biologists, researchers and scientists from national parks and protected areas in border areas from around the world: Canada, Australia, France, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Africa. Examples are given of the creation, management and increased collaboration between transboundary protected areas, which show such examples can often be a way of achieving peace between regions that are distant in terms of systems of governance and cultural backgrounds.