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 Transboundary documents and Publications
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Peace for Parks Peace for Parks book
A book which examines how environmental conservation can be used to contribute to peace-building in conflict zones has just been published.

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Chester, Charles; James Dontje and William C.G. Burns (Topic Editors). 2006. "Transboundary protected areas." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published November 17, 2006; Last revised November 18, 2006; Retrieved August 29, 2007].

http://www.eoearth.org/article/Transboundary_protected_areas
Transboundary Conservation Mittermeier, Russell A., Cyril F. Kormos, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier, Patricio Robles Gil, Trevor Sandwith, and Charles Besancon Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas. Foreword by Peter A. Seligmann. With a Preface by Vally Moosa. Distributed for Conservation International. 372 p., 264 color plates. 12 x 11-1/4 2005 http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/187788.ctl
Report of Activities for 2004 from the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Transboundary Task Force.
Transboundary Protected Areas for Peace and Co-operation
Trevor Sandwith, Clare Shine, Lawrence Hamilton and David Sheppard Adrian Phillips, Series Editor
Spanish version: Áreas Protegidas Transfronterizas Para Paz y Cooperación (244 KB) thanks to Santiago Kingman for checking translation

French version: Aires protégées transfrontalières pour la paix et la coopération (218 KB) thanks to José Kalpers for checking translation
van der Linde, H., J. Oglethorpe, T. Sandwith, D. Snelson, and Y. Tessema (with contributions from Anada Tiéga and Thomas Price). 2001. Beyond Boundaries: Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Sub-Saharan Africa. Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Biodiversity Support Program.
A Meeting of the Minds:
An International Tropical Timber Organization/World Conservation Union paper summarizing the findings of the International Workshop on Increasing the Effectiveness of Transboundary Conservation Areas in Tropical Forests, held 17–21 February 2003 in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand (444 KB)
Security Issues in the Planning and Management of Transboundary Conservation Areas
David Peddle, Leo Braack, Thomas Petermann and Trevor Sandwith
Transboundary Peace Climb
Read the statement from the Peace Climb participants at the Mountain Workshop held prior to the 2003 World Parks Congress in the Maloti-Drakensberg mountains at the border of Lesotho and South Africa.
Transboundary papers from the Governance Stream of the World Parks Congress
  • Keynote Presentation: Transboundary Protected Areas As A Vehicle For Peaceful Co-Operation by Gerardo Budowski pdf, MSWord
  • Impacts of Transboundary Protected Areas on Local Communities in Three Southern African Initiatives by Simon Metcalfe pdf, MSWord
  • Promoting Conflict Sensitivity in Transboundary Protected Areas: A Role For Peace And Conflict Impact Assessments by Anne Hammill and Charles Besancon pdf, MSWord
  • Evaluating Transboundary Protected Areas: Achieving Biodiversity Targets by Belinda Reyers pdf, MSWord
  • The Effort Of The Private Sector In The Protection Of Transboundary Areas: The "El Corbalán-Cañada El Carmen" Private Transboundary Conservation Area Between Bolivia And Paraguay by Gerardo Budowski, Celeste Acevedo, Sheila Abed, Jorge Pinazzo, Patricia Abed, Rodrigo Ayala, Cecilia Cortez and Verónica Sanjinés pdf, MSWord
  • Cordillera del Condor (Peru-Ecuador) by Carlos F. Ponce and Fernando Ghersi pdf, MSWord
  • Transboundary parks ...following nature's design by Eva Pongratz LAUNCH pdf, MSWord
  • Siachen Peace Park: a case study for the valorisation of high mountain ecosystems by Giuliano Tallone pdf, MSWord
  • Legal and Institutional Implications of Systemic Planning and Management of Transboundary Protected Areas - a comparative analysis of case studies from the Italian Development Cooperation by Gianfranco Tamburelli and Alfredo Guillet pdf, MSWord
  • Transfrontier conservation areas: conservation and socio-economic impact indicators by Helen Suich, et al. pdf, MSWord
  • Peace Parks in the Balkans - Prokletije, Sar-planina by Srdjan Marincic pdf, MSWord
  • The Potential for a Transboundary Protected Area in the Kanchanjungha Region of the Eastern Himalayas by Krishna Prasad Oli pdf, MSWord
  • Transboundary Protected Area governance: tensions and paradoxes by William Wolmer pdf, MSWord
  • Download a set of all the above papers from the Transboundary Governance session at the World Parks Congress WinZip archive of pdf files (2 MB), Winzip archive of MSWord files, (3.5 MB)
Transboundary presentations from the World Conservation Congress, Bangkok Thailand Nov 18, 2004
  • Transboundary Conservation: Knowledge Networks and Good Governance by Trevor Sandwith view
  • Organizational Dynamics of Transboundary Collaboration: Leading Efforts in Large Systems Change by John Griffin view
  • A Proposed Typology of Transboundary Conservation and Development Initiatives by Leo Braack view
  • Transboundary Knowledge Networking by Charles Besançon view
  • Implementing Transboundary Conservation Through Networking and Capacity Development by Werner Myburgh view
  • Nomination of Large Scale Physiographic and Cultural Phenomena as Serial World Heritage Routes: The Great Rift Valley (GRV) by Yoav Sagi view
Transboundary Treaties and Memorandums of Understanding
  • Treaty between the government of the Republic of Namibia and the government of the Republic Of South Africa on the establishment of the [|Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld] Transfrontier Park view
  • Bilateral agreement between the government of the Republic of Botswana and the government of the Republic of South Africa on the recognition of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park view
  • Treaty between the government of the Republic of Mozambique, the government of the Republic of South Africa and the government of the Republic of Zimbabwe on the establishment of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park view
  • el Parque Nacional de Ordesa Monte Perdido y el Parque Nacional de los Pirineos view
  • Trilateral Memorandum Of Understanding between the Office Rwandais De Tourisme Et Des Parcs Nationaux, the Uganda Wildlife Authority, and the Institut Congolais Pour La Conservation De La Nature on the collaborative conservation of the Central Albertine Rift Transfrontier Protected Area Network view
  • Protocole d'entente trilateral entre L'office Rwandais Du Tourisme, des Parcs Nationaux Le Uganda Wildlife Authority et L'institut Congolais Pour La Conservation de la nature sur la conservation conjointe du reseau des aires Protegees Transfrontalieres Du Rift Albertin Centrale view
  • Tripartite Declaration on the Transboundary Natural Resources Management of the Transfrontier Protected Areas Network of the Central Albertine Rift view
Please send additional MOUs, treaties and other agreements to Charles Besancon at charles.besancon@gmail.com. Thanks.
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