Internation forest conservation : protected areas and beyond

The goal of forest conservation aims to protect and maintain the full range of forests values in including biodiversity, environmental services, and cultural, social and economic values. Forest conservation implies the prudent use of forest resources at a level which will enable their protection and maintenance at a certain quality. Protected areas exist on a range of tenures and cover a huge variety of social contexts from some of the least developed parts of the woeld to densely populated places greatly affected by human presence. They are managed through a variety of institutional.