[Guidelines for Protected Areas in East Asia]

These guidelines address one of the most critical issues which protected area planners and managers face in the East Asia region: obtaining the funds needed to ensure the survival and success of protected areas.

This publication provides a collection of material useful to planners and managers of parks and protected areas in East Asia.

This publication provides a collection of material useful to planners and managers of parks and protected areas in East Asia.

The East Asia Action Plan (IUCN, 1996) recommended exchange programmes as a means of improving protected area management capacity in the East Asia region. The experience of exchange programmmes from around the world shows that they can bring great benefits when executed and managed effectively.