Tigers for Tigers

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Tigers for Tigers
Tigers for Tigers Web site
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LSU Recycles
LSU Recycling Web site
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LSUs Green Report Card (LSU gets a C)
Green Report Card Web site
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Protected Areas
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Protected Areas
A clearly defined geographical space, recognized,
dedicated and managed, through legal or other
effective means, to achieve the long-term
conservation of nature with associated ecosystem
services and cultural values
Not the only way to conserve biodiversity, but
can help avoid habitat degradation/destruction,
overexploitation, etc., especially in key areas
gt 108,000 around the world gt 12 land surface
area 0.8 oceans ( 5000 marine protected
areas)
Definition from IUCN
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United Nations Educational, Scientific Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
Specialized agency of the United Nations,
established in 1945
International Union for the Conservation of
Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
UNESCOs first Director General, Sir Julian
Huxley, helped establish this institution in
1948, to give UNESCO a more scientific base
Logos from respective Web sites
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IUCN Categories of Protected Areas
Category I Nature reserve / wilderness area /
wildlife sanctuary mainly for scientific
research or wilderness protection
Category II National park mainly for
ecosystem protection recreation
Category III Natural monument conservation of
specific natural features
Category IV Habitat / species management area
Category V Protected landscape / seascape
Category VI Managed resource protected area
mainly for the sustainable use of natural
ecosystems
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United Nations Conference on Environment
Development, a.k.a. Rio Earth Summit, 1992
Two major achievements of the Earth Summit
Kyoto Protocol
(adopted 1997, Kyoto, Japan)
Convention on Biological Diversity
(key objective to develop national strategies
for the conservation sustainable use of
biodiversity)
Logo from www.eoearth.org
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UNESCO Programme on Man the Biosphere (MAB)
Biosphere Reserves
(531 in 105 countries since est. in 1970s)
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Photo from Wikipedia
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UNESCO Programme on Man the Biosphere (MAB)
Biosphere Reserves
(531 in 105 countries since est. in 1970s)
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Photo from Wikipedia
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UNESCO Programme on Man the Biosphere (MAB)
Biosphere Reserves
(531 in 105 countries since est. in 1970s)
Denali National Park, AK, USA
Photo from Wikipedia
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Convention for the Protection of World Cultural
Natural Heritage UNESCO World Heritage Sites
(678 cultural, 174 natural 26 mixed, in 145
countries est. in 1972)
Pirin National Park, Bulgaria
Photo from Wikipedia
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Convention for the Protection of World Cultural
Natural Heritage UNESCO World Heritage Sites
(678 cultural, 174 natural 26 mixed, in 145
countries est. in 1972)
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia
Photo from Wikipedia
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Convention for the Protection of World Cultural
Natural Heritage UNESCO World Heritage Sites
(678 cultural, 174 natural 26 mixed, in 145
countries est. in 1972)
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Photo from Wikipedia
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Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance (est. in Ramsar, Iran)
(1,801 sites since est. in 1971)
Kakadu National Park, Australia
Logo photo from Wikipedia
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Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance (est. in Ramsar, Iran)
(1,801 sites since est. in 1971)
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Logo photo from Wikipedia
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U. S. National Parks
Table from Wikipedia
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U. S. National Parks
First U. S. National Park Yellowstone, 1872
Photo of boardwalk along Grand Prismatic Spring
from Wikipedia
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U. S. National Parks
First U. S. National Monument Devils Tower,
1906
Photo from Wikipedia
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U. S. National Forests
E.g., Kisatchie National Forest
Map from www.fs.fed.us
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Louisianas Government Departments
Agriculture Forestry
Culture, Recreation Tourism
Environmental Quality
Natural Resources
Wildlife Fisheries
Logos of LA Departments engaged in protected area
activities from respective departmental Web sites
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Louisiana State Forests
E.g., Alexander State Forest Indian Creek
Recreation Area
Photo from www.ldaf.state.la.us
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Louisiana State Wildlife Management Areas
E.g., Lake Ramsey sic Savannah WMA
K. Harms photo of 1-m2 plot containing gt 30
species of flowering plants
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Privately Protected Areas
E.g., NGOs such as TNC Lake Ramsay sic
Preserve
K. Harms photo of 1-m2 plot containing gt 30
species of flowering plants TNC The Nature
Conservancy
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Privately Protected Areas
E.g., Private organizations such as the Girl
Scouts
K. Harms photo of Whispering Pines Girl Scout
Camp, St. Tammany Parish, LA logo from
www.girlscouts.org
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Private Protected Areas
E.g., Conservation easements
Legally enforceable land preservation agreement
between a landowner and government agency
(municipality, county, state, federal) or
qualified land protection organization, for
conservation
Restricts real estate development, commercial and
industrial uses, and certain other activities, to
a mutually agreed upon level
Remains the private property of the landowner
Binding on all future owners of the property
Landowner may receive significant tax advantages
for having donated or sold the conservation
easement