| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| PART ONE : INTRODUCTION AND KEY ISSUES | | |
| Introduction: Changing Views on the Management of Protected Areas | Luc Hens and Emmanuel K. Boon | 1-7 |
| National Environmental Policies: How neglected are National Parks? | Asamoah Boateng | 9-12 |
| Environmental Leadership and management of National Parks: Theory versus Reality | Emmanuel K. Boon and Dorcas Mbuvi | 13-31 |
| National Parks and Biodiversity Conservation as Instruments for Poverty Reduction | Luc Hens and Jean Huge | 33-41 |
| Conservation and management of Wildlife in National Parks: From Biological Conservation to Community Participation inn East Africa | Davis W. Barasa | 43-71 |
| Of What Value are National Parks? A Case of How Optimization Could Reduce the Current Bedlam in the Korup National Park, Cameroon | Charles Takoyoh Eyong, Emmanuel K. Boon and Albert Ahenkan | 73-93 |
| Can Benefit Sharing Sustain Participatory Natural Resources Management? The Case of Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest Reserve in Zanzibar | Makame Kitwana and Emmanuel K. Boon | 95-110 |
| Illegal Settlements and Land Degradation in Kalakpa Resource Reserve (Ghana): What are the Solutions? | Theo van Der Sluis | 111-125 |
| Eco-tourism, National Parks and Biodiversity Conservation | Kwaku Boakye | 127-137 |
| The Role of major Groups in the management of National Parks and Biodiversity Conservation | Kwame A. Domfeh and Justice Nyigmah Bawole | 139-147 |
| Communication and Outreach Programme for Biodiversity Conservation in Forest Reserves and National Parks | Patience Agyare-Kwabi | 149-156 |
| Participatory Mapping and Environmental Conservation in Western Africa: The SIGAP Strategy | Emanuela Casti | 157-172 |
| Water Resources and the management of national Parks | Jacob W. Tumbulto | 173-183 |
| Bush Fires and the Management of National Parks: Burkina Raso | Paul Ouedraogo and Yakubu Issaka Balma | 185-194 |
| Implications of the Kyoto Protocol for the Management of National Parks | Robert Bamfo | 195-201 |
| From African Ethnobotanical Biodiversity to Domestication of New Crops for Development | Patrick Van Damme | 203-212 |
| PART-TWO : AFRICAN SUB-REGIONAL CASE STUDIES | | |
| Management of National Parks and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa : Experience from South West Cameroon | Charles Takoyoh Eyong and Solvay Gerke | 213-235 |
| Forest Reserves and Biodiversity Conservation in Ghana | Albert Ahenkan and Emmanuel Boon | 237-255 |
| Management of national Parks and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa: East African Sub-regional Experiences | J. Kipn'getich, E.M. Kanga, R.O. Odongo | 257-266 |
| Biodiversity and Eco-Tourism in Southern Africa: Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction | Ndangwa Noyoo | 267-273 |
| PART THREE : INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES | | |
| Biodiversity Conservation: experiences from Brazil | Fernando Dias de Avila-Pires | 291-307 |
| Participation of Local Communities in management of Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation in Vietnam- Case study in Cat Ba National Park | Vu Van Hieu, Emmanuel K. Boon and Le Xuan Quynh | 309-330 |
| Conclusion | Emmanuel Boon and Amie Fletcher | 331-332 |
