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Protected areas that meet across international borders provide important
opportunities for collaboration between managers and scientists in neighbouring
countries. Various terms are used to describe these areas - transboundary
protected areas, transfrontier protected areas, and peace
parks are the most common.
These areas provide possibilities for promoting biodiversity conservation
and sustainable use across politically divided ecosystems, while at the
same time encouraging international collaboration in management, the sharing
of experience and the sharing of information.
Status and distribution
The following list has been prepared by Dorothy Zbicz
(Duke University) as part of her doctoral thesis. The list is based on
extensive collaboration with both UNEP-WCMC and WCPA.
 Global
List of Adjoining Protected Areas
The full reference for Dorothy's thesis, which is available
from University Microfilms International, is: Zbicz, Dorothy Calhoun.
1999. Transboundary Cooperation in Conservation: A Global Survey of
Factors Influencing Cooperation between Internationally Adjoining Protected
Areas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Duke University.
Useful related weblinks
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Glacier National
Park (US)
Waterton Lakes Park (Canada)
US/Mexico
Big Bend National Park (US)
Caņon de Santa Elena Protection Area (Mexico)
Mexico/Guatemala/Belize
Rio Bravo National Park
Maya Forest Biosphere Reserve
Reserva de la Biosfera Maya, Guatemala
Propuesta de Corredor Biológico en la Selva Tropical Maya,
entre México y Guatemala
Panama/Costa Rica
"La Amistad"
Parque Nacional La Amistad (Panama)
Cordillera de Condor Peace Park (Ecuador/Peru)
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