Great Plains Research Spring 2010 Front Matter

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Date of this Version

Spring 2010

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Published in Great Plains Research 20.1 (Spring 2010)

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Copyright 2010 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Used by permission.

Abstract

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Saving the World’s Grasslands: An Introduction Richard Edwards and Richard P. Reading, Guest Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Global Trends in Private Protected Areas and Their Implications for the Northern Great Plains Jeff Langholz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Lessons Learned from Biodiversity Conservation in the Private Lands of Laikipia, Kenya Siva R. Sundaresan and Corinna Riginos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Conservation and Economic Lessons Learned from Managing the NamibRand Nature Reserve Nils Odendaal and Danica Shaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Cattle Ranching and Biodiversity Conservation as Allies in South America’s Flooded Savannas Almira Hoogesteijn and Rafael Hoogesteijn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

The Role of Conservation Research and Education Centers in Growing Nature-Based Tourism Richard Edwards and Eric Thompson. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Proposed Standards and Guidelines for Private Nature Reserves in the Northern Great Plains Curtis Freese, Dawn Montanye, and Steve Forrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Conserving Mongolia’s Grasslands, with Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons for North America’s Great Plains Richard P. Reading, Don Bedunah, and Sukh Amgalanbaatar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

The Role of Ecotourism in Biodiversity and Grassland Conservation in Botswana Glyn Maude and Richard P. Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Toward a Strategy for the Conservation and Protection of the World’s Temperate Grasslands William D. Henwood. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

BOOK REVIEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

NEWS AND NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153