**Meet the editor**

Mohd Nazip Suratman is a professor of Forestry and the head of the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. He holds a BSc (Forestry) degree from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and an MS degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of British Columbia

(UBC), Canada, and specialized in Forest Resources Management. Currently, much of his research work is focused on forest modeling, applied remote sensing, and biodiversity. Throughout his academic career, he has attained many national and international research grants and carried out a number of research projects that led to publications in leading journals, books, and chapters in books. He is currently the rector of UiTM Pahang Branch, Malaysia. Contact: nazip@uitm.edu.my

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Protected Area Management 1**

**Protected Areas 3** Mohd Nazip Suratman

**Case Study 13**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Conserving Biodiversity in**

Grazia Withalm and Michael Getzner

Ivan Martinić and Drago Marguš

**Responsibility for Future 35** Zdenka Křenová and Pavel Kindlmann

**Republic of Croatia 55**

**Section 2 Fish and Wildlife Conservation 73**

**National Park, Central Japan 75** Yukihiko Hashimoto and Tomohito Anrui

Novosel

Chapter 2 **Protected Areas and Regional Development: An Austrian**

Chapter 3 **Development Vision of Protected Areas in the Republic of Croatia: National Park "Krka" as a Trend Leader 25**

Chapter 4 **Transboundary Cooperation: The Best Way to Share Common**

Chapter 5 **Challenges in the Management of Plitvice Lakes National Park,**

Chapter 6 **Establishment of Management Plan by Sighting Reports of**

Maja Vurnek, Andrijana Brozinčević, Krešimir Čulinović and Anđelko

**Asiatic Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus): A Case Study in Oze**
