Recommended reference books, guidelines and standards

• Conservation Planning. Informed decisions for a healthier planet. 

  Authors: Craig R. Goves and Edward T. Game. Roberts and Company Publishers, 2016

• IUCN Green List Standard.
  The IUCN Green List Standard describes a set of components, criteria and indicators for successful conservation in protected areas. The purpose of the standard is “to encourage protected and conserved areas to measure, improve and maintain their performance through globally consistent criteria that benchmark good governance, sound design and planning, effective management, and successful conservation outcomes”. Part 1 presents the Global Standard; Part 2 outlines generic indicators and sample means of verification, and Part 3 provides guidance for components and criteria.

• IUCN Protected Area Management and Governance
  Authors: Graeme L. Worboys, Michael Lockwood, Ashish Kothari, Sue Feary and Ian Pulsford. Australian National University Press, April 2015