Conservation and Recreation in Protected Areas

Yun Ma is a lecturer in administrative law at the Law School of China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Beijing, China. She graduated cum laude from the Law School of CUPL with the bachelor’s degree in law, and obtained a ‘free pass’ to the master studies in constitutional and administrative law at CUPL. Funded by the China Scholarship Council, she worked as a PhD candidate at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law and Erasmus China Law Center at the Erasmus School of Law since September 2011 and obtained her doctoral degree in 2015. She worked as a visiting researcher at Maurer School of Law of Indiana University and S.J.Quinney College of Law of University of Utah in the United States between September 2013 and February 2014. Her research interests include administrative law, natural resources law and environmental governance. She has authored and co-authored articles and book chapters on administrative litigation, private land conservation, national parks and other topics.

Preface; Introduction. Part I Conflicts in Theory: Concepts, Institutions and Rationale: Schemes of protected areas: historical, structural and institutional perspectives; Resolving conflicts in protected areas: rationale, principles and the institutional approach. Part II Country Studies - United States: The legal framework of protected areas in the United States; The formation of conflicts in public land designation and management; Resolution of conflicts in legislation and policies: assessing the legal foundations; Resolution of conflicts: a judicial perspective. Part III Country Studies - China: The legislative and policy frameworks of protected areas in China; The formation of conflicts in the designation and management of protected areas in China; The resolution of conflicts in law and practice in China; Pudacuo National Park and beyond in Yunnan Province: national parks envisioned and national parks in practice; Comparative observations, conclusions and recommendations; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.