Аннотация:In an era of climate change, deforestation and massive habitat loss, we can no longer rely on parks and protected areas as isoleted "islands of wilderness to conserve and protect vital biodiversity. Increasing connections are being cobsidered and made between protectes areas, and 'connectivity' thinking has started to expand to the regional and even the continental scale to match the challenges of conserving biodiversity in the face of global environmental change. Thi groundbreaking book is the first guide to connectivity conservation manegement on local, regional and continental scales. Written by leading conservation and protected area manegement specialists under the auspices of the World Commission on Protected areas of IUCN, the International Union of Conservation Nature, this guide bring together a decade and a half of practice and covers all aspects of connectivity planning and management. The "Altai transboundary Knot"Chapter first time was presented ubder connectivity conservation management approach.