Stan Stevens has put together a fine book that “explores new directions in conservation thinking and in the protected area movement”. Those new directions start from the premise that indigenous people in many parts of the world have long contributed to maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems within their traditional lands. They have done this, first, by living in ways that left their resources and environments intact and, second, by resisting outsiders’ efforts to take over their lands or exploit their resources. This book provides an unusually useful combination of systematic overviews and syntheses of theory and experience with in-depth case studies of major protected areas and their regions in which indigenous peoples live and are involved in management. Throughout there are good summary and comparative tables, case-study maps, and a few well-selected illustrations. All are legible and relevant.