Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Three Poles and Why Protect Them?

Chapter 3 Unnatural Selection of Antarctic Toothfish in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Chapter 4 Protection of Wilderness and Aesthetic Values in Antarctica

Chapter 5 Real World Protection for the “Third Pole” and Its People

Chapter 6 Mining the Himalayan Uplands Plant Database for a Conservation Baseline Using the Public GMBA Webportal*

Chapter 7 Community-Based Surveys and Management of Walruses and Polar Bears in the Area of Cape Kozhevnikov (Chukotka, Russia)

Chapter 8 Toward the New Role of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in the Arctic: The Russian Case

Chapter 9 Status, Threat, and Protection of Arctic Waterbirds

Chapter 10 Global Issues for, and Profiles of, Arctic Seabird Protection: Effects of Big Oil, New Shipping Lanes, Shifting Baselines, and Climate Change

Chapter 11 Polar Diseases and Parasites: A Conservation Paradigm Shift

Chapter 12 Yet Another, But This Time Realistic, Polar Synthesis, Meta-Analysis, and Outlook: Protecting Ice, Snow, People, Species, Habitats, and Global Temperatures for Good?