WCPA Steering Committee Meetings

The WCPA Steering Committee meets once a year to discuss future plans for WCPA and compare results

WCPA Steering Committee Members in Ecuador, May 2009

WCPA and CEC Steering Committee Meeting, Ecuador 2009

A joint meeting of two Commission Steering Committees Each Commission met separately on its 2009-2012 agenda, and then worked together to propose mutual areas for action. Two reports summarize the findings of this May 2009 meeting of CEC, the Commission on Education and Communication, and WCPA, the World Commission on Protected Areas.

Joint CEC and WCPA Meeting

How can we raise the profile of protected areas? The question focused a full day of brainstorming in small groups that mixed members from both Commissions. WCPA members championed the key role of well-managed protected areas in addressing climate change and protecting biodiversity. Together with CEC members, the groups explored new collaboration in target areas: how to access and add to pools of conservation knowledge, how to apply the tools of strategic communication including media and fundraising, how to build professional capacity from parks managers to policy-makers, and how to engage young people as Commission members.

WCPA Steering Committee Meeting

WCPA Steering Committee Ecuador 2009 WCPA Steering Committee Meeting Reports
Members of the WCPA Steering Committee
  • WCPA Steering Committee Members in Ecuador, May 2009

    WCPA Steering Committee Members in Ecuador, May 2009

    Photo: Charles Besancon UNEP WCMC