IUCN's Programme on Protected Areas (PPA) is glad to update WCPA members with the latest protected area and IUCN news
Australian Wildife corridor protects species in a changing climate More...
Healthy Parks Healthy People Video now up on the website More,,,
Protected Areas Review Retreat More...
Young Conservationist Award for Alisdair Harris More ...
For previous news on WCPA please visit the WCPA news page of our website
The Protected Areas Programme is putting together a series of fact sheets on different kinds of protected areas for the International Year of Biodiversity. These fact sheets are translated into French and Spanish and are available on the WCPA website under Fact Sheets and the Protected Areas Programme Website under what is a PA. The second fact sheet is on Connecting Protected Areas.
For the International Year of Biodiversity, and in connection with the work done by the Species Programme of IUCN, the Protected Areas Programme is promoting the Protected Area of the Day, to see which Protected Area is promoted each day, click on this link
Upcoming Events
| 11-16 April 2010 | International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress, Melbourne Australia - Registration now open - More Information |
| 13-17 April 2010 | Congrès des reserves naturelles de France More Information |
| 19-22 April 2010 | Conferencia Mundial de los Pueblos sobre el Cambio Climático y los Derechos de la Madre Tierra Electronic Conference More Information |
| 3-7 May 2010 | 5th Global Conference on Ocean, Coasts and Islands, Paris, France, More information Call for Abstracts is open |
| 15-17 June 2010 | Sustainable Ocean Summit , Belfast Ireland More Information |
| 23-26 June 2010 | 6th International Conference on Small Island Cultures, Guernsey More information Call for Papers |
| 3-7 July 2010 | 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology: Conservation for a changing planet, Edmonton, Canada, More information |
For more protected area events visit our webpage http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/wcpa/wcpa_focus/wcpa_events/
Publications available
Protected Areas and Development in South America More...
Okavango Delta : Floods of life More...
Evaluation de l'efficacité de la gestion des aires protégées : parcs et réserves du Burkina Faso More...
Last of the Wild - PANParks Publication
As Nature intended PanParks Publication
Articles of interest
The velocity of climate change
Carrera de las especies para salvarse del cambio climático
Adult Learning and the Environment in the last century
New Tools
Portal de Legislación sobre ANP Portal
Website of interest
IUCN IYB Website
Courses now available on the PALNet website www.parksnet.org
Advanced Course in World Heritage Conservation and Management - September 2010 More information
12-29 de Abril del 2010 CURSO INTERNACIONAL GESTIÓN COMUNITARIA EN ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS, ZONAS DE AMORTIGUAMIENTO Y CORREDORES BIOLÓGICOS, CATIE, Costa Rica, for more information email www.catie.ac.cr
July upcoming CATIE/CI/CSU mobile seminar on PA management, Belize and Guatemala, given in English: Brochure: http://www.catie.ac.cr/BancoMedios/Documentos%20PDF/capacita_2010_viii_intermobile.pdf Application form: http://www.catie.ac.cr/BancoMedios/Documentos%20Office/capacita_2010_semmovilform.doc
July- August Colorado State University protected area short course More information - En espanol
13-24 September 2010 'Management Planning for Cultural Heritage' More Information
Positions available
Birdlife Project Development Specialist - based in Kenya with travel to Seychelles More information
Birdlife Regional Director for the BirdLife Africa Division - Nairobi, Kenya More Information
Positions available in IUCN Click here
Scholarships
Danielle de St Jorre Scholarship For more information
Young Professional Section now up
If you are interested in being a WCPA YOung Professional member or are not sure if you already are one, please email delwyn.dupuis@iucn.org
For more information on WCPA Young Professionals Click here
