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European Protected Area Capacity Development and the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress
Europe, with its multiple languages, diverse habitats, and relatively dense populations, presents challenges to organizations striving to increase the capacity of professional staff to effectively manage protected areas. Eleven representatives from European organizations that provide protected area educational opportunities met 3 – 6 of June at a workshop on the Isle of Vilm, Germany to collaborate on the assessment, development and delivery of protected area capacity development programs and propose European contributions to the protected area capacity development cross cutting theme at the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress, to be held in November 2014 in Sydney, Australia. …
13 Jun 2013 | Article
Strong core of leaders selected for IUCN World Parks Congress
A strong core of leaders has been decided for the main programme streams at the IUCN World Parks Congress, to be held in Sydney, Australia in November 2014. Held under the theme ‘Parks, People, Planet: Inspiring Solutions’, the Congress will help set the agenda for protected areas for the next ten years. …
15 May 2013 | Article
Sydney ideal host for the IUCN World Parks Congress, says IUCN WCPA Chair
Ernesto Enkerlin Hoeflich IUCN WCPA Chair …
20 Mar 2013 | News story
The World Parks Congress needs you: contribute to a work stream now
08 Mar 2013 | Article
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Parks, people, planet: inspiring solutions
Vivid and dynamic, the logo for the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 approved by the International Steering Committee consists of a series of brush strokes each representing a different element of the Australian landscape and a thriving planet: water, earth, fauna, flora and sunlight …
21 Feb 2013 | Article
Leaders wanted for sixth World Parks Congress
The world’s most influential gathering of people involved in parks and protected area management – the IUCN World Parks Congress - is calling for inspiring leaders who will help position protected areas as solutions to some of today’s biggest global challenges and shape the agenda for protected areas and their management over the next decade and beyond. … | Spanish
24 Jan 2013 | News story
IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 build-up underway
This year, preparations will shift into high gear for the most important protected areas event of the decade, the IUCN World Parks Congress. Held only once every ten years, the sixth IUCN World Parks Congress will be hosted by Australia in Sydney, from 12 to 19 November 2014. Serving as more than a meeting place, the WPC is designed to achieve outcomes that have global and local impact, and influence the direction and trends involved in contemporary PA management. This Congress will serve as a vital link to achieving IUCN’s overall vision of a “just world that values and conserves nature” and deliver the IUCN Programme 2013-2106. …
09 Jan 2013 | Article
Proposed directions for the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress in 2014
The far-reaching targets now agreed in the CBD’s Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 rely heavily on successful protected area systems on land and sea, that are effectively managed and equitably governed in every country and in areas beyond national jurisdictions. A key task is to address the gaps in knowledge and capacity and to put protected area systems and institutions to work in addressing the challenges faced by our planet. …
19 Jun 2012 | Article
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Australia to host IUCN World Parks Congress in 2014
A landmark global forum on parks and protected areas is to be hosted in Australia in November 2014. The IUCN World Parks Congress takes place only once every 10 years, and is the world’s most influential gathering of people involved in protected area management. …
19 Jun 2012 | News story
