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Protected Area Perspective
Interview: Protected Areas— governance, management and why we should care
Dr. Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend—Global Coordinator of the ICCA Consortium— is principal author of the newest IUCN Best Practice in Protected Areas Guidelines …
11 Sep 2013 | Article
Interview: Temperate grasslands, the most threatened biome in the world
Bob Peart is the Project Coordinator of the Temperate Grasslands Conservation Initiative (TGCI). The TGCI is a project of the World Commission on Protected Areas. …
20 Aug 2013 | Article
Alistair Morrison – Director-General, Department of Conservation, New Zealand
Bridging the gap between the intrinsic and economic value of nature …
29 May 2013 | Fact sheet
A shining example for Park Managers
Dr. Namkhai Bandi – finalist for the 2012 Kenton Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Area Management …
07 Mar 2013 | Fact sheet
Saving the rainforest with a groundbreaking protected area management model
Sukianto Lusli, Agus Budi Utomo and Yusup Cahyadin – Kenton Miller Award finalists for 2012 …
20 Mar 2013 | Fact sheet
Peter Cochrane, Director of National Parks, Co-host World Parks Congress Sydney 2014
Calling for leaders to step up for the world’s premier protected areas event …
20 Feb 2013 | Fact sheet
Bob Debus - The Australia National Wildlife Corridors Plan
The newly released Australian National Wildlife Corridors Plan provides a national framework for conservation at a landscape scale. It is built upon an understanding that in Australia, as elsewhere, the decline of biodiversity can only be halted by the protection of intact landscape, or by the restoration of habitat and connectivity to restore health to fragmented landscapes. …
15 Nov 2012 | Fact sheet
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Changing the way we look at protected areas
Ernesto Enkerlin Hoeflich is the new Chair of IUCN WCPA …
28 Sep 2012 | News story
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Francesco Framarin: The Return of the Bearded vulture to Gran Paradiso National Park
The last documented shooting of a Bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, in the Alps took place in 1912, in a valley which is now included in the Italian Gran Paradiso National Park (Western Alps). Exactly 100 years later, two pairs of vultures successfully bred in the same area. Those birds originate from an international project started in 1978, which continues to this day. The successful project was preceded by close to eight years of uncertainties and failures, evidence of the difficulties and great expense of time needed to reintroduce a species after its extinction. …
12 Dec 2012 | Fact sheet
Graeme Kelleher - Ocean Elder
Being an OceanElder is quite quaint. We're a disparate bunch, as you can see below, therefore we do not engage in pedantic debate. In fact, we generally agree and debate is minimised. …
10 Jan 2013 | Article
Oscar Loayza: My Kenton Miller Award
In the current situation, a stable job in Bolivia is very important for every individual and his or her family. Having a job that one enjoys is an additional element difficult to assess. Having a job that not only fulfils you but satisfies you personally and professionally is a lot to ask. My work has both enabled me to fulfil my expectations and to be part of concrete actions that benefited people in need and contributed to the protection and conservation of nature. Such a situation exceeds anyone’s expectations and generates personal and professional motivation and satisfaction that is difficult to measure. In addition, receiving an award that openly recognizes and values my work, is a gift that only God, in his infinite power permits. … | Spanish
01 Nov 2012 | Fact sheet
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Standing tall
A farewell note to Nik Lopoukhine By Trevor Sandwith, Director Global Protected Areas Programme …
02 Sep 2012 | Fact sheet
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Manuai Matawai – Island Voyager
Connecting conservation areas, culture and climate change in the Pacific …
08 Feb 2013 | Fact sheet
