Indigenous Conservation Territory:
A new option for governance of protected areas
13 February 2008
CBD Meeting Rome
"Indigenous Lands of Latin America and the World make a substantial contribution to protected area objectives" recalled Mr Onel Arias Mazardule, a Kuna indigenous leader from Panama
Connect the parks to fight climate change - IUCN
13 February 2008
Biosphere Reserves Meeting, Spain
Conserving and connecting natural habitats is critical to combat climate change – and save species, according to IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas.
Governance as key for effective and equitable systems of protected areas
12 February 2008
Rome CBD meeting
The concept and practice of governance of protected areas - one of the less understood and more useful entry points for a successful implementation of the Programme of Work (PoW) on Protected Areas (PAs)– were the subject of an extremely well attended side event at the current CBD meeting in Rome.
Are Protected Areas Really contributing to Biodiversity Conservation?
A global study of management effectiveness is launched to find out.
11 February 2008
Rome CBD Meeting
How effective are the world’s protected areas? That’s the focus of a new report launched by IUCN’s (International Union for Conservation of Nature) World Commission on Protected Areas.
