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Certification of Archipelago NP as first marine PAN Park

11 December 2007 - PANParks
Archipelago National Park in the Baltic Sea has received recognition this week of being one of the best managed wilderness areas in Europe. As a result of undergoing an intensive independent assessment of its conservation, visitor management and sustainable tourism development it received the coveted status of being a certified PAN Park. Oulanka National Park was the first Finnish national park in the PAN Parks network.

Put biodiversity at centre of climate debate, says new experts survey
10 December 2007
New global survey of on-the-ground climate decision makers in 100+ countries launched.

B for Barcelona, biodiversity and beauty
5 December 2007
The logo for the next IUCN World Conservation Congress has been officially unveiled. The Congress, to be held in Barcelona from 5-14 October 2008, will celebrate diversity and how natural diversity underpins social, cultural and economic diversity.

World’s protected areas are “critical to stemming extinction crisis”
2 November 2007
Protected areas managers from around the world met at a recent forum organized by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) in Inverness, Scotland, to share their expertise.

The leaders of government organisations who manage the world’s major protected areas gathered for the 2007 World Protected Areas Leadership Forum to discuss the challenges facing national parks, world heritage sites and other protected areas.

The effects of climate change on protected areas and ideas on how to manage them most efficiently and effectively were brought up at the meeting. Conservation leaders from protected areas in Australia, Canada, Finland and Kenya, to name but a few, also discussed the importance of marine protected areas and the social and economic value all protected areas.

It’s ocean time for Latin America
17 October 2007
Marine protected areas should be the new priority for South American governments, according to those who attended the Latin American Parks Congress earlier this month.

Worldwide Alliance for Community Conserved Areas
9 October 2007
The first steps towards building a worldwide Alliance for Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) have been taken.

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Declaración de Bariloche
8 October 2007
Los más de dos mil doscientos participantes en este Segundo Congreso Latinoamericano de Parques Nacionales y otras Áreas Protegidas, celebrado en Bariloche entre el 30 de septiembre y el 6 de octubre del 2007 personificamos una amplia gama de variados intereses: gestores de áreas protegidas, representantes de gobiernos nacionales y locales y de organismos de integración regional, organizacione....

Latin America Meets to Strengthen National Parks, Protected Areas
5 October 2007
ENS
To protect the remaining natural resources of Latin America through collaborative action, Central and South American countries and nongovernmental organizations have been meeting all this week in Bariloche at the Latin American Congress of National Parks and other Protected Areas.

Latin American Parks are key for Regional Development
3 October 2007
The largest environmental event of 2007 started on Sunday: almost 2000 people will assist to the II Latin American Congress on National Parks and other Protected Areas.

2007 IUCN Red List information
12 September 2007

Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is taken.

As praise floods in, Foundation takes shape
27 August 2007

Thousands of congratulatory emails are flooding in from around the globe at the Balnarring (VIC) home of ranger and first time documentary film maker Sean Willmore after the July 31 simultaneous worldwide premiere of The Thin Green Line.

Peace Parks book explores how protected areas can resolve conflict
17 August 2007
A new publication, edited by IUCN WCPA member Saleem H. Ali and with a Foreword by IUCN’s Director General, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, examines how environmental conservation can be used to contribute to peace-building in conflict zones.

World Conservation Union sends mission to investigate gorilla shootings in DRC
15 August 2007
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has sent an emergency mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to investigate the killings of four endangered mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park

Bariloche será una oportunidad única
15 August 2007
Entrevista a Eduard Mulller, Coordinador de la línea temática 3 del II Congreso Latinoamericano de Parques Nacionales y otras Áreas Protegidas (Bariloche, Argentina. 30 de septiembre al 6 de octubre de 2007).

Kick-off grant for implementing the Kenton R. Miller Award for Innovation in National Parks and Protected Area Sustainability
3 August 2007
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has recently provided a kick-off grant for implementing the Kenton R. Miller Award for Innovation in National Parks and Protected Area Sustainability, to recognize those individuals who have demonstrated significant new approaches, tools, science, or practice to secure our precious protected areas around the world, especially in the face of global changes.

La France octroie 990 000 € pour renforcer les capacités de gestion des aires protégées en Afrique de l’Ouest
23 July 2007
Le Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial et le Bureau Régional de l’UICN pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest ont signé le lundi 23 juillet 2007 une convention de financement.

Arabian Oryx Sanctuary removed from the World Heritage List
29 June 2007
The World Conservation Union and UNESCO recommend the removal of a site from the World Heritage List for the first time in the history of the convention

After long and complex deliberations, the World Heritage Committee has decided to remove the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in Oman from the World Heritage List.

Three new sites inscribed on World Heritage List
27 June 2007
Following the recommendations of the World Conservation Union, three new sites have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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ST Kitts Government officially declares the Central Forest Range (CFR) a protected area
18 May 2007
The Government of St Kitts and Nevis has announced that the Central Forest Range (CFR) in St Kitts is a National Park. This new official designation signifies that all elements of biodiversity contained in the CFR are now under protection through the National Conservation and Environmental Protection Act.

Creating a common language for protected areas
IUCN paves the way for a common understanding of the world’s natural gems
11 May 2007
From 7 to 11 May 2007 over 100 experts from about 40 countries gathered in Almería, Spain, to improve the internationally-recognized IUCN Categories System, which since 1994 has created a “common language” for the world’s protected areas

Creando un lenguaje común para las áreas
protegidas
La UICN allana el camino para una comprensión común de los tesorosnaturales del mundo
Almería, España, 11 de mayo de 2007 (UICN)
Del 7 al 11 de mayo de 2007, más de 100 expertos de 40 países se reunieron en Almería, España, para mejorar el internacionalmente reconocido Sistema de Categorías de la UICN, que, desde 1994, ha creado un “lenguaje común” para las áreas protegidas del mundo.

Call for contributions: 2nd Latin American Parks Congress

4 May 2007

The 2nd Latin American Congress of National Parks and Other Protected Areas (Bariloche, Argentina, 30 September – 6 October 2007) is now open for contributions. The Congress will debate the role of protected areas in conservation, sustainable development and regional integration processes amongst Latin American countries.

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Indonesian survey demonstrates that marine protected areas accelerate coral recovery

4 May 2007

Marine protected areas greatly boost both coral recovery and the abundance of coral reef fish. This is the main finding of a survey on coral reefs in the northern Sumatran islands of Weh and Aceh earlier this year.

Climate change threatens UNESCO World Heritage sites
10 April 2007
The threats posed by climate change to natural and cultural sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List are outlined in a new UNESCO publication, "Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage"*.

Third Round of Alcoa Foundation Fellowship Launched
5 March 2007
The World Conservation Union (IUCN), one of three Sustainability Institutes for the Alcoa Foundation Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Programme, is calling for mid-career conservation and sustainable development practitioners from NGOs to submit proposals for applied research.

Philosophical shift in conservation reintegrates humans in nature Not all conservation is wilderness conservation
28 February 2007
Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
Humans are among the most successful of Earth's organisms. Living in every habitable, and sometimes uninhabitable, space, humans dominate the planet's surface and have become a global force that alters natural ecosystems, species distribution, and climate. Virtually no wilderness areas have escaped man's influence.

Public Private Round Table on Conservation of Protected Areas
13 February 2007
A Public Private Round Table on Conservation of Protected Forest Areas was held at the Radisson Water Garden Hotel on 12th February 2007, with the interest of building ‘conservation partnerships’ with leading national and multinational agencies of the private sector. IUCN Bangladesh initiated this dialogue, on behalf of the Forest Department and the Nishorgo Project..

“Working for Nature”: Europe Marks the Way for Youth
5 February 2007
The future of our protected areas lies in the hands of youth.  Yet the next generation of protected area professionals suffers from a serious lack of capacity with limited access to training and learning opportunities.  EUROPARC, supported by the German government, is acting to help young conservationists enter the professional field of protected areas through an online internship and vacancy exchange.