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11, September 2003 Highlights
 Participants
to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) met in seven workshop
streams throughout the day to address: linkages in the landscape
and seascape; building broader support for protected areas
(PAs); PA governance; developing the capacity to manage PAs;
evaluating management effectiveness; building a secure financial
future; and building comprehensive PA systems. All workshop
streams held plenary and break-out sessions throughout the
day. Side meetings and special events were also held. (...)
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Noticias
del CMP
Septiembre 11, 2003
Científicos
mesoamericanos reciben reconocimiento por parte de
UICN
 Durban,
Sudáfrica, 11 de septiembre de 2003 (IUCN)
- Dos
científicos mesoamericanos, Dr. Enrique
Beltrán
C. y el Dr. Gerardo Budowski, recibieron ayer un
reconocimiento, cada uno, por su trayectoria en
el área
de la conservación y promoción de
las áreas
protegidas y los recursos naturales, durante el
V Congreso Mundial de Áreas Protegidas de
la UICN que se lleva a cabo en Durban, Sudáfrica.(...)
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September 11, 2003
Actions
Plans in the Mediterranean
 The
second Mediterranean event organized
during the Vth IUCN World Parks
Congress (WPC) drew on the different
action plans implemented in the
region. Representatives from Parks
for Life in Europe, IUCN North
Africa and Middle East programme,
Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean
Importance, the Mediterranean Action
Plan of the Barcelona Convention,
Medwet, and Euro Parc explained
their initiatives to promote the
protection of natural areas and
improve livelihoods .(...)
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September 11, 2003
Marine
protected areas may be the only
hope for the survival of sawfishes
says IUCN shark specialists
 A
strong message that is being fed
into the World Parks Congress by
the IUCN Shark Specialist Group
is that marine protected areas
(MPAs) may provide the only hope
for some threatened shark species.
If certain species such as the
sawfishes do not receive immediate
protection, they may soon be extinct.
Yet MPAs are just one vital aspect
of a suite of measure needed to
protect ocean species.(...)
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September 11, 2003
Bridges
from Durban to Cancun
 Whilst
delegates to the Vth IUCN World
Parks Congress gather in Durban,
South Africa, others have convened
in Cancun, Mexico for the Fifth
Ministerial Conference to the World
Trade Organization (WTO) that started
yesterday and will go on until
the 14th. Although the agendas
of the two meetings are different,
they do converge on a number of
points. It has been evident for
some time that trade policy and
environmental policy can no longer
ignore each other's existence.(...)
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September 11, 2003
"Road
to Destruction" Documentary
Launch During the World Parks Congress
 On
the remote edges of South Africa,
there are people doing something
central to the country's future.
Once threatened with removal from
their ancestral lands to make way
for wildlife, they are now using
nature to rebuild their lives and
the economy of the country. This
is the story of their road to restitution...... (...)
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September 11, 2003
IUCN’s
Technicolour Raincoat
 When
you go to an exhibition, you expect rows of neatly organized booths telling
their story through posters and books. The minute you enter the Durban
Exhibition Centre, you know you are in for a different experience. A
myriad of colours, smells and sounds greet you to the Vth IUCN World
Parks Congress expo. A walk through the action-packed hall is a truly
energizing experience. (...)
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September 11, 2003
"Bienvenue" To
The Cartagena Protocol
 The
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enters into force today, 90 days after
the ratification of Palau on June 13, 2003. To make it more user-friendly
for those involved in its implementation, the IUCN Environmental Law
Centre and FIELD are launching the French version of the Explanatory
Guide to the Biosafety Protocol, which was released in English on the
22nd of May this year. The translation, made possible by contributions
from the French, Swiss and Canadian Governments, draws on IUCN's international
expertise in environmental law to distil the meaning of the Protocol
and thus facilitate its understanding and the ongoing development of
national biosafety frameworks. (...)
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