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Wednesday
10, September 2003 Highlights
 Participants
of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) met in two morning symposia to address "Community
and Parks" and "Working at Scale." Plenary met in the afternoon
to hear a briefing on the upcoming workshop streams and cross-cutting themes.
Numerous side meetings and special events on, inter alia, transboundary protected
areas (PAs) and biodiversity and mining were held throughout the day. (...)
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September 10, 2003
Scientific
protocol for the GSLWP to go forward to the World Parks Congress from
scientists
 ‘People
and Parks’ Scientific conference - Cape Vidal, Greater St Lucia
Wetland Park, 5-7 September 2003 - With the global
increase in the number and extent of protected areas globally, we recognise
the need for new forms of governance - new institutional arrangements
to manage these areas sustainably. These new arrangements require a sound
knowledge base of both scientific and indigenous knowledge as a basis
for decision making. (...)
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September 10, 2003
Mediterranean
Flavour in the World Parks Congress Cuisine
 Durban,
South Africa, 10 September 2003 - During the Vth IUCN
World Parks Congress (WPC) currently taking place in Durban, the IUCN
Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation organized a session specifically
targeted at Mediterranean participants to focus on regional issues relating
to protected areas. Over 100 dignitaries, government officials, NGO representatives,
and conservationists discussed contributions to the broad spectrum of
issues tackled during the ten-day Congress, and ways to further efforts
to conserve and sustainably use the region’s resources. (...)
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WPC
TNC/WWF/IUCN Press Release
September 10, 2003
Global
Fire Partnership Established to Combat Escalating Forest Fires Issues
 Durban,
South Africa, 10 September 2003 - The World Conservation
Union, The Nature Conservancy and WWF International today announced that
they are joining efforts to establish a Global Fire Partnership that
will help prevent the kind of destructive forest fires currently raging
throughout North America, Europe and other parts of the world. The Partnership
was launched at the World Parks Congress, highlighting the three organizations’ commitment
to finding solutions to unwanted wildfires which impact human lives,
degrade the environment and threaten the success of conservation activities
worldwide. (...)
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September 10, 2003
Celebration
of the Sacred and Non-Material Values of Protected Areas
 Durban,
South Africa, 9 September 2003 - The Vth IUCN World
Parks Congress last night paid tribute to the importance of spiritual
values in securing the future of protected areas. The ceremony was a
call for global action to support their recognition in protected area
policies and management. (...)
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September 10, 2003
Moving
Towards Increased Social Equity and Benefits To People in Protected Areas
 Durban,
South Africa, 9 September 2003 - The Vth IUCN World
Parks Congress (WPC) opened with a broad commitment from global leaders
to address the needs and concerns of indigenous peoples and local communities
in protected areas, and to better link these to the pressing needs of
poverty reduction and livelihood security. (...)
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September 10, 2003
Fireworks
of Speakers and Theater
 Durban,
South Africa, 8 September 2003 - A dazzling ceremony
marked the opening of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress being held in
Durban, South Africa, until the 17th. With most of the 2500 plus delegates
present in the Plenary hall, the speeches were greeted with a roar of
applause. Master of Ceremonies and IUCN Director General, Achim Steiner
went on to introduce a wealth of guests including President Thabo Mvuyelwa
Mbeki of South Africa, HM Queen Noor, former president Nelson Mandela,
UNEP’s Dr Klaus Toepfer, a young ranger representatives, IUCN President
Yolanda Kakabadse, and many more. The addresses were backed by Theatre
Africa who stunned the public with awesome imitations of wild animals.
The ceremony was followed by an opening reception in the adjacent Durban
Exhibition Centre.
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September 10, 2003
The
Cape Vidal Memorandum Statement to the 5th WPC
 Cape
Vidal, Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, 5-7 September 2003 - As
South African communities who were removed or threatened with removals
from protected areas to make way for wildlife, this statement represents
our vision for the World Parks Congress. At a joint meeting of communities
and social and natural scientists on the eve of the WPC, community representatives
discussed issues related to the restitution of their land in protected
areas. (...)
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September 10, 2003
Pakistan's
Protected Areas Carve Out a Niche in Cyber Space
 Karachi,
Pakistan, September 10, 2003 - To
mark the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC), the Education,
Communication and Knowledge Management Team of IUCN
Pakistan has developed a website on Protected Areas
of Pakistan. It was formally launched in Pakistan to
synchronize it with the inauguration of WPC, and could
be accessed at: www.protectedareas.iucnp.org (...)
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