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July 30,
2003
HOW
MUCH IS ENOUGH? CONSERVATION FINANCE ALLIANCE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The
most recent credible estimate of the total annual costs to operate
an effective, representative global protected areas system is
US $45 billion, yet current expenditures to manage the existing
global protected areas network are estimated at US $6.5 billion.
The quantum leap required to attain a level of funding sufficient
to ensure a sustainable future and halt global biodiversity
loss has driven 19 institutions, including IUCN, to establish
the Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA). The Alliance strives
to accelerate the delivery of conservation finance solutions
by collaborating in areas where working together is more effective
than working alone. The CFA will catalyze increased and sustainable
public and private financing for large-scale biodiversity conservation
efforts, including Multilateral Environment Agreements such
as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention
on Wetlands. Financing is also an issue that will be debated
at the upcoming Vth IUCN World Parks Congress to be held in
South Africa in September.
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July 28,
2003
UICN
MESOAMÉRICA CELEBRA VI FORO REGIONAL
Las
organizaciones miembro, los Vice-presidentes de las Comisiones
y representantes de la Secretaría Regional de la Unión
Mundial para la Naturaleza en Mesoamérica, tendrán
la oportunidad de reunirse en el VI Foro Regional que se realizará
en Honduras, del 27 al 31 de julio de 2003, precediendo la celebración
del V Congreso Mundial de Parques (Durban, 2003) y del III Congreso
Mundial de la Conservación (Bangkok, 2004). “El
foro representa el punto de encuentro de los tres pilares fundamentales
de la Unión, en un espacio único de interacción
presencial” -afirmó Jesús Cisneros, Coordinador
de la Unidad de Membresía, Monitoreo y Evaluación
de la UICN Mesoamérica. Según Cisneros, el Foro
es un momento para hacer un “alto” en el camino y
reflexionar y evaluar los alcances logrados hasta ahora, antes
de seguir adelante.
Toda
la historia // UICN
ORMA
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July 22,
2003
WILL
NIGER’S AÏR AND TÉNÉRÉ NATURAL
RESERVES BE ABANDONED?
The
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves in
Niger are in danger of becoming orphans. For over a decade,
during the 1991-1997 armed conflict between the Tuaregs and
the government of Niger and ongoing unrest since then, the park
has had no authority in place to stop poachers from hunting
the last remaining populations of several endangered antelope
species such as the Addax and Oryx. ‘If we don’t act
now, we are putting the reserves in jeopardy,’ warns Elhadji
Gagéré, Secretary General of the local NGO GAGE.
Aïr and Ténéré protected area was
established in 1975 with the help of IUCN – The World Conservation
Union and WWF. It is one of the biggest in Western Africa, covering
an area of 7.7 million ha and boasting the volcanic rock mass
of the Aïr, a small Sahelian pocket, and the Saharan desert
of Ténéré.
Full
story // IUCN
in Africa
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July 22,
2003
COMUNICACIÓN
EN EL MANEJO DE LAS ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS EN AMÉRICA
LATINA
Se
está desarrollando en Argentina la reunión sobre
el “Rol y el Impacto de la Comunicación en el Manejo
de las Áreas Protegidas en América Latina”,
organizado por la Comisión de Educación y Comunicación,
CEC, de la Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza, UICN, en
preparación hacia el Congreso Mundial de Parques a realizarse
en Durban, África del Sur, en septiembre de este año.
Esta reunión pretende identificar y mostrar la experiencia
y conocimiento acumulados en la región en materia de
comunicación, educación y conciencia pública.
El evento proveerá un espacio de intercambio de aprendizajes
entre gerentes y comunicadores/as que trabajan en áreas
protegidas en América Latina e identificará aquellos
factores clave que permiten lograr avances positivos. Su meta
es mejorar el reconocimiento del valor de la comunicación,
la educación y la conciencia pública como un medio
para desarrollar apoyo para las áreas protegidas entre
agencias de protección ambiental, ministerios del ambiente,
agencias internacionales y donantes.
Más
información // IUCN
CEC // UICN-SUR
Oficina Regional para América del Sur
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July 21,
2003
AFRICA
ADOPTS FIRST COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL TREATY ON NATURAL RESOURCES,
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
African
nations have received a ‘road map’ to manage their
natural resources more sustainably with the recent adoption
of a landmark treaty by the Heads of States of the Members of
the African Union. The revised African Convention on the Conservation
of Nature and Natural Resources was approved by the Assembly
of the African Union on July 11, 2003 in Maputo, Mozambique.
The revision of the 1968 Convention, first called for in 1980,
brings the treaty up to date with the latest developments in
international law, and the move towards sustainable development.
“The decision by Member States of the African Union to
endorse the revised Convention gives voice to the growing commitment
of African leaders to conservation and sustainable development,”
says IUCN Director General Achim Steiner.
Full
press release // IUCN
in Africa // IUCN
Environmental Law Programme
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July 15,
2003
YOUNG
CONVERSATIONIST & THE FUTURE OF PROTECTED AREAS WORLDWIDE
- A CALL TO DISCUSSION AT THE 5th WPC
Twelve
F&ES students and two F&ES faculty will be attending
the Fifth World Parks Congress in Durban, South Africa in September.
Most participating students were enrolled in a protected areas
course taught in the Spring, in which they conducted a survey
of the thoughts and ideas of young people around the world on
the future of protected areas. Published in July as a discussion
paper by Yale F&ES, the paper will be distributed at the
Congress and used as part of a scheduled discussion session
on the visions of young professionals for protected areas in
the future. Students hope that their findings will be used a
starting point for broader discussion among Congress participants
and that some of their thoughts will be incorporated in the
Durban Accord and Action Plan, one of the Congress output documents.
The purpose of the Fifth World Parks
Congress (Durban, South Africa, September 2003) is
"to demonstrate the relevance of protected areas to the
broader economic, social and environmental agendas for the world
in the 21st century, and to examine the challenges and opportunities
facing protected areas in coming decades, by bringing together
the world's foremost experts on protected areas."
In the Spring of 2003, Lisa Curran, associate professor of
tropical resources and director of the Tropical Resources Institute,
and Gordon Geballe, Associate Dean, with the assistance of Lisbet
Kugler ’01, research associate, taught "Protected
Areas Issues and Practices: Challenges for the Fifth World Parks
Congress." This research seminar had three major objectives:
1) to enable students to explore and summarize the major issues
and current practices that affect protected areas worldwide;
2) to gain an understanding of the proceedings and mechanics
of a global environmental conference such as the Fifth World
Parks Congress; and 3) to provide students with a unique opportunity
to contribute to the preparation, proceedings, and outcomes
of the Congress and to interact with leading professionals in
this field.
Through the course, students provided research to support various
Congress Workshop leaders, and topics ranged from transboundary
parks and governance issues to indigenous people, and also collectively
drafted a young professionals discussion paper on the future
of protected areas worldwide for dissemination at the Fifth
World Parks Congress.
In February 2003, students obtained permission from Congress
organizers to send a survey about protected areas to young people
who had applied to attend the Congress. The purpose was to understand
concerns and ideas of young conservationists from around the
world regarding the future of protected areas and to begin a
discussion in which their ideas could be brought together. Based
on these findings, students completed in July 2003 a young professionals
discussion
paper on the future of protected areas worldwide published
by the School to serve as a fruitful starting point for the
discussion of young conservationists' visions for and roles
in protected areas management, at the Congress and beyond. Students
hope that some of these thoughts and visions will be incorporated
into the Durban Accord and Action Plan and considered by Congress
attendees for implementation in individual protected areas.
Through their work, students participating in the Congress
hope to initiate an intergenerational dialogue among youth,
young professionals, and practitioners about how to improve
protected areas management worldwide, now and in the future,
and especially how to ensure that future by finding more and
better ways to engage young people around the world in conservation
today. To this end, students invite Congress participants to
join them in a scheduled
discussion at the Fifth World Parks Congress and urge
them to continue this dialogue beyond the Congress
Yale
Survey - Discussion Paper - PDF Document - 1MB
Plan
of Action for Engagement of Youth and Young Professionals at
the World Parks Congress - PDF Document - 128KB
Yale
School of Forestry and Environment Studies
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July 14,
2003
THE WPC EXHIBITION - BENEFITS BEYOND
BOUNDARIES
One
of the highlights of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress will
be the "Benefits Beyond Boundaries" Exhibition at
the Durban Exhibition Centre, organized by Village Exhibitions
and Events in collaboration with SANparks and IUCN. This promises
to be a high-powered, informative exhibition where congress
participants can glean insight into and exchange ideas on protected
areas issues. In addition to individual member displays, this
exciting venue will include an arts and crafts market, an international
food stand, the Thabani Theatre, Outer Limits Restaurant, facilities
for organizing parallel events, cocktail parties and presentations.
We encourage you to reserve space now in order to take this
unique opportunity to showcase your work and join in the effort
to bring awareness of protected areas agenda to the public eye.
The attached newsletter
gives further details of the exhibition and also describes a
new package that has been put together for exhibitors.
For full details on the availability of booths and rental costs
please visit the website: www.e3events.com/wpc
The time is drawing
closer and exhibition space is filling up so if you would like
to or are planning to exhibit please contact the organizers
as soon as possible to secure a space.
Please note there are only 53 days
left to build-up.
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July 11,
2003
SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES PROFILED AT THE
WPC
The
Vth IUCN World Parks Congress to be held in Durban, South Africa,
from 8 to 17 September, 2003, has as its theme "Benefits
Beyond Boundaries". It will address many relevant linkages
between protected areas and key social policy issues, for instance
Indigenous Peoples, Sacred Natural Areas, Human Mobility, Livelihoods,
and Gender. Rigoberta Menchu, the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner,
will speak on "Protected Areas and Indigenous Peoples:
spiritual values of protected areas and partnerships for a sustainable
future” at the opening ceremony of the WPC on September
8. She will also introduce a video on “Gender and Protected
Areas” at a Symposium on "Community and Parks"
on September 10.
More
information : (PDF
Documents)
Sacred
Natural Places
/ Gender
and Protected Areas
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July 07,
2003
STRIVING FOR A CARBON NEUTRAL VTH IUCN
WORLD PARKS CONGRESS
In
September this year, some 3000 delegates from all over the world
will make their way down to South Africa to attend the Vth IUCN
World Parks Congress. This once in a decade event will no doubt
produce many positive outcomes for protected areas and conservation.
It will also produce some less positive outputs – in the
form of carbon dioxide (CO2) and related green-house gases.
Aware of the impact such events have on the environment, IUCN
has teamed up with the Johannesburg Climate Legacy (JCL) team
to work out what the environmental footprint of the congress
will be, and to encourage delegates to offset the emissions
they cause by their presence in Durban. The JCL was initiated
under the “Greening the WSSD” project, which marked
the first serious attempt to reduce the environmental impacts
of a major United Nations summit on the host city. (...)
Full Story / Calculating
the footpring powerpoint (PowerPoint Document)
/ JCL
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July 03,
2003
SEIS NACIONES UNIDAS POR LA CONSERVACIÓN
DE LA GRAN RUTA INCA
La
Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza, UICN, en un esfuerzo
conjunto con varios organismos internacionales de conservación,
y con instituciones nacionales en Perú, Bolivia, Ecuador,
Argentina, Chile y Colombia, presentará una propuesta
orientada a la conservación de la Gran Ruta Inca, en
su Congreso Mundial de Parques, a realizarse en septiembre,
en Durban, Sudáfrica. La meta general del proyecto es
desarrollar una Red de Áreas Protegidas asociadas con
la Gran Ruta Inca (RAPAGRI), en los seis países cuyos
territorios alcanzó el imperio incaico. Esta red tendrá
entre sus objetivos lograr, entre otros, el desarrollo sostenible
de las comunidades andinas; la restauración y utilización
de la ruta principal y sitios arqueológicos asociados;
la identificación y manejo especial de sitios sagrados
naturales; la conservación de la biodiversidad y de cabeceras
de cuencas críticas. (...)
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July 02,
2003
LEADING CONSERVATIONISTS ON THE VTH
IUCN WORLD PARKS CONGRESS
In their
previous lives they were academics, prosecuting lawyers, economists,
and even loggers. Today, they lead the world’s largest
independent conservation organisations, working in an international
arena as well as in the most fascinating places around the world,
and shaping the future of conservation in the 21st century.
What do they think is the most important message that the Vth
IUCN World Parks Congress should convey? In interview sessions
carried out in IUCN headquarters in Switzerland, the leaders
of the World Resources Institute, WWF International, The Nature
Conservancy, BirdLife International, Fauna and Flora International,
the Wildlife Conservation Society, Conservation International,
and IUCN give you their views on the major global forum for
setting the agenda for protected areas. (...)
Full
Story / More
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July 01,
2003
A GLOBAL
AGREEMENT FOR PEOPLE AND THE EARTH’S PROTECTED AREAS
The
Durban Accord is a global outreach statement from those participating
in the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress to all constituencies with
interests and involvement in protected areas throughout the
world. It seeks to encourage a series of new dialogues and agreements
in recognition of the beneficial role which protected areas
provide to society. An open consultation on the draft texts
of the Durban Accord and Action Plan has just been established.
The closing date for comments is
25 July 2003 and comments should be sent, preferably
by email to Virginia Tschopp, IUCN Programme on Protected
Areas, Rue Mauverney 28, CH 1196 Gland, Switzerland, Tel: +41
22 999 0161, Fax: +41 22 999 0015, Email: Virginia.tschopp@iucn.org.
(...)
Full
Story / Durban
Accord / Durban
Action Plan /
List
of Drafting Group /
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