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OUTPUTS
OF THE CONGRESS
THE DURBAN LINK
Strengthening Protected Areas:
Ten Target Areas for Action in the
Next Decade
It became clear during IUCN's Vth World Parks Congress
in Durban that the key to linkages is that parks exist not as unique
islands, but as places in a matrix.
An effective system of protected areas is essential for conserving
biodiversity but is not efficient: protected areas need to be planned
and managed as an integral part of the global bio-cultural matrix.
Protected areas both need, and can provide for, ecological, cultural
and social resilience. They are indeed the "resilience parachutes" of
the world, concentrates of biological and cultural diversity.
In THE DURBAN LINK ten target areas for action to strengthen protected
areas are listed that were recognised by IUCN's Vth World Parks
Congress. These ten target areas for action are essential steps
for achieving more sustainable protected areas - while solving
other pressing social and environmental issues.
THE
DURBAN LINK has been launched by Peter Bridgewater,
Secretary General of the Ramsar
Convention, at the 25 years celebration
of the Tri-lateral
Wadden Sea Cooperation on 22 October 2003 in
Willemshafen, Germany. For this occasion THE DURBAN
LINK has been translated into the official languages of the countries involved:
Dutch, German and Danish.
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Documents
- The Durban Link
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Linkages
Workshop Stream Documents
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