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Vth World Parks Congress - 7-17 September 2003, Durban, South Africa

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IUCN publications prepared in relation with
the Vth World Parks Congress
Durban, South Africa, 7-18 September 2003

Published IUCN Documents
Unpublished IUCN documents
Non IUCN publications launched at the Congress

Conservation on private lands : the Australian experience / Figgis, Penelope - IUCN, Protected Areas Programme ; IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. - 2004.

Guidelines for planning and managing mountain protected areas / Hamilton, Lawrence S., ed. ; McMillan, Linda, ed. - IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. - 2004.

How is your MPA doing ? A guidebook of natural and social indicators for evaluating marine protected areas management effectiveness / Pomeroy, Robert S. ; Parks, John E. ; Watson, Lani M. - IUCN, Protected Areas Programme ; WWF ; United States, NOAA. - 2004.

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Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use : lessons learned from ecological networks / Bennett, Graham - IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management ; Syzygy, NL. - 2004.

International environmental governance : an international regime for protected areas / Scanlon, John, ed. ; Burhenne-Guilmin, Françoise, ed. - IUCN, Environmental Law Centre ; IUCN, Environmental Law Programme ; Canada, Parks Canada. - 2004. - IUCN environmental policy and law paper , no. 049.

Linkages in practice : a review of their conservation value / Bennett, Graham - IUCN; Syzygy, NL. - 2004.

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Parks in transition : biodiversity, rural development and the bottom line / Child, Brian, ed. - IUCN South Africa. - 2004.

Participatory conservation : paradigm shifts in international policy - A compilation of outputs from global events related to participatory conservation / Balasinorwala, Tasneen ; Kothari, Ashish ; Goyal, Madhulika - IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas ; IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy ; Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas - TILCEPA ; Kalpavriksh, IN. - 2004.

2003 United Nations list of protected areas / Chape, Stuart, comp. ; Blyth, Simon, comp. ; Fish, Lucy, comp. ; Fox, Phillip, comp. ; Spalding, Mark, comp. - IUCN ; UNEP-WCMC. - 2003. - United Nations list of national parks

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Atelier sur la gouvernance des aires protégées d'Afrique - Workshop on the governance of protected areas in Africa / IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa ; Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement. - 2003.

Comprehensive protected areas system composition and monitoring / Vreugdenhil, Daan ; Terborgh, John ; Cleef, Antoine M. ; Sinitsyn, Maxim ; Boere, Gerard C. ; Archaga, Victor L. ; Prins, Herbert - IUCN ; World Institute for Conservation and Environment, US. - 2003.

Equidad entre areas protegidas y comunidades locales : reflexión desde Mesoamérica y el Caribe / Solís Rivera, Vivienne ; Madrigal Cordero, Patricia ; Ayales Cruz, Ivannia ; Fonseca Borrás, Marvin - Coope Sol i Dar, CR ; IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas ; IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy ; Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas - TILCEPA. - 2003.

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Evaluando la efectividad de manejo : la conservación de las áreas protegidas ahora y en el futuro - Evaluation de l'efficacité de la gestion : entretien des aires protégées dans le présent et l'avenir - Evaluating management effectiveness : maintaining protected areas for now and the future / Hockings, Marc ; Leverington, F. ; James, R. - IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas ; WWF ; University of Queensland, AU. - 2003.

The future we choose : vision and strategy for Russia's protected areas / Stepanitsky, Vsevolod ; Maleshin, Nikolai ; Blagovidov, Alexei - Russia, Ministry of Natural Resources ; IUCN, Office for the Commonwealth of Independent States ; WWF. - 2003.

Gestión de áreas protegidas mediterráneas : análisis y posibilidades de las redes y los planes de acción - Management of protected areas in the Mediterranean : assessment and opportunities of networks and action plans - Gestion des aires protégées méditerranéennes : évaluation et opportunités des réseaux et plans d'action / López Ornat, Arturo ; Correas, Elena - IUCN, Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation ; Spain, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales. - 2003.

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Innovative governance : indigenous peoples, local communities, and protected areas / Jaireth, Hanna, ed. ; Smyth, Dermot, ed. - IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy ; IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas ; Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas - TILCEPA. - 2003.

Linkages in the landscape : the role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation / Bennett, Andrew F. - IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme ; Australia, Environment Australia. - 2003. - Conserving Forest Ecosystems Series, no.001.

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Local communities, equity and conservation in southern Africa : a synthesis of lessons learnt and recommendations from a southern African technical workshop / Whande, Webster ; Kepe, Thembela ; Murphree, Marshall - University of Western Cape, Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, ZA ; Africa Resources Trust ; IUCN; Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas - TILCEPA. - 2003.

Monitoring coral reef marine protected areas, version 1 : a practical guide on how monitoring can support effective management of MPAs / Wilkinson, Clive R. ; Green, Alison ; Almany, Jeanine ; Dionne, Shannon - Australian Institute of Marine Science, AIMS ; IUCN, Global Marine Programme ; The Nature Conservancy ; Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. - 2003.

Protected areas in 2023 : scenarios for an uncertain future, presented to the Vth World Congress on Protected Areas, Durban, South Africa, September 2003 / McNeely, Jeffrey A., ed. ; Schutyser, Frederik, ed. - IUCN. - 2003.

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Protected areas in Uganda : benefits beyond boundaries, published to mark Uganda's participation in the World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa, September 2003 / Roberts, Andrew, ed. - Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Authority ; IUCN ; International Gorilla Conservation Programme. - 2003.

Protected areas : perspectives from India / Kothari, Ashish - India National Committee for IUCN ; Wildlife Institute of India ; India, Ministry of Environment and Forests ; Centre for Environment Education. - 2003.

Tourism at the Vth World Parks Congress : report from the Chair of the Task Force on Tourism and Protected Areas / Eagles, Paul F.J. - IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. - 2003.

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Transboundary peaceful cooperation and development while protecting biodiversity / IUCN ; International Tropical Timber Organization. - 2003.

Turismo sostenible en áreas protegidas : directrices de planificación y gestión - Sustainable tourism in protected areas : guidelines for planning and management / Eagles, Paul F.J. ; McCool, Stephen F. ; Haynes, Christopher D. - IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas ; UNEP ; World Tourism Organization ; Spain, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales. - 2003. - Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series , no.008.

Workshop on the governance of protected areas in Africa - Atelier sur la gouvernance des aires protégées d'Afrique / IUCN, Regional Office for Western Africa ; Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement. - 2003.

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World Heritage Convention : effectiveness 1992-2002 and lessons for governance, background paper prepared for Parks Canada / Thorsell, James - Canada, Parks Canada. - 2003.

Evaluación de la efectividad : resumen para los directores de parques y formuladores de la política de áreas protegidas - Evaluating effectiveness : a summary for park managers and policy makers - Evaluation de l'efficacité : synthèse à l'intention des gestionnaires de parc et des décideurs - Mengevaluasi keefektifan : ringkasan untuk para pengelola taman nacional dan pembuat kebijakan / Hockings, Marc ; Stolton, Sue ; Dudley, Nigel - IUCN ; WWF. - 2002.

Policy matters : newsletter of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy / Special issue : Community empowerment for conservation, no.12, 2003.

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Unpublished IUCN documents

Securing protected areas in the face of global change : options and guidelines. Call for comment and input / Boness, Melissa; Bergst, Bret; Miller, Kenton. - IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas; Unesco, World Heritage Centre, Paris, FR; The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, US; Conservation International, Washington, DC, US; World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, US. - August 2003.

Speaking a common language : an assessment of the IUCN categories of protected areas carried out for the World Commission on Protected Areas... An integrated research project / Phillips, Adrian; Stolton, Sue; Dudley, Nigel; Bishop,Kevin. - Cardiff University, GB; IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. - August 2003.

Evaluating governance : a handbook to accompany a participatory process for a protected area / Abrams, Peter; Borrini- Feyerabend, Grazia; Gardner, Julia; Heylings, Pippa. - IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy; IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas; Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas - TILCEPA. - July 2003.

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Non IUCN publications launched at the Congress

Strategic round table on the role of protected areas and ecological networks in biodiversity policies - Netherlands, Ministry for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. - 2003.

Benefits beyond boundaries : work in the UK's protected areas / Holdgate, Martin W., foreword. - Council for National Parks, UK. - 2003.

Managing tourism at World Heritage sites : a practical manual for World Heritage site managers / Pedersen, Art. - UNESCO, World Heritage Centre ; UNEP, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics. - 2002.

Tourism and biodiversity : mapping tourism's global footprint / Christ, Costas ; Hillel, Oliver ; Matus, Seleni ; Sweeting, Jamie. - Conservation International ; UNEP. - 2003.


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This section contains a breakdown of the programme per day, details of the workshops, side events and short courses. It also provides information about the exhibition, the field trips and pre / post congress tours.
Les résultats prévus au COngrèsLos resultados previstos del Congreso
The Durban Accord is a high level vision statement for PAs in the 21st Century - a message to the world from the Congress.
The WPC Recommendations are 30 stand-alone recommendations linked to WPC workshop streams and cross cuts themes.
The Inputs into the CBD process will provide input from the WPC to the Conference of the Parties (COP) 7. This COP will be held in Malaysia in February, 2004, and will focus on protected areas.
WPC Emerging Issues
Strengthening Protected Areas: Ten Target Areas for Action in the Next Decade
A number of other outputs are planned, which will relate to Tourism, Transboundary initiatives, Protected Area Categories Review, Extractive Industries, the Spiritual values of Protected Areas, Mountains and African protected areas.
Managing Protected Areas in the 21st Century will be a handbook for PA practitioners collating the learning from Durban. Rich in case studies, models, lessons learned and drawn mostly from the IUCN World Parks Congress Streams and Cross Cutting Themes, it will be the 'User Manual' for the Durban Accord.
Non Material Values of Protected Areas Outputs
PALNet - Protected Areas Learning Network
The United Nations List & State of the World's Protected Areas (PAs) Report will be the global report card for the world's PAs.
World Parks Congress Outputs from the Transboundary Protected Areas Task Force of the IUCN-WCPA

For more information, please contact
David Sheppard,

Head, Programme on Protected Areas, IUCN

 
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