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

The Homepage www.iucn.org/wpc2003/ contains a brief introduction as to what the WPC is and links to the main sections -
This section contains information about the WPC, ranging from the concept of parks congresses with a historical overview of previous congresses, to logistical information such as details of the congress location, dates, organizers, and a brief description of the WCPA
Outputs of the Congress
Outputs of the Congress
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.
This is where new documents are posted and news disseminated. As well it host the daily coverage of the congress events and gives useful updates in the build up to the WPC. It includes links to the PARKS newsletter and a section for the Media, covering press releases, media briefs and details of media accreditation
All you ever wanted to know about the people behind the WPC, from IUCN and WCPA staff to people in South Africa National Parks, the South African Ministry for the Environment, the Congress Patrons and other partners. This section also provides useful links
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For a full copy of the WPC Proceedings, Download available here KB 2614 Bookmarked PDF.

Text in HTML and XML for ease of download

To receive a hard copy of this document please contact Cindy Craker

For ease of download, the proceedings have been divided into subsections. Each of these are bookmarked PDFs

Foreword - Acknowledgements - Executive Summary
Opening Ceremony
Plenary Sessions
1. Benefits Beyond Boundaries
2. Briefing for Workshop Streams
3. Global Partners for Protected Areas
4. Protected Areas in Africa
  Special Plenary Session
Symposia  
A Benefits to People
B Managing with Change
C Communities and Parks
D Working at Scale
Workshop Streams
I Linkages in the Landscape and Seascape
II Building Broader Support for Protected Areas
III Governance of Protected Areas - New Ways of Working Together
IV Developing the Capacity to Manage Protected Areas
V Evaluating Management Effectiveness
VI Building a Secure Financial Future
VII Building Comprehensive Protected Area Systems
Cross-cutting Themes
  Communities and Equity
  Marine
  World Heritage
Congress Outputs - Plenary Sessions
  Outputs of the Congress
  Implementing the Congress Outputs and Closing Ceremonies
Recommendations
The Durban Accord
The Durban Action Plan
Message of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Emerging Issues
The Durban Consensus on African Protected Areas for the New Millennium
Fred M Packard International Parks Merit Award
2003 UN List of Protected Areas
State of the World's Protected Areas Report (SoWPA)
Protected Areas Learning Network - PALNet
Special Focus Areas
  Mountain Protected Areas
  Tourism and Protected Areas
  Transboundary Protected Areas
WPC Exhibition, Events, Field Trips, and Short Courses
Digital Repository of WPC Documents and Presentations
Publications Launched at the Congress
Profile of WPC Participation
Survey of Participants at the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress
Acronyms

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