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September
2003
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WPC
Programme
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World
Parks Congress Programme
Day
2: Tuesday 9 September
Report
of the Day // Programme of the Day
REPORT OF THE DAY
Morning
Full Plenary: "Benefits Beyond Boundaries" //
Symposia A: "Benefits to People" // Symposia
B: "Managing with Change"
BENEFITS
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
On Tuesday,
9 September, participants met in Plenary to hear keynote
presentations on Benefits beyond Boundaries, under the chairmanship
of Abdulaziz Abuzinada, Saudi Arabia National
Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development.
David
Sheppard, IUCN, and WPC Secretary General, introduced
the WPC process, aims, organization and expected key outputs.
He called for a focus on issues of concern, including MPAs
and the role of indigenous communities.
Sylvia
Earle, National Geographic Society and Conservation
International (CI), presented a video on the challenges posed
by global change at the local level, highlighting that community
initiatives can be used as conservation models.
Angela
Cropper, IUCN, recalled the appeal for an approach
to PA management that supports sustainable development and
conservation, and called for increased financial support
and further protection of marine, freshwater and dryland
ecosystems.
Kenton
Miller, WCPA Chair, emphasized the need to manage
PAs cooperatively. He said managers should use science and
traditional knowledge to maximize PAs’ value, and suggested
adopting voluntary management standards.
Klaus
Töpfer presented on the state of the world’s
PAs. He said that although the total PA surface area has
doubled in the last decade, some geographical categories,
notably oceans and lake systems, are still largely under-represented.
Underlining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) regarding
poverty eradication and environmental sustainability, he
called for quantitative targets and timetables.
Bob
Scholes, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), presented
a progress report on the Southern African MA. He explained
that biodiversity is a necessary condition for ecosystem
services, and said ecotourism is a quantifiable index of
biodiversity’s economic value.
Russell
Mittermeier, CI President, stressed the need to:
expand marine and freshwater PA networks; demonstrate the
social and economic values of PAs; recognize ecosystem services
provided by PAs; and establish partnerships with indigenous
people.
Queen
Noor noted that the future of PAs is uncertain due
to physical, social and political change.
During
a panel discussion, moderator Vuyo Mbuli,
South Africa, presented a video on future challenges and scenarios
for PA management. On
behalf of Sayyaad Soltani, Iran, Aghaghia
Rahimzadeh, IUCN, described the traditional and sustainable
livelihood of her pastoral nomadic community, and urged participants
to help build capacity and preserve cultural heritage.
Stressing
the importance of conservation beyond PAs, André van
der Zande, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management
and Fisheries, introduced the concept of ecological networks. Ernesto
Enkerlin Hoeflich, President of Mexico’s National
Commission on Protected Areas, suggested using a percentage
of PA revenues for conservation purposes. John Makombo,
Uganda Wildlife Authority, advocated the empowerment of local
communities to generate sustainable revenues from PAs.
Estherine
Lisinge Fotabong, World Wildlife Fund for Nature
(WWF), noted that conserving PAs as biological islands could
result in local people losing rights and control over their
resources.
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BENEFITS
TO PEOPLE
On Tuesday,
9 September, WPC participants addressed benefits to people,
under the chairmanship of Hamid Zakri, Director
of the UN University.
Ian
Johnson, World Bank Vice President, said the current
system of financial valuation fails to capture all biodiversity
benefits, and advocated the valuation of ecological services
and the recognition of direct benefits, such as employment
generation and amenity exploitation. Regarding PA governance,
he emphasized the need to reduce corruption, integrate conservation
into other policies, and increase transparency.
Carlos
Rodriguez noted that, besides their intrinsic value,
PAs in Costa Rica provide important economic services, including
water for consumption and energy generation, and ecotourism.
Emeka
Anyaoku, President of WWF International, emphasized
that PAs are crucial to Africa’s future, noting that
resources in Africa are decreasing rapidly due to escalating
poverty, illness and conflict. Speaking
on behalf of Eduardo Braga, Government of
Amazonas, Brazil, Virgilio Viana spoke of
PA management in a context where the majority of the population
live in urban areas, and called for funding to establish
and manage PAs in developing countries.
Eulalie
Bashige Balihurya, Director General of the Congolese
Institute for the Conservation of Nature, highlighted the
effects of armed conflicts on PAs, including deforestation,
poaching and assaults on park rangers, and emphasized the
need for sustained funding for park management during conflicts.
Hamdallah
Zedan, CBD Executive Secretary, identified future
challenges, including: involving local people in PA management;
integrating PAs in broader landscape and seascape planning
processes; creating markets for ecosystem and PA products
and services; and providing funding for PAs. He stressed
that PAs can be tools for achieving the CBD objectives, the
MDGs and WSSD targets.
Irene
van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Princess of the Netherlands,
highlighted PA’s role in restoring humans’ relationship
with nature. Denise
Hamú, IUCN, introduced a video on communication
and education instruments related to PA management.
During
a panel discussion, moderated by Peter Bridgewater,
Ramsar Convention Secretary General, Luz María
de la Torre, indigenous representative, said indigenous
peoples are no longer excluded. Thomas Lovejoy,
President of The Heinz Center, stressed the need to consider
PA benefits at all levels. Rili Hawari Djohani, The
Nature Conservancy, highlighted the difficulty of advocating
long-term benefits from PAs, and managing the expectations
of people living in and around PAs. Alan Latourelle,
Parks Canada, emphasized the need to engage all communities
in PA management to develop a common ecological and social
vision.
Aroha
Te Pareake Mead, IUCN Counselor representing indigenous
peoples, stated that the displacement and cultural alienation
of indigenous peoples are the legacy of PAs created without
local peoples’ consent. She noted that benefits are
minimal when indigenous communities do not manage licensing
and concessions in PAs.
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MANAGING
WITH CHANGE
On Tuesday,
9 September, WPC participants addressed "Managing
with change," under the Chairmanship of Mohamed
Valli Moosa.
Claude
Martin, WWF Director General, presented on the effects
of climate change on PAs, and called for: a switch from coal
to clean power; energy efficiency measures; adequate resource
transfer; and a broader scientific knowledge base.
Kristalina
Georgieva, World Bank, said key drivers of change
include demographic and urban transition, income growth and
globalization. Describing how PA management is affected by
global change, Cristián Samper, Director
of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, said
successful PA management requires the empowerment of local
communities, access to new markets, and conflict resolution.
Kheng
Lian Koh, National University of Singapore, presented
the history of environmental cooperation among Asian countries,
highlighting the Agreement on the Conservation of Nature
and Natural Resources.
Marija
Zupancic-Vicar, WCPA, explained how the move to
market-driven economies and private ownership affected PAs
in Central and Eastern Europe, noting that the integrity
of PAs was maintained in most countries. Steve McCormick, President
of The Nature Conservancy, described an integrated vision
of PAs, and called for an ecosystem approach that incorporates
ecological and economic needs.
Julia
Carabias, former Minister of Environment of Mexico,
underlined the importance of: raising PAs as a strategic
priority; establishing specialized management institutions;
adopting a financial strategy; promoting stakeholder participation;
and developing communication and awareness-raising strategies.
Stressing
the benefits of the IUCN PA categorization, Adrian
Phillips, WCPA, highlighted the need to integrate
excluded groups and address technical questions. John
Turner, US Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental
and Scientific Affairs, outlined a number of positive conservation
principles, including protection beyond PA boundaries, science-based
decision making, partnership building, good governance.
Jeffrey
McNeely, IUCN, moderated the panel discussion. Juan
Carlos Gambarotta, Vice President of the International Ranger
Federation, called for recognition of the dangers facing
rangers. Ton van der Zon, Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, called for wider PA networks, good governance,
poverty alleviation strategies, access and benefit sharing,
and addressing corruption and illegal resource use. Graeme
Kelleher, WCPA, stressed the need for a zoning process
and integrated ecosystem management. Calling for partnerships, Ratu
Osea Gavidi, President of the Fiji Tourism Resource
Owners Association, noted the link between development and
conservation.
Participants
raised questions regarding, inter alia, the role of PAs in
protecting freshwater ecosystems, the legal implications of
zoning the Earth as a PA, and the involvement of recreational
and user groups in PAs.
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PROGRAMME OF THE DAY
Morning
Full Plenary: "Benefits Beyond Boundaries"
// Press
Conference //
Symposia A: "Benefits to People" //
Symposia B: "Managing with Change"
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Evening Ceremony
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09:00-12:00
- Morning in Full Plenary
ROOM:
HALL
1A/1B
"Benefits
Beyond Boundaries"
Introduction
// Setting
the Context
// Looking
Back
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Where
Are We Now?
// The
Response
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Future Challenges & Scenarios
// Panel
Debate
Chair:
HRH Prince Turki Bin Nasir Bin Abdulaziz (Saudi
Arabia), President, Presidency of Meteorology and Environment
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An
opening plenary to understand the big picture for the planet,
its ecosystems and people: understanding how the world is
changing and what the implications are for protected areas
and society. The World Commission on Protected Areas will
provide a concise global overview of Protected areas at the
beginning of the 21st Century.
Future scenarios for protected areas will also be presented. |
"Introduction
to the aims and process of the Congress"
By David
Sheppard, IUCN World Parks Congress Secretary General
- ( 10 ' ) // PowerPoint
Presentation |
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Setting
the Context
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"Change
- The impacts of change on Nature and People."
Film by
National Geographic Society. Video to be introduced
by HM
Queen Noor
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Looking
Back
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"Looking
from here back to Caracas"
Angela Cropper, (Trinidad and Tobago), CEO,
The
Cropper Foundation and Member
Commission on Environmental Law - ( 15 ')
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Where
Are We Now?
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"Benefits
beyond Boundaries"
Kenton
Miller Chair WCPA, and Vice President for International
Conservation and Development, WRI - ( 15
' ) //
Abstract |
"State
of the World's Protected Areas: Linking Protected Areas to
Broader Agendas"
Dr.
Klaus Toepfer (Germany), Executive Director, UNEP
- ( 15 ' ) |
"The Millenium Assessment and Implications for Protected
Areas"
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Bob Scholes (South Africa) Co-Chair of the Condition
and Trends Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
PowerPoint
Presentation - (10') |
"Biodiversity
Conservation and Protected Areas"
Russell
A. Mittermeier President, Conservation
International
- ( 15 '
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The
Response
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"Responding
to the Challenges"
HM
Queen Noor- ( 15 ' ) |
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Future
Challenges and Scenarios
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"Future
Scenarios for the World's Protected Areas - an audiovisual
presentation"
Contemplating an uncertain future - Scenarios for
PAs - Presented to the WPC on the 9th September - Draft July
2003 - PDF Document
- 69 pages - 552KB
Video Presentation from the WPC Scenarios Group, to
be introduced by the Plenary Chair / ( 15 ' ) |
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Panel
Debate
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Responding
to the challenge: "How can Protected Areas best
provide Benefits beyond Boundaries?" -
( 60 ' )
Session to be moderated by a well known professional media/anchor
person from South Africa.
Panel include:
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Andre van der Zande, Director General, The
Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and
Fisheries; // PowerPoint
Presentation |
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Ernesto Enkerlin Hoeflich, Presidente Comisión
Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas de Mexico (CONANP); |
| - John
Makombo, Chief Warden of the Bwindi/Mgahinga
Conservation Area; // Abstract |
| - Sayaad
Soltani, Chairman of Council of Elders, Kuhi substribe
of Qashqai
pastoral nomads, Iran (through Aghagia
Rahimzadeh), |
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Estherine Lisinge Fotabong, Cameroon, Director of Policy
and Strategy,
WWF Central African Regional Programme Office. |
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(Total
time of session presentations:
3 hours 15 minutes)
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14:00-17:00
- Afternoon in Two Concurrent Symposia
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| Protected
areas provide many benefits: environmental, economic and social
and yet there has been limited assessment of the multiple
values of these areas. Consequently, such values are generally
not reflected in national decision making processes. This
symposium will identify and explore the many values of protected
areas. A range of perspectives will be highlighted, including
those from indigenous people, the private sector and protected
area managers. |
"Protected
Areas and Poverty: What is the Linkage, what are the Benefits
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Ian
Johnson (United Kingdom), Vice President, Sustainable
Development, The World Bank
- ( 20 ' ) |
"Protected
Areas as Engines for Economic Development"
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez
(Costa Rica), Minister
for Environment and Energy - (
15 ' ) |
"Benefits
beyond Boundaries: The importance of protected areas and a
healthy environment for people and sustainable development
in Africa"
Chief
Emeka Anyaoku, WWF President and former Commonwealth
Secretary General
- ( 15 ' ) |
"Protected
Areas: Benefits for Urban Areas, the next frontier"
Mr
Eduardo Braga, Governor of the
State of Amazonas, Brazil - ( 10
' ) |
"Peace
and Security: Benefits of Protected Areas in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo"
Mme Eulalie Bashige, Director General
for ICNN, DRC- ( 10 ' ) |
"The
Convention on Biological Diversity: Protected Areas and Benefits
to People."
Hamdallah
Zedan, Secretary General, Secretariat of the Convention
on Biological Diversity - ( 10 '
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Audio
Visual on Communicating Benefits of Protected Areas to People
// Speech
To
be produced by
IUCN Commission on Communication and Education and introduced
by HM
Princess Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld (Netherlands),
and Ms
Denise Hamú, , chair of the CEC
- ( 20 ' ) |
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Panel Discussion:
"Benefits to People - Do People Really Benefit from
Protected Areas?"
To
be moderated by Peter
Bridgewater (Australia), Secretary General, Ramsar
Convention Secretariat - ( 15 ' )
Panel to include:
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| - Thomas
Lovejoy (USA), President, The
Heinz Center |
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Rili Djohani (Indonesia), Director, Coastal
and Marine Indonesia Programme, The Nature Conservancy |
| - Alan
Latourelle (Canada), CEO, Parks
Canada |
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Shekhar Singh (India), Director, Centre for Equity
Studies; |
| - Aroha
Te Pareake Mead (New Zealand) IUCN Councillor representing
Indigenous People |
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(Total
time of session presentations:
2 hours 40 minutes)
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Simposia
B:
Managing with Change
ROOM: HALL
3A
Chair:
Valli
Moosa, Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism
of South Africa
The
Challenge and Opportunities of Change //
The Management Response
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| Protected
areas in the 21st century face rapid and accelerating change.
This includes such factors as climate change, decentralization
of decision making, urbanization, trade and political change.
This symposium will explore the factors of change and will
identify how protected areas and those managing protected
areas will need to adapt their strategies to ensure these
vital areas can survive and prosper in the 21st century. |
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The
Challenge and Opportunities of change
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"Preparing for a Changing World: Climate Change
and Protected Areas" // Presentation
Claude
Martin (Switzerland), Director General
WWF - (20 ' ) |
"Ensuring
Sustainability of Protected Areas in a Changing World"
Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria), Director, Department
of the Environment, The World Bank
- ( 15 ' ) |
"The
Drivers of Change and Implications for Protected Areas"
Cristian Samper (Colombia), Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History - (
15 ' ) |
"Change and Protected
Areas: the legal and policy response" // Synopsis
/ Appendix
1 / Appendix
2
Prof.
Kheng-Lian Koh, Law
Faculty of the National University of Singapore
- ( 15 ' ) |
"Parks,
Privatization and Change: the experience from Eastern Europe"
// Abstract
// PowerPoint
Marija Zupancic
Vicar (Slovenia),
ex Minister for the Environment and Regional Planning of the
Republic of Slovenia, Yugoslavia, and Senior Advisor WCPA,
and Senior Advisor WCPA and Dr. Janos Tardy (Hungary),
Former Deputy State Secretary for Nature Conservation in Hungary
- ( 15 ' ) |
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The
Management Response:
How should protected area management
adapt to change?
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"Towards Sustainable Parks
in the 21st century"
Steve
McCormick, President, The
Nature Conservancy- ( 15 ' ) //
Synopsis |
"Protected Areas in
the 21st century: standards and categories for Protected Area
Management"
Julia
Carabias, Former Minister
of Environment of Mexico, and Adrian
Phillips former chair, WCPA
- ( 15 ' )
Documents: J.Carabias
Text // A.
Phillips Text // PowerPoint |
"Partnerships between
the public and private sector - the way forward for protected
areas in the 21st century ?"
John
Turner, Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs-
( 15 ' )
Documents: |
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Panel Discussion: "Implications
of global change for management of protected areas in the
21st century"
- ( 55 ' )
Moderated
by Jeffrey
McNeely, IUCN Chief Scientist
Panel
involving:
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- Juan
Carlos Gambarotta (Uruguay), Ranger, and Vice President,
International
Ranger Federation;
Document:
Protecting the Protectors |
| - Mr
van Voorst tot Voorst (Netherlands) Director, Environment
and Development, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- (To Be Confirmed) |
| - Prof.
Dr. Rokhmin Dahuri (Indonesia), Minister of Marine Affairs
& Fisheries, Indonesia - (To Be Confirmed) |
| - Dr
Abdul Rahman Al-Awadi, (Kuwait) the Secretary General
of Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine
Environment of the Arabian and Gulf of Oman (ROMPE) - (To
Be Confirmed) |
| - Sam
Sesega (Samoa) Director, Pacific Environment Consultant. |
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time of session presentations: 3 hours)
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Celebration
of the Sacred and Non Material Values of Protected Areas
by Indigenous and Traditional Leaders from around the World.
20:15 – 21:30 //
I C C Main Plenary Hall
The Special Ceremony on the Sacred Dimension of Protected
Areas
Many indigenous and traditional peoples around the world
have inherited from their ancestors an ancient, traditional
belief system centered on the notion of being an integral
part of the whole of the universe. As part of this holistic
vision, nature and all its components – earth, mountains,
plains, caves, plants, animals, humans, stones, water, wind,
moon, fire, sun, stars – are
held sacred. (...)
More
information + invitation to the event here
21:30 // Main Plenary Hall at the Durban International
Convention Centre
Special Screening of the Award-Winning Film - "In the
Light of Reverence"
In the Light of Reverence documents Native American
struggles to protect landscapes of spiritual significance.
The film tells the stories of three communities and places
they care for: the Lakota at Devils Tower in Wyoming, the
Hopi in the Four Corners area of the Southwest, and the
Wintu at Mt. Shasta in California.
Narrated by Peter Coyote and Tantoo Cardinal, the film explores
obstacles to religious freedom for land-based practitioners,
and impacts on sacred sites that range from mining and ski
resorts to New Age practices and rock-climbing. In the Light
of Reverence was nationally broadcast on PBS in August,
2001.
Flyer
and presentation of the film
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Programme
at a glance PDF Document - 48KB
Handbook & Full Daily Programme
- PDF Document - 55 pages // 07.09.03 - 415KB
Plan of DICC- Plenary
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Plan of DICC- Workshop
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