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September
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WPC
Programme
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World
Parks Congress Programme
Day
3: Wednesday 10 September
Report
of the Day // Programme of the Day
REPORT
OF THE DAY
Symposia
C: Community & PAs // Symposia
D: Working at Scale //
Full Plenary: Presentation on the Workshop
Streams & Cross Cutting Themes
COMMUNITY
AND PARKS
On Wednesday,
10 September, WPC participants addressed the issue of community
and parks in a session chaired by Yolanda Kakabadse,
IUCN President.
Bob
Debus, Attorney General and Minister for the Environment
of New South Wales, Australia, highlighted the benefits of
stakeholder involvement in PA management and biodiversity conservation,
including increased public support, employment generation,
and reconciliation with aboriginal peoples. He cautioned against
inflexible prescriptions and decision making without community
support.
Otimio
Castillo Infante, on behalf of Sebastião
Haji Manchinery, General Coordinator of the Coordination
of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin, outlined the
conflicts created by the occupation and exploitation of the
Amazon, and called for recognition of indigenous rights, co-management
and participation, and a ban on disruptive extractive activities.
Francesco
Bandarin, UNESCO, introduced the World Heritage Convention
and the Man and Biosphere Programme. Noting that biosphere
reserves have become places for people and nature, Walter
Erdelen, UNESCO, said that they mobilize communities,
provide neutral ground for cooperation within and between countries,
and promote biodiversity research. He called for education
on sustainable development.
Ashish
Kothari, Kalpavriksh, presented the community conserved
areas (CCAs) concept, noting that CCAs: originate from traditional
common resources property management; cover a wide range of
ecosystems, sacred and cultural areas outside officially designated
PAs; and provide livelihood, economic opportunities, and ecological
services. He called for further financial, human and technological
support, and the recognition of community rights.
Cláudio
Maretti, IUCN, called for the integration of indigenous
conservation practices and community management structures
into official systems. Stressing indigenous peoples’ rights
to self-determination and land, and the problem of forced displacement, Luz
María de la Torre, indigenous representative,
presented the Indigenous Peoples’ Declaration to the
WPC, highlighting: a rights-based approach to sustainable development
and conservation; indigenous peoples’ free PIC as a prerequisite
to establishing PAs; and full indigenous participation in PA
management.
During
a panel discussion on parks with or without people, Jannie
Lasimbang, indigenous representative, outlined the negative
effects of depriving indigenous peoples of their lands for conservation,
including the loss of livelihoods, and stressed the economic
advantages of entrusting PA monitoring and enforcement to indigenous
communities.
Grazia
Borrini-Feyerabend, IUCN, stressed that a dominant
and culturally biased perception of nature should not damage
other cultures. Gustavo Suárez de Freitas, Director
of Peru’s National System of PAs, emphasized the need
to: use certain PAs restrictively; acknowledge the constraints
posed by PAs to indigenous communities; focus on conservation
priorities; and reach agreements and share benefits with local
communities with rights to the land.
Stating
that traditional claims of minority groups should not undermine
national economic and security interests, Richard Leakey,
Eden Wildlife Trust, opposed politicizing conservation through
the indigenous issue. Kai Schmidt-Soltau, German
Society for Technical Cooperation - GTZ, emphasized the social
costs of conservation and called for either improving resettlement
standards of people excluded from PAs, or ruling out resettlement
as a conservation strategy.
Rejoice
Mabudafhasi, South African Deputy Minister of Environmental
Affairs and Tourism, introduced a video showing the benefits
of a gender-equitable approach to PA management.
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WORKING
AT SCALE
On Wednesday,
10 September, WPC participants addressed "Working
at scale," under the chairmanship of Gwen Mahlangu,
South African Member of Parliament, and Trevor Sandwith, Cape
Action for People and the Environment. John Briceno,
Deputy Prime Minister of Belize, introduced the Mesoamerican
Biological Corridor Initiative, a regional effort promoting
conservation, sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
He called for greater community participation and standardized
conservation methodologies.
Describing
the benefits of a seamless park network, Fran Mainella,
US National Park Service Director, called for conservation beyond
PA boundaries, an emphasis on ecosystem integrity, and international
partnerships.
Mohamed
Valli Moosa, South African Minister of Environmental
Affairs and Tourism, described the establishment of a transfrontier
PA between South Africa and Mozambique. He said that strong
political commitment on both sides helped overcome problems
emerging from: the presence of military and agricultural fences
obstructing animal movements; abandoned mines; illegal immigration;
and sovereignty concerns.
Gustavo
Fonseca, CI, emphasized the role of corridors in reducing
the vulnerability of isolated PAs. He identified infrastructure
development as a cause of biodiversity loss, and stressed the
need to conduct threat analysis and generate incentives for
conservation.
Mike
Fay, WCS, introduced the Congo Basin Forest Partnership,
and said challenges include building infrastructure and human
capacity, and increasing public awareness.
Identifying
oceans as primary life support systems, Sylvia Earle, CI
Executive Director, called for the establishment of MPAs and
for an increased understanding of marine ecosystems.
Steven
Sanderson, WCS, moderated a panel discussion on corridor
initiatives. Hemanta Raj Mishra, Sian Development
Bank, stressed that the development of transnational corridors
is not only a conservation issue but also involves political,
social and economic concerns.
Hartmut
Vogtmann, President of the German Federal Agency for
Nature Conservation, presented on the establishment of a European
green belt.
Nick
Hanley, European Commission, presented Natura 2000,
the main EU programme for PAs.
Juan
Carlos Godoy Herrera, WCPA, advocated the establishment
of PA networks at different scales, and stressed the need to
involve local communities, create international standards for
PA management, and develop national mechanisms to communicate
best practices.
Jeffrey
McNeely, IUCN, stressed the need to strengthen the
ecological viability of PAs by increasing coverage and connectivity,
and called for political unity, local support for conservation,
and international partnerships.
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BRIEFING
ON THE WORKSHOPS
On Wednesday,
10 September, Chair David Sheppard opened
the briefing on the workshops, and encouraged participants
to comment on the drafts of the Durban
Accord and Action Plan, and WPC
recommendations during workshop discussions.
Steve
Edwards, IUCN, emphasized the need to avoid contradictory
statements in Congress Outputs.
Julia
Carabias, Mexico’s former Minister of Environment,
presented the goals of the stream on developing
capacities for PA management, and urged participants to
recommend strategies, methodologies, and tools to achieve them.
Mohamed
Bakarr, WCPA, outlined the aims and organization of
the stream on building comprehensive
PA systems. He said the workshop should identify ways to
achieve a representative and comprehensive PA system at all
levels, set targets, and generate funding.
Carlos
Quintela, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), introduced
the stream on building
a secure financial future, and suggested that discussions
focus on how to generate and distribute funding for PAs.
Peter
Bridgewater, Ramsar Convention Secretary General,
introduced the stream on linkages
in the landscape and seascape. He stressed the importance
of management beyond PA boundaries, and warned participants
of the possible negative consequences of building corridors.
Jeffrey
McNeely, IUCN, introduced the stream on building
broader support for PAs, recommending that participants
focus on: the non-material values of PAs; PAs and local and
indigenous communities; supporting PAs during violent conflict;
urban outreach strategies; building political support for PAs;
and communication.
Jim
Johnston, Parks Canada, and Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend,
IUCN, presented the stream on PA
governance, announcing that the workshop would address
questions of equity, decision making, and accountability.
Marc
Hockings, WCPA, said the stream on evaluating
management effectiveness would explore ways to measure:
the state of PAs and ecosystems; progress achieved; the impact
of PAs on communities; response to threats; and financial resource
requirements.
Ashish
Kothari, Kalpavriksh, presented the goals of the cross-cutting
theme on communities and equity. He emphasized the need
to fully recognize indigenous peoples’ rights in the
development of conservation strategies.
Charles
Ehler, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
introduced the MPA
cross-cutting theme by recalling related commitments from
the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). He said
issues for consideration include how to, inter alia: increase
the effectiveness of MPA management; integrate MPA management
into marine and coastal governance; and conserve marine biodiversity
in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Introducing
the World Heritage
cross-cutting theme, Natajaran Ishwaran,
UNESCO, noted that site managers often fail to recognize benefits
from World Heritage, and recommended the incorporation of relevant
training into PA capacity building.
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PROGRAMME OF THE DAY
Symposia
C: Community & PAs // Symposia D: Working
at Scale // Press Conference
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Full Plenary: Presentation on the Workshop Streams & Cross
Cutting Themes
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09:00-12:00
- Morning in Two Concurrent Symposia
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Simposia C:
Community and Protected Areas
ROOM: HALL
1A / 1B
Chair:
Yolanda
Kakabadse, IUCN President
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In future
protected areas must be managed in collaboration with local
and indigenous people. This symposium will explore emerging
trends in community management of protected areas and assess
how stakeholders participate in protected area management.
What has worked and what has not and what were the key lessons
and implications from this experience?
The symposium will also consider the relationship between protected
areas and community livelihoods particularly asking how protected
areas can contribute toward poverty alleviation. |
"Working with communities
to benefit conservation and people: the experience from Australia"
Bob Debus, Attorney-General and Minister
for the Environment of New South Wales - Australia - ( 20
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Documents: Background
Paper / PowerPoint
Presentation |
"The benefits to Indigenous
Peoples of Protected Areas: the experience from the Amazon"
Sebastiao Haji Manchinery, (Brazil)
General Coordinator, Coordination
of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA)
- ( 15 ' ) // COICA
Paper (in Spanish) |
"Building community support
for protected areas globally and locally - World Heritage and
Biosphere Reserve Approach"
Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director General, UNESCO
and Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World
Heritage Centre
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"New Ways of Working
Together: Community Managed Protected Areas" // PowerPoint
Presentation
Ashish
Kothari (India) Founder-member, Kalpavriksh
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Panel Debate:
"Parks with or without People?"
Session
to be moderated by Yolanda
Kakabadse, President, IUCN - ( 50 ' )
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| - Jannie
Lasimbang (Thailand), Asia
Indigenous Peoples Pact // Paper |
| - Grazia
Borrini Feyerabend, CEESP
Vice-Chair and WCPA Vice-Chair for TILCEPA;
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Gustavo Suarez de Freitas (Peru), Intendente de Áreas
Naturales Protegidas; // Paper |
| - Michael
Cernea (USA), Senior Advisor World
Bank // GEF
and Professor, George
Washington University |
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Leakey, former Director Kenya
Wildlife Service, on the issue of people and protected areas.
// Abstract |
"Video on Gender and Protected
Areas"
To be introduced by Rejoice
T. Mabudafhasi (South Africa), Deputy Minister,
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
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"Drama on Protected Area
issues"
Theater by African performers, to be arranged by
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication - ( 50 '
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time of session presentations: 3 hours)
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Simposia D:
Working at Scale
ROOM: HALL
3A
Chairs:
Gwen Mahlangu (South Africa), Chairperson from
the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment and Tourism
and Trevor Sandwith (South Africa)
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| Protected
areas must be seen within the broader landscape in which they
sit. There is need to move beyond a view of protected areas
as "isolated islands" to a broader view of protected
areas as essential contributors to regional development. This
symposium will highlight experience in this area, such as the
MesoAmerican Biological Corridor in Central America and the
Ecological Bricks approach in Europe. Emerging trends in transboundary
protected areas and 'Peace Parks' will be a focus. The symposium
will also explore the new frontiers of marine conservation and
understanding the connections between land and sea. |
"Meso American Biological Corridor"
John
Briceño, Deputy Prime Minister, Belize -( 20
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"The Role of Partnerships in Working at Scale
- the Key to Success"
Fran Mainella, US
National Park Service Director - ( 15 ' ) |
"Transboundary protected areas and Peace Parks: the Southern
African experience"
Valli
Moosa, (South Africa) Minister of Environmental Affairs
and Tourism - ( 15 ' ) |
"Connectivity
in the landscape"
Gustavo
Fonseca (Brazil)), Executive Vice President for Programs
and Science - Conservation International and Professor of Zoology
- Federal University
of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Mohamed I. Bakarr (Sierra
Leone) Vice President, Conservation
International and Deputy Chair, WCPA - ( 15 ' ) |
An illustrated presentation of an ecological transect
in Western and Central Africa, and the implications for protected
areas
Mike Fay,
Wildlife Conservation
Society - ( 10 ' ) |
"Protecting the marine environment: the challenge
for the future"
By Sylvia
Earle, (USA) to provide a general introduction ( 7 ')
to Marine Protected Areas and then M. Ahmedou Ould Ahmedou
(Mauritania), Minister for Fisheries and Maritime Economy of
the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, to introduce ( 7 ') a video
(10 ') outlining the West African Marine Protected Area Initiative
- (Speaker To Be Announced) / ( Total length 25' ) // Paper |
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High Level Panel on Corridor Initiatives:
"Political Dimensions of Making Multi-Country Corridors
Work: Human and Ecological Scale Forces in Tropical Protected
Areas"
Session
to be moderated by Achim
Steiner, Director General, IUCN - ( 60 ' )
Panel include:
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Steve Sanderson, CEO Wildlife
Conservation Society, (USA),
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Hemanta Mishra (Nepal), Senior Specialist, Asian
Development Bank, // Paper
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Hartmut Vogtmann (Germany), President German
Federal // Paper
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Nick Hanley (United Kingdom),
European Commission // Natura 2000, // Speech
// PowerPoint
// Annex
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Professor Abdulaziz Abuzinada, (Saudi Arabia), Secretary
General, National
Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development,
// Paper
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time of session presentations:
2 hours 45 minutes)
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14:00-17:00
- Afternoon in Full Plenary
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on the 7 Workshop Stream and 3 Cross Cutting Themes to be explored
in depth over the next 3 days in workshops and 2 days in the
field. Each Workshop Stream and Cross Cut Theme Leader will
present a brief on their plans for their sessions
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Workshop
Streams
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"Capacity
Building: developing the capacity to manage"
Julia
Carabias (Mexico) Former Minister of Environment
Workshop
PDF Presentation - ( 15 ' ) |
"Gaps in the System:
building comprehensive protected area systems"
Mohamed
I. Bakarr (Sierre Leone) Vice President, Conservation
International-CABS and Deputy Chair, WCPA - ( 15 ' ) |
"Sustainable
Financing: building a secure financial future"
Carlos
Quintela (Bolivia) Director Conservation
and Finance Program, Wildlife Conservation Society
Workshop
PowerPoint Presentation - ( 15 ' )
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"Linkages
in the Landscape/Seascape"
Peter
Bridgewater (Australia) Secretary General, Ramsar
Convention Secretariat - ( 15 ' )
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"Building
Broader Support for Protected Areas"
Jeffrey
McNeely (USA), IUCN Chief Scientist
Workshop
PDF Presentation - ( 15 ' ) |
"Governance:
New ways of working together"
Jim
Johnston (Canada) Parks
Canada and Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, CEESP
Vice Chair and WCPA Vice Chair for TILCEPA
- ( 15 ' ) |
"Management
Effectiveness: Maintaining Protected Areas for Now and the Future"
Marc
Hockings, Vice vhair, WCPA
Management Effectiveness
Workshop
PDF Presentation - ( 15 ' ) |
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Cross
Cutting Themes
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"Communities
and Equity"
Ashish
Kothari (India), Director Kalpavriksh
- ( 15 ' ) |
"Marine
Protected Areas"
Charles
Ehler
(USA) Director,
International Program Office, NOAA - ( 15 ' ) |
"World
Heritage"
Natarajan
Ishwaran (Sri Lanka) Chief, Natural Heritage Section, World
Heritage Centre, UNESCO
Cross
Cutting Theme PowerPoint Presentation - ( 15 ' ) |
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time of session presentations:
2 hours 30 minutes)
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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
/ Symposia Configuration - 61 JPG KB
Plan of DICC- Workshop
Stream Configuration - 57 JPG KB
Plan of DEC- Exhibition
Configuration - 38 JPG KB
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