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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
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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September 2003
WPC Programme

World Parks Congress Programme
Parallel (Side) Events Programme

Day1 // Day 2 // Day 3 // Day 4 // Day 5 // Day 6 // Day 7 // Day 8 // Day 9 // Day 10

Day 7
Sunday 14 September

Side / Parallel events at the DICC / DEC

Field Trips & Short Courses

TIME
EVENT
ROOM
07:00-20:00
 Transboundary Protected Areas Synthesis (1)
08:00-11:30
 Forest Programme Intersessional Programme Planning meeting
09:00-18:00
 IUCN PPG Executive Meeting
12:00-14:00
 Caucus and Briefing Sessions by Senior Government Officials (South Africa)
12:00-14:00
 IUCN Private Sector Strategy Consultation : IUCN Members
ROOM TBA
17:30-19:30
 WESCANA Daily Meetings
17:30-19:30
 Asia PA programme Meeting
17:30-19:30
 IUCN Private Sector Strategy Consultation : Private Sector Participants
ROOM TBA
17:30-19:30
 Poverty and Environment

PDF Document - 48KB - Updated 28.08.2003
Handbook & Full Daily Programme - PDF Document - 55 pages - 415KB

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Field Trips & Short Courses

KwaZulu Natal Province

Field Trips tailored to the issues under discussion within Workshop Streams and Cross Cutting Themes will be conducted over these two days in the protected areas of KwaZulu Natal Province. In addition a limited number of Short Courses will be offered to participants who wish to use the opportunity of the Congress to undertake hands-on capacity building in the company of international and local experts

The four Field Trips that have been arranged are:

Greater St Lucia Wetland Park
Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park
Hluhluwe Umfolozi Park
Siyaya Coastal Park / Richards Bay Sanctuary

More information on Field Trips HERE

The Short Courses are:

How to Conduct a Participatory Evaluation of Protected Area Governance
An Orientation Program on Ecological Integrity - A Call to Action
Conservation Incentive Agreements
Business Plan Development
Economic Valuation
Conservation Finance Tools and Capacity Building
Conservation Planning with Software and Expert Judgement: Targets, Gaps and Priorities
Important Bird Areas: Connecting 'Local' and 'Global' for Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Area Management
Strategic Participatory Communication: Achieving Results for Protected Areas
Southern and East African Experts Panel on Designing Successful Conservation and Development Interventions at the Wildlife/Livestock Interface: Implications for Wildlife, Livestock, and Human Health

Due to cost and logistical limitations short courses will be conducted in English only. Numbers of participants who can be accommodated on these courses will also be limited and allocated on a first come first served basis.

Registration is done directly on the registration form, except for shortcourses 9 and 10

Please choose your shortcourse on the registration form

More information on the registration process

More information on Short Courses HERE

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SPECIAL EVENTS
What: A number of special events will be held at the Congress.
Where: Venues are generally at the Durban Exhibition Centre or as set out in the document.
How to get involved: Generally all delegates are invited to participate in Special Events unless the event is by invitation of the organisers
More information: please contact Donna Khanfour: dok@iucn.org

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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.
Tout le programme du CMPEl programa entero del CMP
Entire Programme
Workshop Streams & Cross Cutting Streams
List of short courses
Field Trips for the delegates
Pre & Post Congress Tours
Vth World Parks Congres - Benefits Beyond Boundaries

 
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