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

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Cross Cutting Themes

COMMUNITIES & EQUITY

Report // Description // Theme Focus // Programme

Photo: Gonzalo Oviedo

Report of the Cross Cutting Theme

The theme of communities, equity and PAs aimed at identifying indigenous and local communities’ rights and responsibilities in PA management. Key focus areas included moving towards co-management of PAs, and recognizing the full range of CCAs within and outside government-designated PAs.

Participants addressed the theme over more than 20 sessions, including on: governance of PAs; PAs and poverty; the role of communities and mobile peoples in sustaining linkages in the landscape and seascape; tourism and communities; customary law and governance; meeting communities’ needs in management effectiveness evaluation; the need for comprehensive PA systems; creating co-existence between humans and wildlife; empowering the rural poor for PA conservation and management; governance and State recognition of communities’ territories and resources; constraints and viability of territories and resources traditionally conserved by mobile peoples; developing capacity for site-level planning, management and monitoring; tenure arrangements and indigenous rights; livelihoods, agro-biodiversity and landscape conservation for communities’ territories and resources; territories and resources traditionally conserved by mobile peoples in partnership with governments; incentives for conservation and fair reward for stewardship; the shift from conflict to collaboration for territories and resources conserved by communities in partnership with governments and other stakeholders; communities’ role in sustainable finance; culture, rights, legislation, policy and capacities for effective community conservation; and a new dimension for the classification of PAs.

The stream’s main recommendations included: moving existing government-designated PAs towards collaborative management by full and equitable communities’ participation in decision making; recognizing CCAs as a legitimate and effective tools for conservation; addressing restitution of rights, responsibilities and compensation at the national and international levels, including through the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission; integrating cultural diversity and survival as key objectives and strategies for PAs; distributing PA costs and benefits more equitably, through securing local livelihoods and revenues, and encouraging ecologically and culturally sensitive tourism; focusing on the needs of disadvantaged people, including mobile and indigenous peoples, the landless, and women and youth.

The theme adopted four recommendations on indigenous peoples and PAs, co-management of PAs, CCAs, and mobile indigenous peoples and conservation.

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Description

Leads: Ashish Kothari (India)

The links between protected areas and local communities are vital to ensure positive relationships and equitable sharing of benefits. Examining community conserved protected areas and participatory approaches.

Communities & Heritage Cross Cutting Theme Brief - PDF Document

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Cross-Cutting Theme Focus

Community and equity issues were covered in a number of the Workshop Streams. Specific emphasis and sessions included:

Understanding Community Conserved Areas including indigenous territories;
Assessing the utility of the IUCN category system to community managed and collaboratively managed PAs;
Understanding communities and landscape;
Human - wildlife conflicts;
PA institutional and governance structures for communities;
Tenure and equity issues;
Participatory processes and PA management;
Effective management of indigenous and local volunteers.

More on the work done by TILCEPA for the workshop click here

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Programe

Communities & Equity Cross-Cutting Theme
Leads: Ashish Kothari (India)

The brief outline below summarizes the Communities & Equity Cross Cutting Theme sessions within the Congress programme. More details may be found in the body of the programme.

Thursday 11 // Friday 12 // Saturday 13

Time // Place
Thursday 11
09:00-12.30 // 14:00-17:00
09:00-11:00
HALL 3B

WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS
Workshop plenary :Governance of PAs : A topic whose time has come

11:00-12:30
HALL 1B

WORKSHOP STREAM II: BUILDING BROADER SUPPORT FOR PROTECTED AREAS
Protected Areas & Poverty

11:00-15:20
HALL 3B
WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS
Workshop Plenary
& Protected Area Exemplars
14:00-15:15
ROOM 3A-3
WORKSHOP STREAM I: LINKAGES IN THE LANDSCAPE & SEASCAPE &
WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS

The role of Communities in Sustaining Linkages in the Landscape & Seascape
Presentations:
- Co-management of estuarine and intertidal resources in Maputaland Marine Reserve, South Africa by Ronwyn Brereton-Styles
15:30-16:50
ROOM 3A-3
WORKSHOP STREAM I: LINKAGES IN THE LANDSCAPE & SEASCAPE
Mobile Peoples & Linkages in the Landscape
14:00-15:30
HALL 1B
WORKSHOP STREAM II: BUILDING BROADER SUPPORT FOR PROTECTED AREAS 
Tourism & Communities : Can Protected Areas Deliver Benefits from Tourism to Local peoples?
15:30-17:30
ROOM 3A-8
WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS
Panel on Customary Law and Governance
14:00-17:00
ROOM A-1
WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS
Meeting the needs of indigenous & local communities in management effectiveness evaluation
Presenations:
- Community Conserved Areas in Southeast Asia: Synthesis of Lessons Learned in the Establishment of Protected Areas by Indigenous and Local Communities in Southeast Asia by Maurizio Ferrari
14:00-17:00
ROOM II-B
WORKSHOP STREAM VII: BUILDING COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTED AREA SYSTEMS MPAs
Need for Comprehensive Protected Area systems
09:00-12:30
ROOM 3A-2
WORKSHOP STREAM I: LINKAGES IN THE LANDSCAPE & SEASCAPE Protecting Landscapes & Seascapes
- IUCN Category V, World Heritage Cultural Landscapes & Other Designations: Overview presentations
- Creating Co-existence between Humans & Wildlife : A global perspective to addressing Human - Wildlife locally: Introduction
09:00-10:30
ROOM 2C-6
WORKSHOP STREAM II: BUILDING BROADER SUPPORT FOR PROTECTED AREAS 
Empowering the rural poor for the Conservation & management of Protected Areas

09:00-10:30
HALL 3B

WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS
- On territories & resources conserved by indigenous & local communities : issues of governance & state recognition
- Community Conserved Areas : focus on territories & resources traditionally conserved by mobile peoples; constraints; viability
09:00-12:00
HALL 2A
WORKSHOP STREAM IV: DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE PROTECTED AREAS & WORKSHOP STREAM V: EVALUATING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS
Learning from Experience & Developing Capacity for Site level planning, Management & Monitoring : Introduction & Case studies
09:00-12:00
ROOM 4-1
WORKSHOP STREAM V: EVALUATING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS
Meeting the needs of indigenous & local communities in management effectiveness evaluation
11:00-13:00
ROOM 2C-6
WORKSHOP STREAM II: BUILDING BROADER SUPPORT FOR PROTECTED AREAS 
Tenure Arrangements & Indigenous Rights
10:40-12:30
HALL 3B
WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS
- On territories & resources conserved by indigenous & local communities : issues of livelihoods, agro-biodiversity & landscape conservation
- Community Conserved Areas : territories & resources traditionally conserved by mobile peoples in partnership with governments
14:00-15:30
ROOM 3A-2
WORKSHOP STREAM I: LINKAGES IN THE LANDSCAPE & SEASCAPE
Protecting Landscapes & Seascapes

- IUCN Category V, World Heritage Cultural Landscapes & Other Designations: Overview presentations
- Creating Co-existence between Humans & Wildlife : A global perspective to addressing Human - Wildlife locally: Introduction
14:00-15:30
ROOM 2C-6
WORKSHOP STREAM II: BUILDING BROADER SUPPORT FOR PROTECTED AREAS 
Incentives for Conservation & fair reward for stewardship
14:00-15:30
HALL 3B
WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS
- On territories & resources conserved by indigenous & local communities in partnership with governments & other stakeholders : from conflict to collaboration
- Plenary session : Synthesis & brainstorming on Outline of Action Plan
14:00-15:50
HALL 2A
WORKSHOP STREAM IV: DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE PROTECTED AREAS & WORKSHOP STREAM V: EVALUATING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS
Learning from Experience & Developing Capacity for Site level planning, Management & Monitoring : Case studies on Monitoring / Analysis & Communication / Use of results
14:00-16:30
ROOM 21-F
WORKSHOP STREAM VI: BUILDING A SECURE FINANCIAL FUTURE
TILCEPA workshop
16:00-17:30
ROOM 2C-6
WORKSHOP STREAM II: BUILDING BROADER SUPPORT FOR PROTECTED AREAS 
Future Directions : ICD 2003 to 2013
15:45-18:00
HALL 3B
WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS 
On territories & resources conserved by indigenous & local communities in partnership with other social actors : social, institutional & environmental linkages // Drafting Working Groups
15:50-17:00
HALL 2A
WORKSHOP STREAM IV: DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE PROTECTED AREAS & WORKSHOP STREAM V: EVALUATING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS
Learning from Experience & Developing Capacity for Site level planning, Management & Monitoring : Finalization of strategy & action plan
16:00-17:00
ROOM 3A-2
WORKSHOP STREAM I: LINKAGES IN THE LANDSCAPE & SEASCAPE
Protecting Landscapes & Seascapes

- IUCN Category V, World heritage Cultural Landscapes & Other Designations: Protected Landscapes & the IUCN Category System: Panel Debate
- Creating Co-existence between Humans & Wildlife : A global perspective to addressing Human Wildlife Conflict locally : Group discussions
Saturday 13
09:00-12:30 // 14:00-16:00
09:00-12:00
ROOM 3A-2
WORKSHOP STREAM I: LINKAGES IN THE LANDSCAPE & SEASCAPE
Protecting Landscapes & Seascapes

- IUCN Category V, World heritage Cultural Landscapes & Other Designations
- Creating Co-existence between Humans & Wildlife : A global Perspective to addressing Human Wildlife Conflict locally : Lessons Learned & a Global Approach
09:00-12:30
ROOM 2C-6
& HALL 3B
WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS & WORKSHOP STREAM II: BUILDING BROADER SUPPORT FOR PROTECTED AREAS 
- Key conditions for effective community conservation: issues of culture, rights, legislation, policy & capacities.
- Key conditions for effective community conservation : results from relevant workshops
14:00-16:00
ROOM 3A-6

WORKSHOP STREAM III: GOVERNANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS
- Good Governance of Protected Areas Governance Type : a new dimension for the classification of PA
- Indigenous & Local Communities, Equity & Protected Areas
- Improving PA Governance : the role of the Durban Accord & Action Plan
- Recommendations for CBD & strategic directions towards the World Conservation Congress of 2004
- Follow up to the action plan to implement grant application with the Dana declaration on Mobile peoples & Conservation & relevant specific recommendation for WPC

More information :
http://www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/Wkg_grp/TILCEPA/WPC.htm

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    Seven Workshop Streams will be conducted over 3 days in workshop plenaries and smaller break out groups. Three important areas have also been identified which cut across the 7 workshop streams. The Cross Cutting Themes will be expected to produce specific Congress outputs. Congress participants who have a special interest in these themes may follow an interest thread throughout the programme.There is also a workshop on Mountains which will be held before the Congress.

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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
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