5° Congreso Mundial de Parques, Durban, Africa del Sur, 8-17 de septiembre del 2003

2 Septiembre 2002 Parks Day at the WSSD

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Diciembre 2002

Diciembre 24 , 2002
VISIT THE NEW ISSUE OF PARKS

PARKS Issue 121 The volume of use of Costa Rica’s national parks increased almost 800% in 14 years. Tourism in protected areas the world over is on the increase yet, given its critical cultural, economic and ecological functions, too little emphasis is places upon the role of tourism in sustaining such areas. A new edition of IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas journal PARKS attempts to address this deficiency. This special issue provides six papers on important aspects of park tourism. Topics discussed range from the principles for the measurement, recording and reporting of park tourism; to environmentally-friendly park facility design; and the need for a new financial and ecological model to secure a long-term future for Africa’s protected area network. Other case studies focus on Ontario Parks which now has a business-management structure, and on an innovative customer-service approach adopted in Finland.

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Diciembre 10, 2002
AFRICA'S NEW SUPER PARK FORMALLY LAUNCHED

With just over nine months to go to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC), the launch of one of the world's largest transboundary protected areas could not be timelier. The Congress, a ten-yearly event and the major global forum for protected areas, will focus on transboundary parks amongst many other themes. Announced by South African President Thabo Mbeki, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano, the new Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park will span 35 00 000 hectares over South Africa's Kruger National Park, Mozambique's Limpopo National Park and the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe. "The creation of this super park is another success story for the Southern African region which already hosts a number of transboundary protected areas," said David Sheppard, Secretary General of the IUCN WPC and Head of the IUCN Programme on Protected Areas.

Diciembre 3 , 2002
GOVERNANCE AND PROTECTED AREAS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: THE ROAD TO DURBAN

Pannel at the ELC meeting. Photo: IUCN Governance of protected areas in the Mediterranean region has come under close analysis in the lead up to the World Parks Congress (WPC) to be held in Durban in 2003. Organized by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Co-operation, with support from the Province of Barcelona, experts from across the region met in Barcelona, Spain on 29-30 November to identify and analyze governance of protected areas. The results of the meeting will be fed into a follow up event to be held in Murcia, Spain and then into the WPC. Head of the IUCN Environmental Law Programme, John Scanlon, was invited to present to the workshop on recent international 'governance' developments, including the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

IUCN ELP Governance Paper abstract
IUCN Governance for Sustainable Development Position Paper
IUCN Press Release (in Spanish)

Noviembre 2002

Noviembre 15, 2002
GEARING UP TO SEPTEMBER 2003

The Vth World Parks Congress (WPC) - the ten-yearly major global forum for protected areas - was at the heart of both IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Steering Committee and the WPC Steering Committee discussions. Both Committees recently assembled in Durban, South Africa, the location of the September 2003 WPC and a city nestled between two natural heritage sites. With less than a year to the Congress, the Committees, formed by leading protected area experts from around the globe, including Kenton Miller, WCPA Chair; David Sheppard, Head of IUCN's Programme on Protected Areas; and Mavuso Msimang, CEO South Africa National Parks, focused on furthering the WPC agenda. The Congress, which is expected to attract over 2000 participants, will showcase cutting-edge protected area issues, such as community involvement, transfrontier and sustainable financing initiatives.

More information in the latest WPC Bulletin (pdf 975kb)

Septiembre 2002

2 Septiembre 2002, Johannesbourg, South Africa
PARKS DAY AT WSSD WITH NELSON MANDELA
Source IUCN

Over 600 people attended a high level launch for the 2003 World Parks Congress on Monday September 2nd, 2002. Mr. Nelson Mandela Co Patron of the Congress was joined by a star studded line up of dignitaries including President Taya of Mauritania; President Cardoso of Brazil; and King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu Nation. The high profile speakers continued with other speakers including Mohamed El Ashry of the Global Environment Facility; Yolanda Kakabadse and Achim Steiner from IUCN. A very special surprise guest Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum also addressed t he gathering. Apart from the speakers the launch audience included many high level WSSD delegates and South African VIPs.

The Launch, held during the WSSD, was an outstanding success and provided ample evidence of the great excitement and anticipation that is building toward the World Parks Congress which will occur in Durban in just over a year. All speakers underscored the relevance of the Congress Theme: ‘Benefits Beyond Boundaries’. In particular the need to think, plan and manage protected areas in collaboration with local people and other economic and social sectors. The crucial contribution of protected areas as the building blocks for sustainable development was emphasised throughout the night.

Eventos

The WSSD Parks Day served to discuss key issues associated with protected areas and their role in relation to sustainable development. These areas, now covering more than 10% of the earth's surface, play a vital role in relation to protecting ecosystem services and in supporting sustainable livelihoods. Parks Day comprised two parts: firstly , a launch of the 2003 World Parks Congress and secondly, a series of workshops and a debate in relation to protected area issues.

Launch of IUCN World Parks Congress

The launch of the IUCN World Parks Congress, to be held in Durban South Africa in September, 2003, provided a tremendous opportunity to launch the once in a decade event. The launch proved to be a very high profile event, attracting more than four hundred guests: it proved to be a highlight of IUCN's activities at WSSD and involved speeches by:

- The Honourable Nelson Mandela, ex President of South Africa;
- President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil;
- President Tai, President of Mauritania;
- King Goodwill Zwelithini, King of the Zulu Nation;
- Ms Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize winner (1992);
- Mohamed el-Ashry, Chief Executive, Global Environment Facility;
- Yolanda Kakabadse, President IUCN.

Workshops and debate on Protected Areas

In addition to the launch there were a series of workshops, featuring leading speakers from around the world. Workshops covered: an introductory plenary; marine protected areas; landscape approaches; African protected areas; protected areas and the private sector. In addition to these workshops, there was a high profile panel debate, featuring a number of young park rangers from South Africa on the topic "Protected Areas are vital for sustainable development: yes or no ?".

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