RESULTADOS DEL CONGRESO

Resultados sobre el valor espiritual de las áreas protegidas

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OUTPUTS OF THE CONGRESS

   Non-Material Values of Protected Areas

Summary
The Full Value of Parks
The Sacred dimension of PAs, a Special Ceremony
Preliminary Guidelines on the Management of Sacred Natural Sites
Proceedings of the WPC Technical Sessions on Cultural Support for PAs
Pre-Feasibility Study of a System of Pas Associated with the Great Inca Highland Road

Summary

The WCPA's Task Force on Non-Material Values will produce 5 major outputs for the World Parks Congress:

	A book, "The Full Value of Parks: from Economics to the Intangible", which has been printed and will be launched at the Congress.
	A Special Ceremony on the Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas, will be presented on September 9th, from 20:00 to 21:00 hours, and followed by presentation of a video, "In the Light of Reverence". The Special Ceremony itself will be video taped and CDs of the Ceremony distributed to interested persons.
	Preliminary Guidelines on the Management of Sacred Natural Sites will be presented and discussed during Technical Sessions, and a revised version drafted and circulated post Congress.
	Proceedings of the Technical Sessions on Building Cultural Support for Protected Areas will be compiled and circulated.
	A Pre-Feasibility Study for the Development of a Network of Protected Areas Associated with the Great Inca Highland Road will be presented in a multi-media presentation, backed up by a technical report and a glossy Executive Summary.

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"The Full Value of Parks"

As stated on the jacket of the book: "The Full Value of Parks" is the first comprehensive look at the values associated with parks and other kinds of protected areas. Parks are essential to the tourism industry, and the economic benefits of protected areas are undeniably important. Yet the reasons why people care deeply about them usually have little or nothing to do with money. Instead, people value parks as settings of breathtaking beauty, as venues of scientific inquiry, as destinations for much-needed recreation, as sacred sanctuaries and places of spiritual self-discovery-even as places where one can go to heal a wounded psyche.

The profound attachments that people feel to the world's great natural areas and cultural sites arise from an incredibly diverse, complex, and sometimes conflicting array of values. After a thorough overview of the values found in parks, the unique challenges of managing parks to accommodate differing viewpoints are surveyed in this groundbreaking book. Drawing on insights from a broad group of international experts, and offering examples from Siberia to tropical Africa, from the Andes to the Australian outback, The Full Value of Parks is an engaging and lucid exploration of the entire range of benefits and values of protected areas-from economics to the intangible."

The book was edited by David Harmon and Allen Putney. The authors of the volume are Mercedes Otegui Acha, Steven A. Acker, Gérman I. Andrade, Angu Kenneth Angu, Jonathan I. Barnes, Bradley W. Barr, Vladimir Boreyko, Eduardo Crespo de Nogueira, Natalia Danilina, Gary E. Davis, Rod Ehler, Anthony J. English, Alan Ewert, Joel Geffen, David M. Graber, Adrienne Hall, David Harmon, Terence Hay-Edie, Steven J. Hollenhorst, Bayie Kamanda, Ashish Kothari, Ellen Lee, Consuelo Martinez Flores, Leo McAvoy, Jean-Claude Nguinguiri, Neema Pathak, Allen D. Putney, P. S. Ramakrishnan, Holmes Rolston III, Mechtild Rössler, Keith C. Russell, Fausto O. Sarmiento, Thomas Schaaf, John Shultis, Bron Taylor, Michael J. Tranel, and Peter Wiley.

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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas, a Special Ceremony

The Special Ceremony on the Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas will be presented at the WPC on the night of September 9 from 20:15 to 21:30.

The purpose of the ceremony is to convey the importance of the sacred dimension of protected areas, no so much through the mind as through the heart and soul. The ceremony will be composed of music, videos, and presentations by key personalities. The entire event will be videotaped and placed on CDs for distribution later in the Congress.

Invitation to the Special Ceremony // "In the Ligth of Reverence" Film presentation's Flyer

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Preliminary Guidelines on the Management of Sacred Natural Sites

IUCN and UNESCO have sponsored workshops and case studies that have provided initial insights on the management of sacred natural sites. Based on this work, preliminary guidelines are being pulled together as the beginning point for discussions on the topic during technical sessions at the WPC. A revised draft will be compiled after the Congress, drawing on the inputs received at the Congress, and distributed through the IUCN and UNESCO networks. The guidelines will cover sacred natural sites situated within established protected as, as well as those that are outside of the current protected area system.

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Proceedings of the WPC Technical Sessions on Cultural Support for
    Protected Areas

Overview /
Part 1: Non material values of PAs / Part 2 : Sacred Natural Sites

The Technical Session on Cultural Support for Protected Areas will provide an opportunity for a series of presentations and discussions among those working on this theme in protected areas around the world. These sessions will be organized as follows:

Overview

This session will include:

1.	Non-material values of protected areas, including spiritual values
	Identification of non-material values
	Introduction and discussion of preliminary technical guidelines for managing sacred natural sites
	Conflict resolution and management to protect non-material values
	Future Directions of the Task Force on Non-Material Values
2.	Protected areas and sacred natural sites
	The role of sacred natural sites, indigenous peoples and other faith groups, as protected areas.
	Potential contributions of sacred natural sites to expanded protected area networks worldwide.
	Appropriate policies, laws, and technical tools for the long-term protection, effective management, and restoration of sacred natural sites.
	Mobilizing public support for sacred natural sites.

Part 1: Non-material values of protected areas, including spiritual values
(September 11, and September 12 AM)

Theme / Goals / Schedule

Theme:

An improved understanding of the non-material values of protected areas throughout the world by managers, policy makers, and the public is essential to the long-term survival of these special places.

Improved understanding of non-material values will lead to:

Goals:

1.	Provide strategies for park and protected area managers to resolve conflicts among values, in order to protect non-material values, by reviewing case studies from around the world.
2.	Evaluate recent experiences, and high priority needs for the future, regarding designation of parks and other areas to protect specific non-material values, with greater public understanding and involvement (local communities, visitors, and the wider public).
3.	Develop specific recommendations flowing from 1-2 above to address: " Future directions for the Task Force on Non-Material Values.
	Increased public education and awareness especially where most needed: taking advantage of new opportunities to develop holistic people-nature relationships
	Effectively working within a wide variety of political processes
	Providing opportunities for full and meaningful involvement of indigenous peoples, local populations, traditional peoples, and modern groups in preservation of non-material values
	Develop mechanisms to gain recognition of sacred natural sites for biodiversity conservation.

Schedule:

September 11: Panel discussions, with presentations, on #1-2 above
September 12, AM: Facilitated workshop discussion to develop recommendations (#3 above)

Part 2: Sacred Natural Sites
(September 12pm, and September 13)

Theme / Goals / Schedule

Themes:

Exploration, in collaboration with representatives of indigenous peoples, faith groups, and the wider conservation community:

Goals

Schedule

September 12, PM: Introductory Panel Presentations and Case Studies
September 13, AM: Sacred Natural Sites Poster Session and Discussion of guidelines

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Pre-Feasibility Study of a System of Protected Areas Associated with the Great Inca Highland Road

Sacred natural sites can be large areas, such as those associated with sacred mountains, or smaller ones, such as those associated with sacred groves, caves, springs or rock formations. In other cases, whole landscapes are considered sacred, such as the high mountain landscapes of the Andes that parallel the west coast of South America. The Great Inca Highland Road runs 6,000 km. along the spine of the Andes. It was the central longitudinal route that connected a much larger road system built by Pre-Colombian Andean societies, and which was improved upon and completed during the reign of the Inca Empire. It traverses these sacred landscapes and has the potential to bring together once again the high mountain Andean societies of the countries of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Until recently, this archaeological treasure had fallen into abandon and was largely forgotten. This changed when Peruvian Ricardo Espinosa hiked about 4,000 kms. of the Great Road from Quito, Ecuador to La Paz, Bolivia. During his journey, he mapped the Road's location, took over 6,000 photographs, and published a book.

For many, the Great Inca Highland Road is a sacred road, and as such it provides an interesting opportunity to develop a network of protected areas associated with this monument to Andean ingenuity and capacity, and to their attachment to the Pachamama, or Mother Earth. It also provides an opportunity to build this network with and through Andean Communities along its route, focusing on the reintegration of Andean culture, and the recognition of their cosmology, their view of people's place in the Universe, their understanding of the sacred.

This Great Road has an equally great potential for community-based ecotourism. Not only would some of the poorest communities in South America have an opportunity for economic development while maintaining and building on the roots of their culture. These communities could offer an unparalleled tourism product built on respect for local culture and traditions, and offering the visitor the chance to be a pilgrim, to make an outward journey leading to inward growth, understanding and harmony, and all of this through some of the most spectacular high mountain scenery in the world.

The results of the Pre-Feasibility study will be presented at the WPC through a multi-media presentation accompanied by a technical report and a glossy Executive Summary. The presentation will focus on the following topics:

1. Introduction
a.	Verbal introduction by Lead Speaker
	Welcome to event
	Purpose and contents of the presentation
	Presentation of team
	Strategic themes - the sacred dimension, Andean re-integration, protected areas
b.	Video Presentation
	15-20 minutes
	scenes from Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina
	orientation maps of Inca road system and the Great Inca Highland Road , eco-regions it transverses, existing protected areas, and associated natural and cultural resources
2. Findings of Pre-Feasibility Study
a.	a. Status of the Great Inca Highland Road (GIHR), and associated natural and cultural resources
	Location
	State of preservation
	Archaeological setting
	Current uses
	Ethnic and linguistic groups
	Socio-economic profiles (map of extreme poverty)
	Communities along the route
	Eco-regions it traverses
	Existing protected areas along the route
	Important natural features along the route
	Sacred sites
	Conservation potential, including biological corridors
	Importance for agro-biodiversity
b.	The Sacred Dimension
	A road passing through a sacred landscape or, a road built to honor the sacred?
	Perceptions of the sacred dimension
	Forging identity within diversity
	Developing a project that honors the sacred dimension, especially Andean cosmology
c.	Sustainable Development
	Starting from the standpoint of the 3 strategic themes - the sacred dimension, Andean re-integration, protected areas
	Pachamama (the sacred dimension) > processes (traditional knowledge, tourism, protected areas) > result (re-integration) > new dynamic leading to a sustainable development that honors the sacred.
d.	Tourism Potential
	Concepts for a tourism respectful of the local cultures and their understanding of the Universe, community based tourism.
	Modes of use that revive the traditional use of the GRI (tambos, llamas, complementarities, reciprocity)
	Building a very special tourism product that is a dialog with the landscape, transformative experience, Andean cosmology, and the Andean notion of reciprocity.
e.	Institutional Considerations
	A network that accesses capacities within communities, technical institutions, governments, private enterprise, NGOs, the sacred, and funding.
	A coordinating entity
	A leading Andean patron
3. Follow-up Priorities
a.	Regional priorities
	Development and coordination of the network
	Standards for tourism development
	Cultural exchange
	Diffusion of concepts and priorities
b	National priorities (to be determined in national workshops)
4. Project Profiles
5. Conclusion

After the conclusion of the presentation, and a question and answer period, a Donor's Round Table will be held to mobilize finance for priority projects for development of a network of protected areas associated with the Great Inca Highland Road,

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