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

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Vth IUCN WORLD PARKS CONGRESS
PHOTOGALLERY
"Benefits Beyond Boundaries"
Day by Day Photogallery
Tuesday 09 Sep. 2003

Day by Day Photo Gallery : 08.09.03 // 09.09.03 // 10.09.03 // 11.09.03 //
12.09.03 // 13.09.03 // 14.09.03 // 15.09.03 // 16.09.03 // 17.09.03 //
WPC Exhibition & People Photo Galleries

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Day by Day Photogallery
Tuesday 09 Sep. 2003
Plenary 1 // Symposium A // Symposium B //
Evening Ceremony // Other events
Plenary 1: Benefits Beyond Boundaries
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"Introduction to the Aims and Process of the Congress" By David Sheppard, IUCN World Parks Congress Secretary General - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Where Are We Now? - Benefits Beyond Boundaries by Kenton Miller Chair WCPA, and Vice President for International Conservation and Development, WRI - Photo: IUCN/IISD
"State of the World's Protected Areas: Linking Protected Areas to Broader Agendas" by Klaus Toepfer, UNEP Executive Director. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Where Are We Now? - Benefits Beyond Boundaries by Kenton Miller Chair WCPA, and Vice President for International Conservation and Development, WRI - Photo: IUCN/IISD
"Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Areas" - By Russell A. Mittermeier President, Conservation International - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Denise Hamú, Chair of IUCN CEC. Photo: IUCN/IISD
"Looking from here back to Caracas" - by Angela Cropper, (Trinidad and Tobago), CEO, The Cropper Foundation and Member Commission on Environmental Law - Photo: IUCN/IISD
"The Millenium Assessment and Implications for Protected Areas" by Bob Scholes (South Africa) Co-Chair of the Condition and Trends Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Panel of the Benefits Beyond Boundaries Plenary - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Africa theater during the 1st Plenary Session of the Vth IUCN WPC - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Delegates attending the Benefits Beyond Boundaries Pleanry during the Klaus Toepfer presentation on the UN List of Pas - Photo: IUCN/IIISD
Symposium A: Benefits to People
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Aroha Te Pareake Mead (New Zealand) IUCN Councillor representing Indigenous People during the "Benefits to People - Do People Really Benefit from Protected Areas?" -Session - photo: IUCN/IISD
"Benefits beyond Boundaries: The importance of protected areas and a healthy environment for people and sustainable development in Africa" by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, WWF President and former Commonwealth Secretary General - Photo: IUCN/IISD
"The Convention on Biological Diversity: Protected Areas and Benefits to People." by Hamdallah Zedan, Secretary General, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity - Photo: IUCN/IISD
"Protected Areas as Engines for Economic Development" by Carlos Manuel Rodríguez (Costa Rica), Minister for Environment and Energy - Photo: IUCN/IISD
"Protected Areas and Poverty: What is the Linkage, what are the Benefits ?" by Ian Johnson (United Kingdom), Vice President, Sustainable Development, The World Bank - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Luz Maria de la Torre, indigenous representative - Photo: IUCN/IISD
"Peace and Security: Benefits of Protected Areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" - Photo: IUCN/IISD
"Peace and Security: Benefits of Protected Areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Chair of the Symposia A: Professor Mohammed A. Zakri, Director, United Nations University, Institute of Advance Studies - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Symposium B: Managing with change
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Chair of Symposia B: Valli Moosa, Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism of South Africa - photo: IUCN/IISD
Sam Sesega (Samoa) Director, Pacific Environment Consultant - Photo: IUCN/IISD
From the left to the right: Chair of Symposia B: Valli Moosa, Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism of South Africa and Ibrahim thiaw, IUCN Regional Director for West Africa. - Photo: IUCN/IISD
"The "Implications of Global Change for Management of Protected Areas in the 21st Centry" Panel discussion - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Evening Event: Celebration of the Sacred and
Non Material Values of Protected Arease
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Celebration of the Sacred and Non Material Values of Protected Areas by Indigenous and Traditional Leaders from around the World moderated by Yolanda Kakabadse, IUCN PResident. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Celebration of the Sacred and Non Material Values of Protected Areas by Indigenous and Traditional Leaders from around the World, Lakota Chief Little Finger. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Celebration of the Sacred and Non Material Values of Protected Areas by Indigenous and Traditional Leaders from around the World, Yolanda Kakabdse, IUCN President and Mr Espinosa during the presentation of the Gran Ruta Inca project. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Celebration of the Sacred and Non Material Values of Protected Areas by Indigenous and Traditional Leaders from around the World, Yolanda Kakabadse, IUCN President. Photo: IUCN/IISD
African theater at the Celebration of the Sacred and Non Material Values of Protected Areas by Indigenous and Traditional Leaders from around the World. Photo: IUCN/IISD
African theater at the Celebration of the Sacred and Non Material Values of Protected Areas by Indigenous and Traditional Leaders from around the World. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Other events - Press Conferences
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Launch Book of Minister Vali Moosa (right) with IUCN Director general, Achim Steiner (left) Photo: IUCN/IISD
Launch Book of Minister Vali Moosa (photo) - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Achim Steiner (right), IUCN Director General and Klaus Toepfer (left) UNEP Executive Director at the Launch of UN List of Protected Areas. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Stuart Chape (center) , Director UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre at the Launch of UN List of Protected Areas - photo: IUCN/IISD
Launch of UN List of Protected Areas Panel - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Press Conference: Entry into Force of the Biosafety Protocol - Left to right: Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, CBD, Juan Mayr, Former Colombian Environment Minister, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Environment, South Africa, Klaus Teopfer, UNEP Executive Director - Photo: IUCN/IISD
Mediterranean Voice in the WPC - photo: IUCN
HM Queen Noor and Yolanda Kakabadse, IUCN President planting a tree during the WPC. in Durban, South Africa. Photo: IUCN/IISD

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Day by Day Photo Gallery : 08.09.03 // 09.09.03 // 10.09.03 // 11.09.03 //
12.09.03 // 13.09.03 // 14.09.03 // 15.09.03 // 16.09.03 // 17.09.03 //
WPC Exhibition & People Photo Galleries


Vth World Parks Congres - Benefits Beyond Boundaries

 
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