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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
Workshop Streams &
Cross Cutting Themes
11-12-13 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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Workshop Stream 1:
Linkages in the Landscape/Seascape
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Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention, Lead for the Linkages in the Landscape/Seascape Workshop. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Linkages in the Landscape and Seascape Stream: Breakout group on benefits of MPA networks for fisheries and endangered species: experiences and innovation in scaling up to build networks. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Panel for the Plenary for the workshop on Linkages in the Landscape and Seascape . Photo: IUCN/IISD
Book Launch: Linkages in the Landscape: The Role of Corridors and Connectivity in Wildlife Conservation, published by the IUCN Forest Conservation Programme. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Linkages in the landscape and seascape: David Lamb, University of Queensland - Brisbane (left) and Lead Peter Bridgewater (right-center). Photo: IUCN/IISD
Book Launch: Linkages in the Landscape: The Role of Corridors and Connectivity in Wildlife Conservation, published by the IUCN Forest Conservation Programme. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Workshop Stream 2:
Building Broader Support for Protected Areas
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Jeff McNeely, IUCN Chief Scientist lead of the Building Broader Support for PAs Stream at the WPC. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Workshop Stream Plenary on Building Broader Support for Protected Areas. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Session on the Building Broader Support for PAs Stream. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Building Support from New Constituencies, session of the Workshop Stream II. Photo: IUCN/IISD
tourism: Building Support from New Constituencies. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Workshop Stream 3:
New Ways of Working Together - Governance & PAs
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Governance of Protected Areas Workshop Plenary: Chair Ahora Mead (New Zealand), Achim Stenier, IUCN Director- General, Janis Alcorn (US), and Ashish Kothari (India) . Photo: IUCN/IISD
Achim Stenier, IUCN Director- General, addresses governance workshop participants and a view from the back of the room of the Governance Workshop Plenary . Phot: IUCN/IISD
Governance of Protected Areas Workshop Pleanry. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Workshop Stream 4:
Developing the Capacity to Manage
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Evaluating Management Effectiveness Workshop Plenary. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Mnaaging Invasives Species in PAs by G. Howard, IUCN. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Uganda Wildlife Authority Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - WPC Experiences in PAs Management by Moses Mapesa. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Workshop Stream 5:
Maintaining Protected Areas for Now and the Future
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Maintaining Protected Areas for Now and the Future . Photo: IUCN/IISD
Panel of the Effective Management Effectiveness (left to right): Geoff Vincent, Deputy CEO Parks Victoria, Australia, Pedro Rosabal, Protected Areas Programme, IUCN, Nik Lopoukhine, Director General, National Parks Directorate, Parks Canada, Leonardo Lacenrda, WWF International, Marija Zupancic-Vicar, Senior Advisor, WCPA, Mavuso Msimang, CEO South African National Parks, South Africa. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Nik Lopoukhine, Director General, National Parks Directorate, Parks Canada, Leonardo Lacenrda, WWF International. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Workshop Stream 6:
Building a Secure Financial Future
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Finance Workshop lead Carlos E. Quintela . Photo: IUCN/IISD
Planary of the Building a Secure Financial Future Stream. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Finance Workshop lead Carlos E. Quintela. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Session on the OWrkshop stream VI: Building a Secure Financial Future . Photo: IUCN/IISD
Session on the OWrkshop stream VI: Building a Secure Financial Future . Photo: IUCN/IISD
Workshop Stream 7:
Building a Comprehensive Protected Area System
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Building Comprehensive Protected Area Systems: Gustavo Fonseca. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Building Comprehensive Protected Area Systems: Gustavo Fonseca (CI-CABS), Thomas Brooks (CI-CABS), Miguel Araujo (Portugal), and Ana Rodriguez (CI-CABS) . Photo: IUCN/IISD
Delagates during the Build Comprehensive PAS System. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Marine Cross Cutting Theme
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Session on the Marine Cross Cutting Theme. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Delegates attending sessions on the Cross cutting themes. Photo: IUCN/IISD
World Heritage Cross Cutting Theme
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Panel Discussion on World Haritage. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Delagates waiting at the entrance of the Cross Cutting themes sessions. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Communities & Equity Cross Cutting Theme
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CEC activelly participates on the Communities & Equity Sessions. Photo: IUCN/IIISD
Sharing experiences from each other, one of the goals of the Vth IUCN WPC. Photo: IUCN/IIISD
Other Events & Miscellaneous Pictures
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Visit of SA Officials to the Wescana Exhibition. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Press Conference with Indigenous Peoples : lEFPanel (left to right): Lucy Mulenkei, Jojo Carino, Ibaloy Igorot, Philippines, Manuel Santiander, Mapuche, Chile, and John Letai, Maasa, Kenya. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Young environmental journalists from Reuters who are in training at the Congress; journalists are from India, Croatia, UAE, Brazil, Serbia, Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Russia, and Malaysia. Photo: IUCN/IISD
Hastings Chikoko, IUCN Membership Officer and Manager of the WPC information Desk. photo: IUCN/IISD
David Bracquet, Chair of IUCN SSC welcomes SSC members at the reception kindly hosted by South Africa National Parks. Photo: SSC
Hector Magome signs a book that he presented to David Brackett at the SSC members' reception. Photo: IUCN/SSC
Degates during the Workshops Sessions. Photo: IUCN/IIISD
Degates during the Workshops Sessions. Photo: IUCN/IIISD
Degates during the Workshops Sessions. Photo: IUCN/IIISD
Degates during the Workshops Sessions. Photo: IUCN/IIISD
Degates during the Workshops Sessions. Photo: IUCN/IIISD
Traditional Fijian Community Meeting "Kava Chat". 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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