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Vth IUCN World Parks Congress
Durban, South Africa | 8-17 September 2003
Highlights
Tuesday, 9 September
Delegates to the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) met in morning
Plenary to hear keynote presentations and a panel discussion on "Benefits
beyond Boundaries." Two afternoon symposia were held to address "Benefits
to People" and "Managing with Change." Numerous side meetings and special
events on, inter alia, the UN List of Protected Areas, the Biosafety
Protocol, and the sacred dimension of protected areas (PAs), were
held throughout the day.
Photo: Celebration
of the Sacred and Non Material Values of Protected Areas by Indigenous
and Traditional Leaders from around the World, Lakota Chief Little Finger
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Plenary:
Benefits Beyond Boundaries
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Chair, Abdulaziz Abuzinada, Saudi Arabia National
Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development
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"Looking
from here back to Caracas" Angela Cropper (Trinidad and Tobago),
CEO, The Cropper Foundation and Member of Commission on Environmental
Law
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Sylvia
Earle, National Geographic, presented a video "The Impacts
of Change on Nature and People
(Listen
to Presentation)
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"Benefits Beyond Boundaries" Kenton Miller (US)
Chair, WCPA and Vice President for International Conservation
and Development, WRI (Listen
to Presentation)
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"State of the World's Protected Areas: Linking Protected
Areas to Broader Agendas" Klaus Toepfer (Germany), Executive
Director, UNEP (Listen
to Presentation)
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"The
Milennium Ecosystem Assessment and Implications for Protected
Areas" Bob Scholes (South Africa), Co-Chair of the Condition
and Trends Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
(Listen
to Presentation)
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Queen Noor (second from right) and David Sheppard, WPC Secretary
General (third from right)
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Panel Discussion: "Responding to the Challenge:
How can Protected Areas Best Provide Benefits Beyond Boundaries?"
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Panel discussion (left to right): John Makombo (Uganda), Ernesto
Enkerlin Hoeflich (Mexico), President, Nacional Commission on
Protected Areas (CONANP), Andre van der Zande (Netherlands),
Director General, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and
Fisheries, Estherine Lisinge Fotabong (Cameroon), Director of
Policy, WWF CARPO and Vice Chair for West and Central Asia, WCPA,
and Moderator Vuyo Mbuli (South Africa) |
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Moderator Vuyo Mbuli (South Africa)
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Dr. Taghi Farvar, Chair of CEESP, Commission on Environmental,
Economic and Social Policy of IUCN; and IUCN Council member. To his
right is Uncle Sayyaad Soltani, a Community Elder of the Kuhi People
of the Shish Bayli, one of the six tribes in the Qashqai
Confederation—the largest tribe of nomadic pastoralists in Iran. |
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Aghaghia Rahimzadeh (Iran) desribed the traditional and sustainable livelihood
of her pastoral nomadic community.
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A: Benefits to People |
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Protected
Areas and Poverty: What is the Linkage, What are the Benefits?"
Ian Johnson (UK), Vice President, Sustainable Development, World
Bank
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"Protected Areas as Engines for Economic Development"
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (Costa Rica), Minister for Environment
and Energy (Listen
to Presentation)
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"Benefits
beyond Boundaries: the Importance of Protected Areas and
a Healthy Environment for People and Sustainable Development
in Africa", Tribal Chief Emeka Anyaoku (Nigeria) (Listen
to Presentation)
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A gorilla during a presentation on "Peace and
Security: the Benefits of Protected Areas in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo", Eulalie Bashige (Democratic
Republic of the Congo), Director General ICCN
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"The
Convention on Biological Diversity: Protected Areas and
Benefits to People" Hamdallah Zedan (Egypt), Executive
Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity
(Listen to Presentation)
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"Protect
Areas: Benefits for Urban Areas, the Next Frontier"
Government of the State of Amazonias
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Panel
discussion on "Benefits to People: Do People Really
Benefit from Protected Areas?" Moderated by Peter Bridgewater
(Australia), Secretary General, Ramsar Convention Secretariat
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"Communicating
Benefits of Protected Areas to People" an audiovisual
presentation with Denise Hamu (Brazil), Chair, IUCN Commission
on Education and Communication
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Princess Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Princess of the
Netherlands
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B: Managing Change |
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Symposium
B during the presentation of Claude Martin, Director General, WWF International: "Preparing for a Changing World:
Climate Change and Protected Areas"
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"Partnerships
Between the Public and Private Sector- the Way Forward
for Protected Areas in the 21dt Century?" John Turner
(US), Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs
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"The
Drivers of Change and Implications for Protected Areas"
Christian Samper (Colombia), Director, Smithsonian National
Museum of Natural History
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Valli
Moosa, South Africa, Minister of Environmental Affairs
and Tourism, moderated the symposium
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"The
"Implications of Global Change for Management of
Protected Areas in the 21st Centry" Panel discussion
moderated by Jeffrey McNeely (US) Chief Scientist, IUCN
(far right)
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Press
Conference: Entry into Force of the Biosafety Protocol
Hamdallah
Zedan, Executive Secretary, CBD, Juan Mayr, Former Colombian
Environment Minister, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister
of Environment, South Africa, Klaus Teopfer, UNEP Executive
Director
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