See more coverage of this event on the main IISD ENB website

We have launched a new website to better share our reports of global environmental negotiations.

As well as current coverage of new negotiations, you can find our original reports from this event by clicking here.

IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) Coverage
IISD RS has produced daily reports and a summary report from this meeting. In order to download our report, click the HTML or PDF icons below.
Summary Report   Summary
 
htm
pdf
8 September   HTML version PDF format
9 September   HTML version PDF format
10 September   HTML version PDF format
11 September   HTML version PDF format
12 September   HTML version PDF format
13 September   HTML version PDF format
16 September   HTML version PDF format
17 September   HTML version PDF format
Summary   HTML version PDF format
Loading...

Vth IUCN World Parks Congress

Durban, South Africa | 8-17 September 2003
Highlights for 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.
.
Celebration of the Sacred and Non Material Values of Protected Areas by Indigenous and Traditional Leaders from around the World, Lakota Chief Little Finger

Plenary: Benefits Beyond Boundaries


Chair,  Abdulaziz Abuzinada,  Saudi Arabia National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development

 

 


"Looking from here back to Caracas" Angela Cropper (Trinidad and Tobago), CEO, The Cropper Foundation and Member of Commission on Environmental Law

 

 


Sylvia Earle, National Geographic, presented a video "The Impacts of Change on Nature and People


"Benefits Beyond Boundaries" Kenton Miller (US) Chair, WCPA and Vice President for International Conservation and Development, WRI

"State of the World's Protected Areas: Linking Protected Areas to Broader Agendas" Klaus Toepfer (Germany), Executive Director, UNEP

"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


Russell Mittermeier (US) President, Conservation International

  


HM Queen Noor

 


Klaus Toepfer during his presentation

 



Queen Noor (second from right) and David Sheppard, WPC Secretary General (third from right)

Panel Discussion: "Responding to the Challenge: How can Protected Areas Best Provide Benefits Beyond Boundaries?"

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)


Moderator Vuyo Mbuli (South Africa)


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.

 


Aghaghia Rahimzadeh (Iran) desribed the traditional and sustainable livelihood of her pastoral nomadic community.
Symposium A: Benefits to People


Protected Areas and Poverty: What is the Linkage, What are the Benefits?" Ian Johnson (UK), Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank


"Protected Areas as Engines for Economic Development" Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (Costa Rica), Minister for Environment and Energy


"Benefits beyond Boundaries: the Importance of Protected Areas and a Healthy Environment for People and Sustainable Development in Africa", Tribal Chief Emeka Anyaoku (Nigeria)

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

"The Convention on Biological Diversity: Protected Areas and Benefits to People" Hamdallah Zedan (Egypt), Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity

 


"Protect Areas: Benefits for Urban Areas, the Next Frontier" Government of the State of Amazonias


Panel discussion on "Benefits to People: Do People Really Benefit from Protected Areas?" Moderated by Peter Bridgewater (Australia), Secretary General, Ramsar Convention Secretariat

"Communicating Benefits of Protected Areas to People" an audiovisual presentation with Denise Hamu (Brazil), Chair, IUCN Commission on Education and Communication


Princess Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Princess of the Netherlands
Symposium B: Managing Change


Symposium B during the presentation of Claude Martin, Director General, WWF International: "Preparing for a Changing World: Climate Change and Protected Areas"

  


"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

  

"The Drivers of Change and Implications for Protected Areas" Christian Samper (Colombia), Director, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History


Valli Moosa, South Africa, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, moderated the symposium

 
 

"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)

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

 

Related Links
IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 Resources

*Congress Website *Congress Programme at a Glance
*Congress Plenary Sessions *Congress Stream Sessions
*Congress Theme Sessions *Congress World Leaders’ Dialogues
*Congress Capacity Development Workshops *Congress Pavilions
*Congress Field Trips *IUCN website


IISD RS resources

*IISD RS coverage of the Fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Review of Implementation (WGRI 5) of the CBD and Eighteenth meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 18), 16-20 and 23-28 June 2014, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Headquarters, Montreal, Canada

*IISD RS coverage of the Third Meeting of the Open-ended Ad-Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ICNP 3), 24-28 February 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

*IISD RS coverage of the Eighth meeting of the Ad-Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge) and Related Provisions of the CBD and CBD SBSTTA 17, 7-11 and 14-18 October 2013, ICAO headquarters, Montreal, Canada

*IISD RS summary report of the Tenth World Wilderness Congress (WILD10), 4-10 October 2013, Salamanca, Spain (HTML - PDF)

*IISD RS summary and analysis of the Fifth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), 24-28 September 2013, Muscat, Oman (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)

*IISD RS coverage of the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP16), 3-14 March 2013, Bangkok, Thailand

*IISD RS coverage of the First Meeting of Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks, 24-27 September 2012, Bonn, Germany

*IISD RS coverage of the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 8-19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

*IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at CBD COP 11, 8-19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

*BIODIVERSITY-L - A mailing list for news on biodiversity and wildlife policy

*Biodiversity Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing International Biodiversity Policy

*Linkages Update - Bi-Weekly International Environment and Sustainable Development News
| Back to IISD RS "Linkages" | Visit IISDnet | Send e-mail to IISD RS |
© 2014, IISD. All rights reserved.