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

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OUTPUTS OF THE CONGRESS

  The IUCN WCPA World Parks Congress: Tourism        Components

Introduction
Workshops Streams
Plenary Session Strategic Alliance
Congress Recommendation: Tourism
Congress Publication
Other Activities
Side Events

Introduction

While neither a Stream nor Cross cutting theme of the Congress, Tourism is an important sub-theme. WCPA -Task Force on Tourism & Protected Areas has co-ordinated the integration of Tourism-related issues into several Congress workshop streams, cross cutting themes, the plenary session Day 9 on Strategic Alliances and inclusion of a Tourism-specific Recommendation arising from the Congress.

Through the Congress, the WCPA -Task Force on Tourism & Protected Areas will input through COP 7 to CBD. and strengthen ongoing strategic alliances between IUCN - WCPA and key stakeholders involved in the development of policy and guidelines, seeking a more sustainable partnership between tourism and protected areas. The Task Force will support the IUCN "Building Support for Protected Areas" 10 year plan.

Co-ordinator: Prof Robyn Bushell, University of Western Sydney on behalf of the Task Force on Tourism & Protected Areas

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Workshop Streams (days 11-13 Sept) with Tourism sessions involving case studies plus open discussion include:

Stream 2 "Building Broader Support"
Stream 6 "Financing & Resources"

Stream 2 "Building Broader Support"

Leader: Jeff McNeely - IUCN Chef Scientist

"Building Support from New Constituencies: Tourism and PAs"
"Tourism & Community"

a) "Building Support from New Constituencies: Tourism and PAs"
Co-ordinator : Prof Stephen McCool, WCPA -Task Force on Tourism & Protected Areas
Date: 12th Sept - - 09:00-10.30
  Framework Paper: "Tourism as a tool for conservation"
Stephen McCool and Robyn Bushell
  Case Studies
  Industry: Industry Perspective on supporting conservation
Mr Patrick Shorten, Director SabiSabi Private Game Reserve, SA
  Community: Co-Management & Tourism
Bessie Smith, a traditional owner of Kakadu WHA and Board of Management member from the Jawoyn Community & Peter Wellings, Environment Australia
  Visitors: Fostering Attachment to Heritage
Alfredo Arellano Director, Sian-Ka'an Biosphere Reserve & Arthur Pederson, UNESCO
Facilitated Discussion
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b) "Tourism & Community"
Co-ordinator: Lea Scherl, for Theme on Indigenous and Local Communities in PAs
Date: 11th Sept - 14:00-17:00
Panel discussion:
  Martha Honey, Director of The International Ecotourism Society
  Gehendra Gurung, Project Director of the Annapurna Conservation Area
  Mr Manoa Malani (Ministry of Tourism) and Ratu Osea Gavidi (member, Great Council of Chiefs and Pres Tourism Resource Owners Association) Fiji;
  Elder Ruby Dunstan, Co Chair of the Stein
Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, and Tribal Chief Mike Leach, T'it'qet St'at'imc People, Canada;
  Ms Nina Rao, Equations (NGO) India & Southern Co-Chair Tourism Caucus, CSD;
Session 9 : Buidling Support for PAs through participation in site-based planning
Date: 13 Sept. 09:00am // Room 2C-4
  “Site selection and Tourism: case study from the Carribean”
Steven Edwards, Conservation International

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Stream 6 "Financing and Resources"

Leader: Carlos Quintela, Wildlife Conservation Society

"Tourism-based Revenue Generation"
"Financial Issues and Tourism"

a) "Tourism-based Revenue Generation"
Co-ordinator : Andrew Drumm, Director of Ecotourism, The Nature Conservancy
Date: 12th Sep. - 09:00-12:00
Presenters:
Andrew Drumm, Director of Ecotourism, The Nature Conservancy
Dr Kreg Lindberg, Colorado State University
Juan Rene Alcoba, Bolivian Protected Area Park System
Gabriel Anaya, Director Islas Del Golfo Marine Protected Area
Peter Fearnhead, Head Commercial Development SAN Parks, South Africa
Summing up of the issues: Andy Drumm
Facilitated Discussion
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b) "Financial Issues and Tourism"
Co-ordinator : Elizabeth Halpenny, University of Waterloo, Canada
Date: 13th Sep. - 09:00-12:00
Framework Paper: "Global Trends & Issues in PAs"
Prof Paul Eagles, Chair, WCPA -Task Force on Tourism & Protected Areas
Case Studies
  1. Setting up systems to make tourism contribute to PAs
Andrew Skeat, Executive Director, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, WHA
  2. Restructuring a park agency to meeting financial challenges: Lessons learned by Parks Canada - how tourism is playing a greater role in financing a park system.
Chip Bird, Field Unit Superintendent, Western Newfoundland & Labrador,.and Dawn Bronson, Field Unit Superintendent, Manitoba, Parks Canada
3. Building capacity amongst park managers in South Africa: to assist with Business development opportunities, esp. relating to ecotourism.
Brent Corcoran, KZN South Africa
  4. Marketing and promoting appropriate park visitation (examples from both developing and developed countries)
Elizabeth Halpenny, University of Waterloo, Canada
Facilitated Discussion
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Any others wishing to present a paper may do so as a poster &/or book a space in the Speakers Room.
By contacting: Daniella Montag


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Plenary Session Strategic Alliance

"Global Partners for Protected Areas : Tourism and Protected Areas"
Partnership Launch

Chair: Achim Steiner, Director General, IUCN
Date: 16th Sep. Plenary 3 session - 09:00-12:00
Panel A: “Tourism, Business and Protected Areas” - (90')
  Panel discussion to be moderated by Jonathan Lash (USA), President, World Resources Institute and Former co-chair, Presidents Council on Sustainable Development and Session Moderator
 

Presentations
 

"Protected Areas and Tourism: a Key Tool for Sustainable Development”
Cheryl Carolous (South Africa), CEO, South Africa Tourism

 

" Indigenous Peoples, Protected Areas and Tourism”
Tribal Chief Mike Leach ( T'it'qet St'at'imc People) Canada

  Tourism as a Tool for Conservation, Community Development and Poverty Alleviation
Faustine Kobero (Tanzania), Manager, Kleins Camp, Conservation Corporation-Africa; and Les Carlisle (South Africa), Environment Manager, Conservation Corporation-Africa
 

" Protected Areas and the Private Sector: Future Opportunities”
Hans- Jürgen Grabias (Germany), Marketing Manager, Krombacher Brewery
 

" Panel Discussion Involving the previous speakers"
Moderated by Jonathan Lash
Strategic Partnership
 

" Tourism Partnership Initiatives”
Eugenio Yunis (Chile), Head, Sustainable Development of Tourism, World Tourism Organisation and representative of UNEP (to be announced)

 

"Audiovisual Presentation"

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Congress Recommendations: TOURISM

http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/wpc2003/english/outputs/tourism.htm

Co-ordinator: Robyn Bushell, WCPA TTF

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Congress Publication

A Task Force on Tourism & Protected Areas edited publication is envisaged drawing on all papers, discussion and outputs from the various sessions and recommendations relating to tourism.

Co-ordinators: Paul Eagles and Robyn Bushell, WCPA-TF - T&A

CABI Press have indicated willingness to publish the volume.

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Other Activities - Short Courses

Tourism User Fee and Willingness to Pay workshop
Date: 13th Sept - 09:30-09:50
Co-ordinator: Andrew Drumm, Director of Ecotourism - The Nature Conservancy
A hands-on workshop the following day with instruction on the application of the Tourism User Fee Calculator and Willingness to Pay survey design.
Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism policies and certification Workshop
Date: By invitation, including lunch - 12:00 - 17:00 - 12th September Hilton Hotel
Contact: sustainable-tourism@unep.fr
UNEP/Rainforest Alliance/The International Ecotourism Society project Examining Sustainable Tourism policies and tools available to support sustainable outcomes; means of monitoring tourism; overview of various certification programs.

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Side Events

Task Force on Tourism & Protected Areas meeting
Chair: Prof Paul Eagles
Date: Sept. 10 - 17:30-19:30 // Room 2C-5 // open to all
Conservation International/ UNEP book launch
'Tourism & Biodiversity : Mapping Tourism's Global Footprint'
Chair: Costas Christ, Senior Director for Ecotourism at Conservation International
Date: By invitation - 12th Sep. - 17:30-19:00
Venue: Hilton Hotel
Contact: n.wasserman@conservation.org for enquiries or to request an invitation
Conservation International and the United Nations Environment Programme Officially Launch the new publication, "Tourism and Biodiversity: Mapping Tourism's Global Footprint".
This new report illustrates the overlap between tourism development and biodiversity priority areas in order to highlight tourism related opportunities and threats for conservation and human welfare. A Wine and Cheese reception will follow a short presentation and copies of the new publication will be distributed along with a CDROM.

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This section contains a breakdown of the programme per day, details of the workshops, side events and short courses. It also provides information about the exhibition, the field trips and pre / post congress tours.
Les résultats prévus au COngrèsLos resultados previstos del Congreso
The Durban Accord is a high level vision statement for PAs in the 21st Century - a message to the world from the Congress.
The WPC Recommendations are 30 stand-alone recommendations linked to WPC workshop streams and cross cuts themes.
The Inputs into the CBD process will provide input from the WPC to the Conference of the Parties (COP) 7. This COP will be held in Malaysia in February, 2004, and will focus on protected areas.
WPC Emerging Issues
Strengthening Protected Areas: Ten Target Areas for Action in the Next Decade
A number of other outputs are planned, which will relate to Tourism, Transboundary initiatives, Protected Area Categories Review, Extractive Industries, the Spiritual values of Protected Areas, Mountains and African protected areas.
Managing Protected Areas in the 21st Century will be a handbook for PA practitioners collating the learning from Durban. Rich in case studies, models, lessons learned and drawn mostly from the IUCN World Parks Congress Streams and Cross Cutting Themes, it will be the 'User Manual' for the Durban Accord.
Non Material Values of Protected Areas Outputs
PALNet - Protected Areas Learning Network
The United Nations List & State of the World's Protected Areas (PAs) Report will be the global report card for the world's PAs.
World Parks Congress Outputs from the Transboundary Protected Areas Task Force of the IUCN-WCPA

For more information, please contact
David Sheppard,

Head, Programme on Protected Areas, IUCN

 
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