|
 El
Quinto Congreso Mundial de Parques que tuvo lugar en
Durban, Sudáfrica, del 8 al 17 de septiembre 2003
finalizó con el acuerdo común de los participantes
acerca de los nuevos compromisos y la orientación
política para las áreas protegidas en todo
el mundo. Achim Steiner, Director General de la Union
mundial para la naturaleza - UICN, declaró : “Mañana
tres mil delegados regresarán a sus países
de origen armados con el Acuerdo de Durban, el Plan de
Acción y la lista de Recomendaciones, así como
con nuevos conocimientos y contactos. Durante los últimos
diez días, los parques fueron el centro de atención
de quienes participaron durante el Congreso y esperamos
que lo continuen siendo más allá de Durban” .
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November
28, 2003
PROTECTED
AREAS AS AN ENGINE FOR
LIFE QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Over
two weeks, more than 20
experts on protected areas
from twelve Mediterranean
countries (Morocco, Algeria,
Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan,
Syria, Turkey, Bosnia Herzegovina,
Serbia, Mauritania and
Montenegro) will participate
in a Mediterranean seminar
organized by the IUCN Centre
for Mediterranean Cooperation
and the Spanish Agency
of International Cooperation
at Málaga. (...)
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November
26, 2003
IMPLEMENTING
THE OUTCOMES OF THE Vth
IUCN WORLD PARKS CONGRESS
In
the wake of the Vth IUCN
World Parks Congress (WPC),
experts from the IUCN Secretariat
and the IUCN World Commission
on Protected Areas (WCPA)
are meeting today to review
the main outcomes of the
Congress. (...)
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November
17, 2003
SOCIAL
CONCERNS TO BECOME A CRITICAL
ELEMENT OF THE CBD PROGRAMME
OF WORK ON PROTECTED AREAS
Although
the meeting of the Convention
on Biological Diversity
(CBD) Subsidiary Body on
Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice (SBSTTA)
ended in Montreal with
no consensus on all elements
of the programme of work
on protected areas, it
nevertheless achieved important
results with regard to
a cluster of concerns comprising “governance,
participation, equity and
benefit sharing”.
(...)
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November
17, 2003
UNFINISHED
YET A PROMISING TASK -
PROTECTED AREAS AND THE
CONVENTION
Parties
to the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) attending
the 9th Meeting of the
Subsidiary Body on Scientific,
Technical and Technological
Advice (SBSTTA) in Montreal
showed strong support for
a comprehensive and ambitious
Programme of Work (PoW)
on Protected Areas to be
considered at the CBD Seventh
Conference of the Parties
(COP) in Kuala Lumpur in
February 2004. (...)
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November
14, 2003
IUCN
EXPLORES CONSERVATION LEARNING
NETWORK
Denise
Hamu, Chair of the IUCN
Commission on Education
and Communication (CEC),
and CEC North American
Chair, Keith Wheeler, drew
together an exciting team
at IUCN headquarters this
week to discuss the potential
development of a conservation
e-learning network. (...)
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November
12, 2003
GOVERNMENTS
SUPPORT CBD WORKPLAN ON
PROTECTED AREAS
Governments
meeting at the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific Technical
and Technological Advice
to the Convention on Biological
Diversity (SBSTTA - CBD)
today voiced strong support
to the proposed Programme
of Work (PoW) on protected
areas. (...)
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November
06, 2003
MANAGING
CHINA’S PROTECTED
AREAS
“IUCN
stands ready to assist
the Environmental Protection
Administration of China
(SEPA),” Achim Steiner,
IUCN Director General,
told Vice Minister Zhu
Guangyao during a lunch
hosted by SEPA, at the
second annual general meeting
of the China Council for
International Cooperation
on Environment and Development
(CCICED) - Phase III, late
last month. (...)
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