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Mountain
Protected Area Issues Workshop
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5-8
September
2003, Durban, South Africa
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| Mountain
Protected Area Issues Workshop |
| Building on the
2002 International Year of the Mountain the Congress will deal
with mountain protected areas through a pre-Congress Workshop,
5-8 September, 2003 in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg World Heritage
Site. The field based workshop will cover a range relevant issues
for mountain protected area systems linked to the Congress themes. |
Larry Hamilton,
the WCPA Mountain Biome Vice-Chair, is leading preparations
for a significant World Heritage Mountain Protected Area Workshop
as a prelude to next year's World Parks Congress.
The field based workshop will take place in the World Heritage
listed uKhahlamba-Drakensberg National Park west of Durban,
South Africa. The pre-congress workshop is scheduled for 4
days from September 5 to 8, 2003 and will cover a range
of relevant issues for mountain protected area systems linked
to the Congress themes.
The issues to be seen in the field will be:
Water, A Major Benefit Beyond Boundaries;
Transboundary Cooperation in Protected
Area Management and Peace Parks;
Working Beyond Boundaries with Neighbors;
Cultural and Sacred Resource Conservation;
Providing for EcoTourism and Mountaineering, and
Managing Impacts;
Fire and Alien Species - Do Boundaries Matter?;
Integrated Development Protected Area Planning.
The workshop will be limited to 40 participants and Larry
is currently calling for nominations from interested people
to attend.
More information may be found at http://www.georgewright.org/mtnworkshop.html.
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