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WELCOME TO THE Vth IUCN WORLD PARK
CONGRESS WEBSITE
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 8-17 SEPTEMBER 2003
The IUCN
Vth World Congress on Protected Areas, or IUCN Vth World
Parks Congress as it has become known, is a 10 yearly event
which provides the major global forum for setting the agenda
for protected areas. Previous Congresses have had a tremendous
impact in assisting national governments to create new protected
areas, and direct more resources towards biodiversity conservation.
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The
Vth IUCN World Parks Congress held in Durban, South
Africa, from 8 to 17 September, 2003. Both Patrons
of the Congress, former South African President and
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mr Nelson Mandela
and Her Majesty Queen Noor strongly endorsed
the theme of the Congress,
"Benefits Beyond Boundaries"
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The Vth
IUCN World Parks Congress organised by IUCN - The World
Conservation Union, its World Commission on Protected Areas
(WCPA), South African National Parks and the Government
of South Africa.
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 The
Vth IUCN World Parks Congress was held from 8 to 17 September
2003 in Durban, South Africa with participants agreed on new
commitments and policy guidance for protected areas worldwide.
In closing the Congress, Achim Steiner, Director General of
IUCN - the World Conservation Union, noted that: “Tomorrow
3000 delegates will return to their home countries armed with
the Durban Accord, Action Plan and Recommendations, as well
as new knowledge and contacts. For the past ten days, parks
were centre stage and at the front of people’s minds,
and we hope they will remain so beyond Durban,”
(...)
Full
Press Release of the 17.09.03 // More
information
Comunicado
en español // Más
información
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en français // Plus
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IUCN wishes to acknowledge the generous support of the
Global Environment Facility and the project facilitation by
the United Nations Environment Programme which made possible
the successful staging of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress,
Durban South Africa. GEF/UNEP support, along with other donors
is helping to ensure that the Congress outputs are impacting
protected areas thinking around then world.
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