November 12th -19th

IUCN and other parties are involved in organizing.

WPC convened once in 10 years

Many streams: ◦ Improving Health and Wellbeing: Healthy Parks

Healthy People.

◦ Enhancing the diversity and quality of governance for protected areas

www.worldparkscongress2014

The IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 is the premier global event on protected areas. Building on the theme Parks, People, Planet: Inspiring Solutions, it will pave the way for a new era where protected areas are valued and conserved by all parts of society as natural solutions to global challenges.

The programme streams are the work engine that powers the Congress. The complementary suite of eight streams will look ahead to anticipate and address prominent issues and challenges faced by protected areas,

Vital to position themes firmly within the broader goals of sustainable development and community well-being through the next decade and beyond.

At CARE we felt if other CSOs are contributing we do not need scattered write-ups.

Influencing programme of actions at international level.

Providing/shaping recommendations based upon our practice/field experience.

Strategy for future opportunities/funding programming….

Our own visibility: positioning In 2003 CSOs organized input into the

programme

For a sustainable future, the well-being of all societies depends on healthy ecosystems. Protected areas can conserve healthy ecosystems and improve our health and well-being.

The Improving Health and Wellbeing - Healthy Parks Healthy People stream will explore the diverse health benefits provided by protected areas, including medicines, disease regulation, livelihood support, mental and spiritual well-being, and settings for physical activity. It will also explore the concept of healthy parks in various contexts.

Governance is about “who makes decisions” and “how decisions are made”. We speak of sound governance when decisions are taken legitimately, fairly, with a sense of vision, accountability and while respecting rights. Another dimension of governance is diversity.

A diverse protected area system encompasses a range of governance types such as shared governance, governance by Indigenous People and local communities, by private entities, and by national and regional governments.

This stream will focus on consolidating and taking to new heights the commitments made at the previous IUCN World Parks Congress in Durban in 2003 and by the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Delivering global action

Workshop 1.6: Assessing, evaluating and improving governance of protected and conserved areas:

Workshop 2.5: Governance, sustainable use of wild resources, and combating wildlife crime.

Workshop 2.8: Land tenure, governance and conservation.

Stream 3, session 27: well being and livelihoods

Phil Franks: Governance ambassador.

Fred Kafeero: works with FAO, he is among session organizers.

Kandole Annet: I will be among the team drafting and synthesizing the recommendations. presenter.

NOTE:

We have the information from the studies: what are the critical recommendations that we can sell out??

We could consider a small team to come up with critical points.

.. Developing a 2 pages Max: based upon research and practice

Wildlife crime: Establishment of task force focus on hotspots or initiative to monitor illegalities, trade/ disposal of products .. Ivory,

Compelling governments to undertake periodic governance assessments of protected areas: …. Adopted from best practices…. HRW

Increasing the use of ICT to tackle accountability and transparency issues.

Support the implementation of FLEGT action plan:

Parks presence should be seen to reduce poverty