UNDP at the World Parks Congress

UNDP @ WPC Photo: Frans Lanting

United Nations Development Programme www.undp.org/biodiversity

INTRODUCTION

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UNDP - United Nations Development Programme is the development arm of the United Nations working towards achievement of sustainable, equitable and inclusive development. Being present in over 170 countries and territories, we work with governments, civil society organizations, the private sector and communities in all the continents where we operate.

We have a very large biodiversity programme - because we know that it is the foundation for sustainable development and our universal wellbeing.

Our Administrator Helen Clark aptly put it at the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting last month. “Investing in and protecting biodiversity is an investment in the future of the one planet we all share. Biodiversity and ecosystems provide the basis for all life on earth, yet rates of deforestation and the degradation of grasslands, wetlands, and other ecosystems remains alarmingly high.”

In the last 20 years, more than 2,500 marine and terrestrial protected areas and indigenous and community conservation areas – covering 353 million hectares (as big as half of Australia!) in 102 countries have benefitted from our work which is largely financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and various bilateral donors. To improve governance and management effectiveness of protected areas and livelihood enhancement of communities living in and adjacent to parks we are “PARK-ing” for sustainable development. We are expanding protected area networks, and strengthening national systems of protected areas and individual parks. We are ensuring financial sustainability of protected areas. We are working for Parks – we are PARK-ing so that they will be able to fulfil their intended functions as the “keepers” of the amazing biodiversity we share on our earth!

Presented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) Venue: Stream 5 Home Room, Hall 4A1 @ WPC

The 21-panel Photo Exhibit takes you on a global journey of visual treats and inspiration.

Featuring photos by Frans Lanting, Timothy Allen and other gifted professional and semi-professional photographers, depicting the contributions made by protected areas to sustainable, equitable and inclusive development. And our world.

PARKS FOR:

JOBS

CLIMATE CHANGE

LIFE

HOME

SPIRITUAL LIFE

RESILIENCE

WATER SECURITY

BLUE CARBON COMMUNITIES TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE MITIGATION

BIODIVERSITY WILDLIFE

LIVELIHOODS

PEOPLE

EDUCATION

INDIGENOUS DISASTER PEOPLE REDUCTION SCIENCE MARINE RESILIENCE TOURISM

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Parks for Development: Photo Exhibit

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Sessions Organised/Participated by UNDP

Pre-Congress, 12-13 November 2014

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Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Nov 9-11 All Day Katoomba, Blue Mountains

Session Title

Session Summary

Pre-WPC workshop

Communities conserving nature and culture— A gathering among Aboriginal Peoples, Indigenous Peoples and local communities from five continents.

VIIth General Assembly of the ICCA Consortium, including a joint morning meeting with the World Network of Indigenous and Local Community Land and Sea Managers (WIN) on 9 Nov + ‘Communities Conserving Nature and Culture’ on 10-11 Nov.

Nov 12-19 Al Day Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Photo Exhibit

UNDP/GEF Parks for Development Photo Exhibit

21 Panel Photo Exhibit depicting the contributions of PAs to national and local development and showcasing UNDP/GEF contributions for PA strengthening and expansion.

Wednesday, Nov 12 8:00-13:00 WIN & Pacific Pavilion

Pavilion Event

Orientation to WPC for Indigenous and local communities

CEESP will provide an overview of the WPC especially for indigenous and local community participants who are at their first WPC.

Thursday, Nov 13 13:30-15:00 WIN & Pacific Pavilion

Pavilion Event

WIN Dialogue: Sharing Practice: I-tracking and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

A discussion of i-tracking as a community empowerment tool: how tracking is used for community mapping, biodiversity conservation and sustainable environmental management.

Thursday, Nov 13 19:00-21:00 Home Room (Hall 4A2)

Stream 6

Stream 6 Governance Ambassadors reception (by invitation)

Preparatory reception for Stream 6 governance “ambassadors” including distribution of printed Primer on PA governance in ENG/ FR/SP.

Photo: Midori Paxton

Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Thursday, Nov 13 17:30-19:00 Sustainable Finance Pavilion

Thursday, Nov 13 17:30-19:00 Hall 2 North Pod

Session Title

Session Summary

Pavilion Event

Protected area finance needs and tools: how to go about it?

Methodology and Tools for finance needs assessment and case study illustrations. Introduction to PA Financing. Presentation of Latest Innovations with PA Budgets.

Stream 7 Side Event

Inspiring tools for enhancing sustainability

This event will present different tools to conceptualize, assess and incorporate sustainability into conservation practices and decisionmaking processes.

E Poster Sessions

13 Nov Thursday, :15 12:15 – 1 n-4 e e cr S Touch 5 m Strea g Reconcilin llenges a h C t n e Developm fire id p (Marine) ra ns tio ta n se pre

Friday, 14 Nov 12:15 – 1:15 Touch Screen - 3 Stream 5 New Generation (Marine, New Social Compact and World Heritage) rapid fire presentations

Friday, 14 Nov 12:15 -1:15 Touch Screen - 5 Stream 5 Governance (Mari ne) rapid fire presenta tions (Part 1)

Friday, 14 Nov 3:15- 4:14 Touch Screen - 5 Stream 5 Extending Marine Protected Area Coverage Outside India’s Territorial Waters

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Sessions Organised/Participated by UNDP

14 November 2014

5 Date, Time, Venue

Session Title

Session Summary

Friday, Nov 14 8:00-9:30 WIN & Pacific Pavilion

Pavilion Event WIN Dialogue

Outcomes of UNSIDS (Small Island Developing States), World Conference on Indigenous Peoples & the Convention on Biological Diversity CoP 12

Report on the issues of engagement of indigenous and local communities from major meetings held in 2014 and the outcomes of these meetings.

Friday, Nov 14 10:30-12:00 WIN & Pacific Pavilion

Pavilion Event WIN Dialogue

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Forests and Fisheries in the Context of National Food Security

A discussion to raise awareness of the Voluntary Guidelines (both their content and process for endorsement) and to introduce the Small Scale Fisheries Guidelines as a complementary tool.

Friday, Nov 14 11:00 - 12:00 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Opening Plenary

Opening Session: Introduction to Stream 5

In this opening session, we introduce all of the topics included in the stream, and highlight some major themes and key issues that will be covered.

Friday, Nov 14 12:00 - 13:30 Home Room (Hall 4A2)

Stream 6 Side Event

Opening Stream 6

Celebrating governance! How improving diversity, quality and vitality of governance has been strengthening protected area systems and conservation.

Friday, Nov 14 12:15-13:30 WIN & Pacific Pavilion

Pavilion Event WIN Dialogue

Through the Looking Glass? Presentation on Wearable Technologies and Intellectual Property Rights

Looking at Google Glass and other wearable technologies in terms of intellectual property and data management issues, with a focus on indigenous and local communities. Catered event.

Friday, Nov 14 13:30 - 15:00 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Opening Plenary

Setting the Stage for Development Challenges Part 1

The moderated session will probe development challenges with global business and development leaders, including the UNDP Resident Representative of Comoros.

Photo: Marc Foggin

WPC Stream

Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Session Title

Session Summary

Friday, Nov 14 13:30 - 17:00 Amphitheater

Stream 7 Session

Nature-Culture Linkage: Stewardship of biocultural landscapes

This session stimulate discussion on the significance of biocultural landscapes, MAB and other protected landscapes, customary uses of biodiversity, and the concept of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes as defined by the Satoyama Initiative

Friday, Nov 14 15:20-17:30 WIN & Pacific Pavilion

Pavilion Event WIN Dialogue

Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Negotiation Practices

The roundtable will explore how indigenous and local communities have negotiated with big industry to safeguard their rights, their sacred sites and protect their environmental resources.

Friday, Nov 14 15:00-17:00 Skydeck

WPC Steering Committee Event

Dialogue of international organisations and regional and multilateral development agencies for The Promise of Sydney.

Facilitated by Julia Marton-Lefèvre and Dr Braulio Dias, the session will discuss the draft Promise of Sydney, with participation by the UNDP Resident Representative of Comoros.

Friday, Nov 14 17:30-19:00 Hall 4 Pod North

Stream 5 Catered Side Event

The Satoyama Concept: Theory and Practice

Introduces the Japanese “Satoyama” concept and how it contributes to the management of landscapes and seascapes inside and outside of protected areas in developing countries.

Friday, Nov 14 18:00-19:30 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Catered Side Event

Networking reception for Protected Areas and Reconciling Development

An informal networking session for protected areas to discuss key issues related to reconciling development challenges and protected areas. Refreshments will be served.

Photo: Adriana Dinu

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Sessions Organised/Participated by UNDP

15 November 2014

7 Date, Time, Venue

Session Title

Session Summary

Saturday, Nov 15 7:30-9:00 Sustainable Finance Pavilion

Pavilion Event

Financial mechanisms for small grants

Presentations from different smallgrant funds of what we are, how we’re different, how we’re similar, how we complement each other.

Saturday, Nov 15 8:30 - 10:00 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Session 1 ParkTalk

Protected areas and sustainable development goals: Part 1

PAs have a critically important role to play in helping countries achieve their national sustainable development goals, but governments must acknowledge this role if PAs are to fulfill their potential.

Saturday, Nov 15 8:30 - 12:00 Home Room (Hall 4A2)

Stream 6 Session 2.3

Territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs)

ICCA exemplars from different continents, societies and biomes and their recognition by state governments in diverse legal and policy ways.

Saturday, Nov 15 8:30 – 10:00 Hordern Room

Stream 3 Session

Linking traditional medicine, good healthcare access and conservation

In this interactive session, the relevance of traditional medicine, especially in the context ofPAs, will be examined along with the benefits of fostering diverse partnerships to help overcome challenges in promoting such practices.

Saturday, Nov 15 10:30 -12:00 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Hands-on Capacity Development Training

Protected areas and sustainable development goals: Part 2

In this hands-on capacity development session, participants will learn how to identify potential synergies between PAs and national development goals.

Saturday, Nov 15 12:00 - 13:30 Sustainable Finance Pavilion

Pavilion Event

Conservation with small grants -- the view of the grantees

Grantees of UNDP-GEF Small Grants share their experience on how the grants helped them advance the PA agenda and play a key role supporting the conservation of biodiversity.

Saturday, Nov 15 12.:15 -13:15 Hall 4 Nth Pod

Pavilion Event

Landscape Level Approach to Conservation

The event will focus on the significance of a landscape approach to conservation for effective management practices, with some case studies from India and across the globe.

Photo: Department of Marine Parks, Malaysia

WPC Stream

Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Session Title

Session Summary

Saturday, Nov 15 13:30 to 15:00 Southee North room

Pavilion Event

Funding success in protected area systems – how to assess financial needs, identify gaps, and develop the right strategy for PA Systems

Sharing of experiences in assessing the financial needs and developing financing strategies for protected area systems, and discussion on how protected area financing needs can be met.

Saturday, Nov 15 13:30-15:00 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Session 2 ParkTalk

Integrating protected areas into national plans and agendas: Ensuring relevance: Part 1

If protected areas are to deliver on national sustainable development goals, they must be fully incorporated into key national plans and planning frameworks.

Saturday, Nov 15 13:30 - 15:00 Play Fair Room 2

Stream 5 Session 4 ParkTalk

Mobilizing financial resources for protected areas: Part 1

If PAs are to deliver on development challenges, a wide variety of finance mechanisms and approaches will be needed, including finance mechanisms from businesses and the private sector.

Saturday, Nov 15 15:30 - 17:00 Hall 6

Stream 1

Wildlife crime and law enforcement in protected areas 2

Showcase the importance of terrestrial and marine PAs n conserving species that are the target for wildlife traffickers, and explore key elements critical to success. Nik Sekhran, UNDP Director of Sustainable Development will join the discussion.

CommunitiesConnect (CC+), a joint initiative of the GEF Small Grants Programme and the GEF CSO Network, aims at facilitating a global exchange of local community knowledge and innovations. It currently hosts more than 200 knowledge products from 110 countries, including 101 on biodiversity and 35 on protected areas. An app-version of CC+ is available for smart devices.Visit: www.CommunitiesConnect.net http://www.sgp.undp.org/

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Sessions Organised/Participated by UNDP

15 November 2014

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Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Session Title

Session Summary

Saturday, Nov 15 15:30-17:00 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Hands-on Capacity Development Training

Integrating protected areas into national planning training overview

Training session to introduce exercises to integrate PAs into national plans and policies. Participants will use specific assessment tools, examples and minicase studies to learn how to review and adapt national plans and policies.

Saturday, Nov 15 15:30-17:00 Play Fair Room 2

Stream 5 Hands-on Capacity Training

Mobilising financial resources for protected areas: Part 2

Training session on protected area finance, featuring UNDP’s BIOFIN approach and its workbook to assess conservation financing needs and develop financing plans.

Saturday, Nov 15 17:30-19:00 WIN & Pacific Pavilion

Pavilion Event

Human Rights in Conservation: Progress since Durban Conservation Initiative on Human Rights

A panel discussion with members of the Conservation Initiative on Human Rights (CIHR) on the formation of the Initiative, the issues and the progress to date.

Recognizing local and sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Charles McNeill of UNDP congratulate prize winners in NY in September, 2014.

Photo: Fabrice Grover

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Photo: NA Nazeem

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Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Session Title

Session Summary

Saturday, Nov 15 18:00 - 19:30 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Catered Side Event

UNDP/World Bank/CI/GEF contributions to protected areas

This event will showcase the multiple contributions that the UNDP and the World Bank, with funding from the GEF, have made over the past two decades, and highlights Conservation International’s emerging role as a GEF implementing agency. Panel members include UNDP-GEF Executive Coordinator Adriana Dinu.

Saturday, Nov 15 19:00-21:00 Sustainable Finance Pavilion

Pavilion Event Cocktail/ panel event

High level conversation on small grants as mechanisms to mobilize resources for protected areas -- the view of the donors

Cocktail/panel event with donors including Naoko Ishii/Gustavo Fonseca, GEF, WB rep, AFD, Abu Dhabi, etc. including Braulio Dias from the CBD, on resource mobilization and supporting the Aichi Targets.

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Sessions Organised/Participated by UNDP

16-17 November 2014

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Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Sunday, Nov 16 9:00 – 2:00 Communities Pavilion

Sunday, Nov 16 17:30 - 19:00 Hall 6

Session Title

Session Summary

Pavilion Event

Dialogue on community-based resilience

This half-day session provides an overview of principles of social and ecological resilience, and the application of these principles into key plans and policies, including protected area planning. Representatives from UNDP and the Stockholm Resilience will provide a theoretical framework, and representatives from local communities working on social and ecological resilience will share their stories.

The session will conclude with a hands-on training exercise on integrating resilience principles into protected area planning.

World Leaders’ Dialogue

“Health, Naturally” Managing Healthy Parks for Healthy People

UNDP Director of Sustainable Development Nik Sekhran will facilitate the high level discussion with eminent panelists (provisional): • Dr Carissa Etienne, Director, Pan-American Health Organization • Mr Frank Hugelmeyer, President and CEO, Outdoor Industry Association • Dr Bill Jackson, Chief Executive, Parks Victoria • Dr Jonathan Patz, Director, Global Health Institute • Mr Gil Penalosa, Executive Director, 8-80 Cities • Dr Cristián Samper, CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society • Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Advisor for International Health, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India • Ms Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN High-level Representative for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Photo: DENR-PAO/ NewCAPP/UNDP

Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Session Title

Session Summary

Monday, Nov 17 Stream 5 8:30 - 10:00 Session Play Fair Room ParkTalk 2

Welcome Visitors: Making Tourism Work for Protected Areas and Sustainable Development Part I: Critical Success Factors

This session, facilitated by IUCN/Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist (TAPAS) Group, will profile best practice case studies and highlight critical success factors of sustainable tourism in protected areas.

Monday, Nov 17 Stream 6 8:30 - 12:00 Session Home Room (Hall 4A2)

Effective and equitable governance of the landscape

The landscape approach, success in landscape governance (i.e. delivery of multiple benefits and functions), and underlying conditions. ‘World Café’ format with 90 minutes in 3 themes followed by plenary discussion.

Monday, Nov 17 Pavilion event 8:30-12:00 WIN & Pacific Pavilion

Voices and Choices: The Risks and Values of Georeferencing Traditional and Local Knowledge

Participatory 3 Dimensional Modelling (P3DM) is a method within the Participatory GIS family which enables communities to geo-reference and spatially document their complex systems of traditional land/seascape knowledge. The session introduces use of such technology by the MandingalbayYidinji People in Queensland, Australia.

Monday, Nov 17 Stream 5 10:30 - 12:00 Session Play Fair ParkTalk Room 2

Welcome Visitors: Making Tourism Work for Protected Areas and Sustainable Development Part II Protected Area Tourism Concession

Based on the new UNDP publication “Tourism Concessions in Protected Natural Areas”, this session will Illustrate how tourism concession system can be established and utilized to support PA management and local development. It will provide a range of tools for concession system establishment and case studies on this topic.

Photo: Midori Paxton

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Sessions Organised/Participated by UNDP

17 November 2014

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Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Session Title

Session Summary

Monday, Nov 17 Stream 5 12:15-13:15 Side Home Room Event (Hall 4A1)

Tourism Panel Discussion Leveraging the Power of Tourism for Protected Areas

Lunch time panel discussions on how we could leverage the power of tourism for improving protected area management effectiveness and conservation actions.

Monday, Nov 17 Stream 8 Session 12:00 – 1:30 Home Room (Hall 4B2)

Creative and innovative approaches to environmental education

The EGREEE Foundation (EF), a joint initiative of Government of India and UNPDGEF Godavari Project has conducted a study on distribution and conservation status of fishing cat in East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem (EGREE) region through community consultations, support of production sectors and with innovative camera trapping techniques. The speaker will report on the achievements.

Monday, Nov 17 WIN & 12:15-13:15 Pacific WIN & Pacific Pavilion Pavilion

WIN Dialogue: Outcomes from the Gathering in the Gully: Pre-conference Workshop

An overview of the main outcomes of a preCongress workshop organized by the ICCA Consortium on Nov 9-11.

Monday, Nov 17 Stream 5 13:30 - 15:00 Session Flay Fair 2 ParkTalk

It’s a living: Mainstreaming protected areas, jobs and sustainable livelihoods

Protected areas often impact traditional land and resource use but can also provide an asset to move out of poverty, create jobs and to build prosperity. Delivering on these benefits requires new ways of thinking about protected area design, management and planning, as well as new structures and approaches. To build constituency protected areas must make sense to people.

Photo: Adriana Dinu

Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Session Title

Session Summary

Monday, Nov 17 WIN & 13:30-15:00 Pacific WIN & Pacific Pavilion Pavilion

From Global to Local: Linking Local Conservation Objectives and Local Business Potentials Through ABS

This session explores the relevance of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and local conservation. With the Nagoya Protocol in force since October 2014, Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) is highly relevant in generating business potential at the community level.

Monday, Nov 17 WIN & Pacific 17:30-19:15 WIN & Pacific Pavilion Pavilion

Film Hadza: Last of the First (50 min), Discussion and Reception

The film takes a look at human origins in Africa’s Rift Valley, where one of the world’s last remaining hunter-gatherer groups, the Hadza, have lived sustainably for over 50,000 years. Film screening and discussion followed by reception.

Monday, Nov 17 Stream 6 17:30-19:00 Catered Hub Room 2 Side Event

Production landscapes and protected areas: approaches of the Satoyama Initiative

Launch of joint publication between UNDP, United Nations University, Bioversity International and Institute for Global Environmental Strategy on the “Toolkit for the indicators of resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes”.

UNDP/IUCNTAPAS Joint Protected Area Tourism Book Launch

Hot off the press! UNDP will launch the new publication “Tourism Concessions in Protected Natural Areas: Guidelines for Managers” with the Department of Conservation, NZ, in this joint tourism/PA publication launch event with the IUCN/ Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist (TAPAS) Group.

Monday, Nov 17 18:00 - 19:30 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Stream 5 Catered Side Event

Photo: Frans Lanting

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Sessions Organised/Participated by UNDP

18 November 2014, Post -congress Event 20-24 November 2014

15 Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Session Title

Session Summary

Tuesday, Nov 18 Pavilion 8:30 – 10:00 event Pavilion

Local to Global Leaders’ Dialogue

This high level session to discuss what needs to happen in the next 10 years with respect to Indigenous and local community rights, recognition and funding to support local efforts to conserve biodiversity, seeking commitments and collaborations from various actors that support the Sydney Promise.

Tuesday, Nov 18 Pavilion Event 10:30-12:00 Chile PAS

Chile Protected Areas National System: a financial assessment and strategy

Upon an introduction of the Chilean protected areas system, the session will underscore the current financial situation, financial gaps and strategies to close those financial gaps.

Tuesday, Nov 18 Stream 5 Plenary 10:30 - 12:00 Home Room (Hall 4A1)

Protected Area and Development Challenges: Toward Reconciliation

A representative panel of presenters from across Stream 5, will identify potential development and protection trade-offs and future scenarios. High-level political leaders will respond to these scenarios and trade-offs in a fast-paced, facilitated ‘Hard Talk,’ followed by an open plenary, where participants can share their view on reconciliation between protected areas and development.

Tuesday, Nov 18 10:30-12:00 Home Room (Hall 4A2)

Plenary and overall synthesis of recommendations for the Governance Stream

Speakers and discussants: All Stream 6 workshop co-leaders present their results and recommendations, to be discussed and merged in view of the final Stream report. A panel of discussants provides advice and support.

WIN Dialogue: Sharing Practice: Community Perspectives on the Management of Protected Areas

A discussion to highlight how communities have been managing protected areas across various regions. Speakers will identify the main challenges they face and the key policy recommendations to ensure their rights are respected and protected.

Stream 6 Plenary

Tuesday, Nov 18 WIN & 10:30-12:00 Pacific WIN & Pacific Pavilion Pavilion

Photo: WCS

Date, Time, Venue

WPC Stream

Session Title

Session Summary

Tuesday, Nov 18 Stream 5 12:15 - 13:13 Catered Play Fair Side Event Room 2

Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros: making conservation work for development in the Indian Ocean

Protected areas play a pivotal role in making conservation work for development in Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros – all with special approaches to the challenges of conserving their unique biodiversity heritage. This side event presents, through case studies, the role of UNDP-GEF projects in bringing protection and sustainable use to the forefront of government planning.

Tuesday, Nov 18 WIN 19:00-20:30 Pavilion WIN & Pacific Pavilion

WIN Dialogue: Indigenous Peoples and World Heritage Sites; Publication Launch: COMPACT

Interactive dialogue on World Heritage.

Launch of joint publication between UNDP and UNESCO on COMPACT methodology for World Heritage Sites.

Tuesday, Nov 18 WIN & 20:30-21:30 Pacific WIN & Pacific Pavilion Pavilion

ICCA Reception

Closing Reception for the indigenous and local communities at the World Parks Congress

Post-Conference Event

Assessing, evaluating and planning to enhance the governance of protected area systems and individual sites: Field visit and capacity building exchange.

Photo: Frans Lanting

Thurs-Mon, Nov 20 - 24 Post-WPC Field Trip and Capacity Building Exchange (under the Global ICCA Support Initiative ) In NSW Marine Parks and Jervis Bay Marine Park / Country of the Dharawal, Durga and Wollongong Nations

Photo: Marc Foggin

PUBLICATIONS

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NEW on the UNDP Bookshelf

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A primer on governance for protected and conserved areas

Tourism Concessions in Protected Natural Areas: Guidelines for Managers

A primer on governance forprotected and conserved areas

Get your copy at the WPC launch!

November 18, 2014 (19:00-20:30 at WIN Pavilion)

November 17, 2014 (18:00-19:30 at Hall 4A1) Concessionaires provide a number of important outcomes assisting protected area agencies to achieve their conservation goals. Fees and rentals contribute to funding protected areas and tourism concessions enhance visitor and education outcomes through good interpretation and by providing a quality visitor experience.

In developing countries concession activities provide a vital link between local communities, rural development and conservation. This publication providesa practical guide to protected area agencies and managers to establish and managerobust tourism concessions.

“It is a jam-packed collection of knowledge, lessons, experiences, documenting the knowhow which many park agencies around the world have tried, tested and learned from.”

Nik Sekhran, Director of Sustainable Development, UNDP. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ librarypage/environment-energy/ecosystems_ and_biodiversity/tourism-concessions-inprotected-natural-areas

Get your copy at the WPC launch!

This Primer, a collaboration of agencies including UNDP and GEF Small Grants Programme, introduces experiences and lessons learned from governance assessments and evaluations described in the IUCN Best Practice Guidelines No. 20 ‘Protected Area Governance – From understanding to action’. (IUCN PA Governance Guidelines) Governance assessments can be carried out either at the level of a protected area system (of a country or a region), or at the level of an individual protected area. Both diversity and quality of governance can be assessed and evaluated, and the relevant process and methods should fit the specifics of the context. In addition, the Primer explains diverse governance types of protected areas (i.e. governance by government, shared governance, governance by private entities, and collective governance by indigenous peoples/local communities), and discussessocalled ‘good governance’, such as legitimacy and voice, performance, accountability, equity and human rights. http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/primer_on_ governance_for_protected_and_conserved_ areas.pdf

For other biodiversity and protected areas related publications on our book shelf, browse www.undp.org/biodiversity

PUBLICATIONS

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Communities in Action for Landscape Resilience and Sustainability Get your copy at the WPC launch!

November 17, 2014 (17:30-19:00 at Hub Room) This publication introduces work and achievements of the Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) Programme, including case studies from 10 countries. COMDEKS is a joint programme between UNDP, Ministry of Environment of Japan, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), the United Nations University (UNU), and Global Environment Facility. The Satoyama Initiative is a global initiative to promote sustainable use and management of natural resources in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes with the aim of maintaining, rebuilding and revitalizing them. https://comdeksproject.files.wordpress. com/2014/10/communities-in-action-comdeksweb-v2.pdf

Toolkit for the indicators of resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes Get your copy at the WPC Launch!

November 17 (17:30-19:00 Hub Room 2) The toolkit provides practical guidance for making use of the “Indicators of Resilience in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)�, a tool for engaging local communities in adaptive management of the landscapes and seascapes in which they live. Developed by Bioversity International and UNU-IAS, the indicators are applied by the UNDP COMDEKS Programme to guide the assessment of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes. http://www.bioversityinternational.org/researchportfolio/agricultural-ecosystems/landscapes/

Island Innovations: UNDP and GEF: Leveraging the Environment for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States The ‘Island Innovations’ publication is an effort carried out jointly by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) during the International Year for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It showcases some of the most successful approaches and achievements emerging from SIDS, as the world discusses a set of new sustainable development goals for the post-2015 period. These innovative and successful projects feature the effectiveness and efficacy of UNDP-GEF development initiatives in the environment sector, through a broad range of actions, including conservation and sustainable use of critical marine and coastal resources, climate change mitigation, adaptation efforts and more. http://www.ws.undp.org/content/samoa/ en/home/library/environment_energy/ IslandInnovations_UNDP_GEF_ LeveragingTheEnvironment/

Protected Areas for the 21st Century This 2010 book looks at how changing 21st Century expectations about the roles and functions of protected areas are beginning to shape protected area management around the world and identifies emerging best practices

under a new paradigm that views protected areas as part of a planetary life support system. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/ home/librarypage/environment-energy/ ecosystems_and_biodiversity/protected_areas_ forthe21stcentury/

Biodiversity for Sustainable Development: Delivering Results for Asia and the Pacific Recently published by UNDP, the book presents dozens of groundbreaking and inspiring examples of work to conserve land, fresh water and ocean resources that have taken place since 2000 in this vast, wonderful and diverse region. The unconventional book links biodiversity with five theme: Home, Food and Water, Work and Money, Health and Security, and Happiness and Love. It illustrates how biodiversity is a vital component of the most basic concerns of our daily lives, wherever we are, and whatever we do. The majority of these projects have been financed by GEF. “The book is a first-rate primer on the breathtaking beauty of Asia’s ecosystems and the tragic degradation that is eating away at this unique, natural legacy, upon which billions of people depend for survival.” Stephen Hesse, columnist for The Japan Times newspaper.

You can view the publication at: http://on.undp.org/CHZ8o