The Urban Imperative: Urban Outreach Strategies for Protected Area Agencies: A workshop held at the Fifth World Parks Congress, Durban, South Africa, 8-17 September 2003

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IUCN: www.iucn.org

-- World Commission on Protected Areas: www.iucn.org/wcpa

in cooperation with:

Resources Agency of California: www.resources.ca.gov

-- Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy: www.smmc.ca.gov

Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Republic of South Africa: 

www.environment.gov.za

-- National Botanical Institute: www.nbi.ac.za

Groundwork UK: www.groundwork.org.uk

Global Dimension Trust: http://www.globaldimensiontrust.org

California Institute of Public Affairs / InterEnvironment: www.InterEnvironment.org

CITIES DEPEND ON PROTECTED AREAS

Wilderness Foundation (South Africa)

Victoria's Healthy Parks, Healthy People initiative, Parks Victoria, Australia

Durban Environmental Management Branch, Durban, South Africa

Research on benefits of public open space in the Sydney and Melbourne metropolitan areas of Australia, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia

2.  HOW LARGE CITIES AND PROTECTED AREAS DEPEND ON EACH OTHER:

PROTECTED AREAS DEPEND ON CITIES

"The Mission of Protected Areas in Brazil," by Pedro da Cunha e Menezes and Luiz Otavio Teixera Mendes. In the special number on "Cities and Parks" of Parks journal, published by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, 2001 (Go to Volume 11, Number 3 and click on the PDF image)

Hong Kong’s Country and Marine Parks, Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

Yosemite National Park restoration issues:

  Yosemite National Park, National Park Service, USA

  Yosemite Valley Plan, National Park Service, USA

India’s Kids for Tigers program, Sanctuary Magazine, India

Paris-Nature, Directorate of Parks, Gardens, and Green Spaces, Paris, France (in French).  Go to "Activités Paris-Nature."

Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan Province of China

4.  THE GREENING OF CITIES: WHAT CAN PROTECTED AREA AGENCIES CONTRIBUTE AND LEARN?

The case of Los Angeles:

  Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, National Park Service, USA

  Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Resources Agency of California, USA

  California Department of Parks and Recreation, Resources Agency of California, USA

  "California's urban protected areas: Progress despite daunting pressures," by Ted Trzyna, expanded version of an article in Parks journal, 2001.

The Mayor of London’s Biodiversity Strategy, Connecting with London’s Nature, Greater London Authority, London, United Kingdom.  Go to "Strategies," then "Biodiversity."

Biodiversity Strategy, Integrated Metropolitan Environmental Policy, Environmental Management Department, Cape Town, South Africa

How can protected area agencies and their allies reach out to different segments of urban populations? How can bridges be built across divisions in society through shared experiences in nature? 

Initiatives in South Africa:

  National Botanical Institute, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

  Environmental Management Department, City of Cape Town

  Botanical Society of South Africa

  Cape Flats Nature, a joint project of the above organizations located in the Cape Town metropole

Britain’s Mosaic Project:

  Black Environment Network

  Council for National Parks

6.  PROTECTED AREA AGENCIES AS ENGINES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Groundwork UK, United Kingdom

Sustainable development initiatives of protected area agencies in South Africa

7.  MAKING PARTNERSHIPS WORK: URBAN INSTITUTIONS AND PROTECTED AREA AGENCIES

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California, USA:

  Golden Gate National Recreation Area, U.S. National Park Service

  Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (NGO partner)

Aves Argentinas (affiliate of BirdLife International), Argentina (in Spanish)

Chicago Wilderness, USA

Bookmark Biosphere Reserve:

  Australian Landscape Trust, Australia

  Chicago Zoological Society, Illinois, USA

8.  MAKING THE CASE FOR URBAN OUTREACH

Pacific West Region, National Park Service, USA

Institute for Learning Innovation, Maryland, USA