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As a first step, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ WCPA Protected Area Technical Report, , has been selected for translation from English into Nepali and Myanmar language. This report defines the skills, knowledge and personal qualities required by protected area managers and staff. The translated publication will help build capacities of protected area management authorities in Nepal and Myanmar. The Nepali version will be available shortly, while the Myanmar language version will be published later this year.

Given the demand in the region for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ publications and the growing interest in sustainable tourism, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ WCPA Best Practice Guidelines on Tourism and Visitor Management in Protected Areas are currently being translated into Mongolian. The guidelines introduce ten principles of tourism and visitor management and provide case studies to demonstrate the ways in which sustainable tourism is being implemented in different countries. The translated publication should be available by the end of 2019. It is hoped that the guidelines can also be translated into other Asian languages in due course.

 has been designed as a key platform to help governments and other stakeholders collaborate for more effective management of protected areas in the region. The partnership was initiated in 2013 at the first-ever Asia Parks Congress held in Japan, and formally launched the following year at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Parks Congress in Australia. It is chaired by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and co-chaired by an APAP member organisation on a rotational basis, beginning with the Ministry of the Environment, Japan.  The Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea, is the current co-chair.