Setting the WCPA agenda
The Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia (PNNC) hosted this year鈥檚 annual WCPA Steering Committee meeting in Cartagena, Colombia. 听The meeting was the first since Kathy MacKinnon was elected Chair and focused on the Commission鈥檚 achievements and challenges,听the 2017-2020 Joint Work Programme with the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Global Protected Areas programme, the WCPA, and the World Heritage programme.
Photo: 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播/Valerie Batselaere
Photo: 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播/Valerie Batselaere
Photo: Valerie Batselaere
Presentations and discussions focused on regional and thematic WCPA priorities, cross-Commission support with the Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), Marine priorities including the upcoming meeting in Chile, Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECM), The CBD 鈥 Aichi targets and post- 2020 priorities, Key Biodiversity Areas, Natural Solutions and the Initiative, capacity development, Nature for All, youth engagement in the WCPA,听 WCPA publications, and the follow-up of the .
New opportunities for increased cooperation and integration of the World Database on Protected Areas were also proposed, taking into consideration the rapid changes in protected area coverage, and the need to cover marine issues in the .
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Colombia
Luis Gilberto Murillo, the Colombian Minister for Environment in his opening address welcomed the WCPA to Colombia, taking the opportunity to reiterate his commitment to fulfill the goals established by the CBD, including the declaration of 2,500,000 hectares of new protected areas by 2018, with the support and the commitment of听President Santos and all the institutions of the National Environmental System.听
Murillo pledged to participate in 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's听Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas to inspire other parks with their effective management. The signing of Colombia鈥檚 peace agreement and its implementation, Murillo said, will allow Colombia to recover degraded natural areas, link local communities to restoration, improve the quality of life of communities in rural areas, and promote well-managed ecotourism, which is booming in Colombia.
Colombia is one of the richest countries in biological and cultural diversity in the world. This diversity is represented by 59 natural areas as part of the National Natural Parks Systems, with a total of 621 protected and conserved areas, translating into over 14 per cent of its continental and two per cent of it is marine area ().
The WCPA team was invited to visit the as well as the听, giving the WCPA Steering Committee members a unique opportunity to discover some of Colombia鈥檚 outstanding biodiversity.
The WCPA wishes to give special thanks to Julia Miranda Londo帽o and her team from Parques Nacionales for organising the Steering Committee in Colombia. Julia is the Parques Nacionales鈥 General Director as well as WCPA鈥檚 Deputy Chair.
Links:
- Visit the 听(English)
- Overview of on the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA)
Special thanks to:
- Private reserve network in Colombia -
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