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Since the late 1960s, the Inuit living in the Baffin region of the Canadian Arctic have sought protection for their traditional territory – an area which has provided their people with food, clothing and shelter for millennia. On 14 August 2017, the Government of Canada (Parks Canada), the…

The European Parks´ Academy is a new training format on protected area management for executives and professionals from all over the world. Based on the outputs of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� World Parks Congress 2014 and the “Promise of Sydney”, the two-week summer academy with different training modules has just…

������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� is shocked and saddened by the death of leading conservationist and ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) member Wayne Lotter, tragically killed in a gun attack in Tanzania on Wednesday 16 August. 

Sustainable tourism is increasingly relevant in national agendas for its role in fostering economic growth, social inclusiveness, and the protection of cultural and natural assets. ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� China was invited to the 6th UNWTO International Conference on Tourism, to share information on the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green…

Named for Dr Kenton R. Miller, one of the leading figures in international protected area conservation, the award honours innovation in protected area management. The winner of the award will be announced at IMPAC4, the 4th International Marine Protected Areas Congress, taking place in September…

Comoé National Park in Côte d’Ivoire has come off the List of World Heritage in Danger today, as its wildlife recovers from impacts of civil unrest. The decision follows a recommendation from ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��, International Union for Conservation of Nature – the official advisory body to UNESCO’s World…

Since 2012, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (EC-JRC), have been implementing BIOPAMA (the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Programme) on behalf of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, with the financial support of the 10th European…

A full-time researcher and scientific advisor at the Instituto de Oceanologia in Havana, Cuba, Dr. Pedro Alcolado was a leading contributor to Cuba’s coral reef research and conservation for over four decades. He was a highly respected global authority on coral reefs, known for his integrity and…

The Iroise Marine Nature Park, the first marine protected area in France, achieved ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List status in 2014. It was created in 2007 off the coast of Finistère between the islands of Ushant, Molène and Sein and the coasts of Crozon headland and Douarnenez, and protection for 350,000…

Tracking frogs around the veranda, delighting in spying snakes slithering in the nearby creek, exploring the rugged terrain of Victoria, Australia, as part of the Scouts, spending a stint in high school as a seasonal ranger in the iconic Wilsons Promontory National Park—these early experiences …