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IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Technical Reports and Goals 2014‐2015 2 IUCN WCPA Steering Committee Meeting 2015 – Technical Reports 2014 Table of Contents WCPA Chair Technical Report and Goals 7 WCPA Deputy Chair Technical Report and Goals 11 WCPA Regions Africa East Africa Technical Report and Goals 17 North Africa, West Asia, Middle East Technical Report and Goals (no report) West and Central Africa Technical Report and Goals 19 America Caribbean Technical Report and Goals 22 Central America Mexico and Hispanic Caribbean Technical Report and Goals 27 North America Technical Report and Goals 29 South America Technical Report and Goals 33 Asia East Asia Technical Report and Goals 37 South Asia Technical Report and Goals 39 Southeast Asia Technical Report and Goals 42 Europe Technical Report and Goals 46 North Eurasia Technical Report and Goals 50 Oceania Technical Report and Goals 58 WCPA Policy CBD Technical Report and Goals (no report) Climate Change Technical Report and Goals (no report) WDPA Technical Report and Goals (no report) World Heritage Technical Report and Goals 65 Young Professionals Technical Report and Goals 69 WCPA Thematic Vice Chairs Natural Solutions Technical Report and Goals 83 Marine Technical Report and Goals 86 Connectivity conservation and Mountains Technical Report and Goals 96 Science and Management Technical Report and Goals 101 Capacity Development Technical Report and Goals 104 TILCEPA Technical Report and Goals 106 WCPA Specialist Groups Urban Grasslands Technical Report and Goals 111 Caves and Karst Technical Report and Goals 114 Cultural and Spiritual Values Technical Report and Goals 118 Privately Protected Areas and Nature Stewardship Technical Report and Goals 122 Management Effectiveness, Learning and Innovation Technical Report and Goals 124 Protected Landscapes Technical Report and Goals 126 Geoheritage Technical Report and Goals 134 Tourism and Protected Areas Technical Report and Goals 139 Temperate Grasslands Technical Report and Goals (no report) Transboundary Conservation Technical Report and Goals 148 Wilderness Technical Report and Goals 152 The Conservation Finance Alliance at IUCN WPC 2014 Technical Report 155 WCPA Task Forces Biodiversity and Protected Areas Technical Report and Goals 169 Freshwater Technical Report and Goals 171 Healthy Parks Healthy People Technical Report and Goals 176 High Seas Technical Report and Goals 179 Large Scale Marine Protected Areas 182 Marine Mammal Protected Areas 185 Series Editor Best Practice Guidelines Technical Report and Goals 188 Parks Magazine Technical Report and Goals 190 3 IUCN WCPA Steering Committee Meeting 2015 – Technical Reports 2014 4 IUCN WCPA Steering Committee Meeting 2015 – Technical Reports 2014 WCPA Chair and Deputy Chair 5 IUCN WCPA Steering Committee Meeting 2015 – Technical Reports 2014 6 IUCN WCPA Steering Committee Meeting 2015 – Technical Reports 2014 IUCN WORLD COMMISSION ON PROTECTED AREAS TECHNICAL REPORT TO STEERING COMMITTEE DRAFT PROPOSALS FOR 2015 CHAIR ERNESTO ENKERLIN‐HOEFLICH REPORTING PERIOD: 1 January 2014 – 31 March 2015 OVERVIEW OF 2014 (insert 3-4 paragraphs reflecting highlights for the year) • The World Parks Congress was a huge success on all counts thanks to the involvement of many of WCPA´s most active leaders and the inspired leadership and hard work of Kathy MacKinnon and Trevor Sandwith. WCPA Chair had mostly an ambassadorial role for protected areas • Co-chair of the International Steering Committee for the World Parks Congress supporting IUCN/GPAP in setting part of the strategic directions for the WPC. • Healthy expansion of numbers and diversity to reach 2243 members more than 40% increase over historical average. • Active participation in the IUCN Council positioning PA´s increasingly in the overall agenda and with the new DG. • Mid-term evaluation of WCPA and Chair performance by President and DG overall quite positive. PROGRESS AGAINST GOALS (State goals and comment on progress set for the year- add more if needed) IUCN WCPA has 3 strategic directions in accordance with the IUCN Quadrennial Programme 2013‐2016. Please identify your group’s goals within this framework to demonstrate alignment with specific parts of the IUCN Programme agreed in Jeju. 1. VALUING AND CONSERVING NATURE 2. GOVERNING NATURE’S USE AND SHARING ITS BENEFITS EQUITABLY 3. DEPLOYING NATURE‐BASED SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES Goal 1: Provide vision and leadership as the Chair of WCPA to mobilize and support of members and the diverse components and groups in WCPA and IUCN. • PLANNED. As per the statement(s) and proposals provided in the process to become Chair of WCPA with support and seamless collaboration with the Deputy Chair and WCPA leadership and members as planned and agreed in terms of our goal-setting, implementation and evaluation procedures. • ACHIEVED. As in 2013 advance was limited by Chair ability to devote enough attention to communicate and coordinate with regional VC´s. Regions still with much disparity in activity. Need to get regions and specialist groups to interact more. Goal 2: To insure cooperation and coordination of WCPA in support of IUCN Quadrennial Programme 2013‐2016 in a “One Programme” approach in line with the WCPA mandate and with particular emphasis on GPAP and protected area themes across the IUCN Secretariat including intercommission work. • PLANNED. Continued contribution to delivery of One Programme and collaboration with oter commissions and areas of IUCN Secretariat. • ACHIEVED. Continued participation and support for a number of intercommission activities mainly related to KBA´s and legal aspects of PA conservation. Recently involved in “Green Lists” initiatives across the IUCN. Also with Deputy Chair and Trevor Sandwith working on expanding partnership with UNEP-WCMC on WDPA/Protected Planet. Goal 3: To participate as member of the IUCN Council in the overall governance and effectiveness of the Union with particular emphasis on underpinning the importance of protected areas and other area based conservation tools in achieving our IUCN vision and mission 7 IUCN WCPA Steering Committee Meeting 2015 – Technical Reports 2014 • PLANNED. Provide leadership in council to maintain IUCN focus on its core mission of biodiversity conservation, particularly as it relates to protected and conserved areas, while engaging with other partners and stakeholders. • ACHIEVED. Participation in Council was constant and PA´s have been showcased as one of the most cost effective conservation tools, if not the most, this refers not only in the practice of conservation but also within the IUCN. Together with Trevor Sandwith we have in effect very positively influenced the thinking within IUCN on protected areas and the discourse used by DG and DDG in this regard. It is expected that this will be very positive in the years to come as PA reassert their importance in the work of IUCN. ORGANIZATION (Comment on your goals regarding organization of the Commission in 2014) • PLANNED. Strong emphasis at this stage was and will be given to continuity and support of ongoing initiatives and their leaders and their integration into the Quadrennial Work Plan and contributions to the World Parks Congress. • ACHIEVED. This was one of the few goals fully achieved. • PLANNED. Strengthen regions and the “youth” component. Members will be asked to serve as “Mentors or tutors” to young and/or mid-career professionals to provide for better/adequate “age structure” for WCPA. • ACHIEVED. The measures were taken but with limited follow-up and most individuals concentrated on the WPC. Additional efforts must be developed to engage youth and mid-career professionals in all aspects of the commission as full and equal members and not just representatives of a professional or age group. Need to insist on mentor during 2015. Special attention is needed to reinforce work in Africa and Asia. • PLANNED. Promote participation of members in taskforces and groups relevant to the needs and opportunities in every region. • ACHIEVED. Still very limited advance in this regard. We will propose to now try to deliver as a group on The Promise of Sydney at the upcoming SC meeting in Vilm. MEMBERSHIP (Comment on how you plan to develop Commission membership) • The renewed, more flexible and more inclusive membership strategy has paid off. The WPC also gave us a boost. At least numerically as we are at 2243 members the most rapidly growing of the IUCN Commissions. • We have increased our diversity and recruited younger members but still need an effort to expand in certain regions and in converting the numbers into commitments for our mandate. • We will continue to promote the expansion of membership maintaining emphasis on underrepresented groups, themes, regions and professional backgrounds as well as additional participation of indigenous and community based conservation initiatives and leaders. COMMUNICATION (Indicate any planned publications or presentations to be initiated or completed in 2014) Publications: • As coauthor on three book chapters including the Centennial celebration volume on Parks for Science and Science for Parks (“THE ROLE OF PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS AS GLOBAL CONTRIBUTORS TO HUMAN ASPIRATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY”) and in GWS a vision for protected areas in modern conservation. Presentations: • Several at different for a. I.e. just at George Wright Society 2015 nine presentations/participations including closing plenary: “The bridge to Honolulu”. Strategic Stakeholder Communication • Contribute to overall