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The Future of PoWPA Workshop Report

A report on the  IUCN-led workshop on the future of the CBD Programme of work on Protected Areas, Jeju Island, South Korea. The workshop focused on ways to address the new challenges to protected areas, including climate change. …  

03 Dec 2009 | Downloads - publication

Convention on Biological Diversity

Jeju International Workshop on the Future of POWPA workshop (14-17Sept)- Initial outputs now available

A successful and productive workshop that brought together 83 people from 43 countries from 6 continents. 20 different international organisations were represented along with three IUCN commissions – the World Commission on Protected Areas, Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy and the Species Survival Commission – plus representatives from the World Bank, UNDP, governments and protected area agencies. The Ramsar Convention was represented, as was the CBD and in the latter case there were also 11 national focal points for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA). 

08 Oct 2009 | International news release

Protected Areas: facing the challenges

An IUCN-led workshop on the future of the CBD Programme of work on Protected Areas, started today in Jeju Island, South Korea. The workshop will focus on ways to address the new challenges to protected areas, including climate change. …  

14 Sep 2009 | News story

Convention on Biological Diversity

Looking to the Future of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

The International Workshop will be held in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 14-17 September 2009, and will be focusing on reviewing the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas.   

09 Sep 2009 | International news release
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