WCPA Training Task Force
Effective development and management of protected areas (PAs) depends substantially on the education and training of those involved with them. Presently, such education and training are considered inadequate quantitatively, qualitatively thematically and geographically, especially in developing countries.
Mr. James BARBORAK
Task Force Leader
Director, Protected Areas and Corridor Conservation
Center for Biodiversity Conservation Mexico and Central America
Conservation International
Apartado 8-3870
San Jose
1000
Costa Rica
Tel: ++50 (6) 234 5349 , cell: ++506 357 9843
Fax: ++50 (6) 253 0500
Email: jbarborak@conservation.org
www.wcs.org
Objectives
- Compile and distribute a directory of information on existing training courses on PA management, and sources of funding for current and potential PA managers to participate in such courses.
- Assess the adequacy and appropriateness of existing courses and funding.
- Recommend to WCPA how inadequacies in the current array of training courses and funding should, and could be addressed.
