In the midst of the international Market crisis, 8,000 f the world’s leading decision makers in sustainable development – governments, NGOs, business, the UN and academia- described how important the stop of biodiversity loss is and which are the necessary steps to reduce its impacts,...
From 14 to 18 April 2009, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation in cooperation with the Europarc Federation and organised a workshop on ‘Communicating values and benefits of protected areas in Europe’ at the International Academy for Nature Conservation at the Island of...
During the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona last October, The World Commission on the Protected Areas prepared motions 53 and 121, which were later approved by the IUCN plenary, thus became IUCN resolutions....
The 20 and 21 of December a seminar was organised by the Spanish NGO Ecodesarrollo and her Moroccan counterpart, the Azir Association, at Al-Hoceima National Park, Morocco, a stronghold of the Amazig (berber) culture of North Africa....
Volume II of the Series Values of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes will be officially launched on the 10th of October at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona. The series explores and documents the various environmental, economic, social and cultural values that Category V protected areas...
Ms. Erika Stanciou, president of the Europarc Federation, invited the co-ordinators of the Delos Initiative to lead a workshop in the Congress of the Europarc Federation, held in Poinana Brasov, Transylvania, Romania. The workshop was held the on the 27th of September. Its main goal was...
Following our colleague Sebastian Catanoiu’s suggestion, the organisation of the First Conference of Carpathian Network of Protected Areas, held in Poiana Brasov, Transylvania, Romania, 23-24 October, invited the co-ordinators of the Delos Initiative to lead a workshop on cultural heritage. The Carpathian Framework Convention was...
During 5-14 October 2008, more than 8,000 of the world’s leading decision makers in sustainable development gather in Barcelona, Spain: from governments, NGOs, business, the UN and academia. Together in one place for 10 days they will debate, share, network, learn, commit, vote and will make...
Part of the Best Practices Series, this publication aims at improving protection of sacred natural sites within Protected Areas. Thousands of sacred natural sites are in jeopardy around the world, despite the fact that many lie within formal ‘Protected Areas’. The new guidelines are entitled...
Yachay Wasi, a Non-Governmental Organization in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, is organising an International Conference on Indigenous Sacred and Cultural Sites, in Cusco, Peru aiming at bringing attention to the importance of Indigenous Sacred Sites and the...