Past Conferences where our Mountains Biome
team participated
The 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress
5-14 October - 2008 Barcelona, Spain
View our Connectivity Conservation Resolution and our Consolidated Motion: Enhancing ecological networks and connectivity conservation areas for the Congress
Our Mountains Biome team was part of the more than 8,000 of the world's leading decision makers in sustainable development: from governments, NGOs, business, the UN and academia. Together in one place for 10 days: to debate, share, network, learn, commit, vote and decide. The objective: ideas, action and solutions for a diverse and sustainable world.
Here are some of the positive outcomes of our participation at the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona
Third World Congress of Biosphere Reserves
Madrid, Spain - 21-22 April 2008
The Bureau of the MAB-ICC, other ICC Members, Observer Member States, the Secretariat and partners are now focused on the implementation of the Madrid Action Plan (MAP) whose final version is available in English, French and Spanish.
The Bureau, based on the suggestion made by the Chair of the MAB-ICC, HE Mr Henri Djombo, Minister of Forest Economy and the Environment of Congo, established an “Informal Support Group” open to ICC Members as well as Observer Member States of UNESCO to facilitate the efforts of the Secretariat to implement the MAP.
Mountains Network members Graeme Worboys of Australia and Yuri Badenkov of Russia were among those who attended and gave presentations.
Below are links to files containing two of Graeme's presentations at this conference:
Connectivity Conservation Presentation
"Connectivity Conservation" is an important way to prevent loss of biodiversity from the impacts of climate change.
Biosphere Reserve A2A Connectivity Presentation
"A2A" is the acronym for one of the world's newest and largest proposed conservation corridors, "Alps to Atherton". It intends to link landscapes along almost the entire eastern coast of Australia, providing a 2800km coastal route for wildlife to escape warming.
Peace, Parks, and Partnerships Conference
Waterton-Glacier National Park, Alberta, Canada
September 9-12, 2007
A number of Mountains Network members attended this conference on the shores of beautiful Waterton Lake, including a large contingent from South Africa. The weather was spectacular and dry, and the various field trips and dinner destinations gave us a chance to see much more of this very scenic area, which is known as The Crown of the Continent. The important and timely theme of the conference was how to create and manage trans-boundary protected areas around the world to preserve cultures and biodiversity.