CSVPA members will organise and contribute to many different sessions, see the official programme. CSVPA will contribute to the “Promise of Sidney” and develop recommendations in line with its mission, experience and expertise.
CSVPA will be advancing two key projects at the WPC:
- Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Protected Areas: Establishing a network and developing measures to recognise, promote and integrate the cultural and spiritual significance of nature into protected area management and governance.
- WCPA Best Practice Guidelines: Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature: Guidelines for Application in Protected Areas.
Sessions focused on these key projects:
- Stream 7 Workshop: Tuesday Nov 18th; 10.30 – 12:00 at the
the Amphitheatre; Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature in protected Areas Management and Policy: Participatory workshop bringing protected area managers together with representatives of Indigenous Peoples, mainstream religions and environmental organisations representing the general public on developing training modules and other measures to promote and integrate the cultural and spiritual significance of nature into protected area management and governance [check the workshop online or download a flyer in PDF]
- Side Event 050: Thursday November 13; 20:00 – 21:30; Hall 4 Pod North Developing Best Practice Guidelines and a Network on Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Protected Areas [check the Side Event online or download a flyer in PDF]
Additional Sessions organised and contributed to by CSVPA:
- Stream 3: Session 29; Monday Nov 17th; 10:30 – 12:00; Horden room: Well-Being and Sacred Natural Sites in Protected Areas and World Heritage Sites [check the workshop online or download a flyer in PDF]
- Stream 7: Monday Nov 17; 13:15 – 17:00; Advancing Protection of Indigenous Sacred Natural Sites & Territories within the Global Protected Area Agenda
- Side Event number 018; Saturday, November 15; 17:30 – 19:00; Horden Room: TBA; Book Launch and Network Celebration on Asian Sacred Natural Sites [check the workshop online or download a flyer in PDF]
- Pre-congress event attended by several CSVPA members: 7-11 November; Blue Mountains; Communities conserving nature and culture: A gathering among Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from five continents
E-Poster Presentations:
- Protected Areas Pavilion: WCPA Best Practice Guidelines: Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature: Guidelines for Application in Protected Areas Management and Governance
- Stream 3: Community Well-being in Biocultural Landscapes
- Stream 3: Integrating the Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature into Protected Area Management and Governance
