Most of the conservation area information currently resides with either communities, NGOs or government agencies. Thus, improving coordination and dialogue among these key players is vital for success of current and future work and initiatives involving our protected areas.
The technical workshop brought together key stakeholders: state-based protected area managers, the Palau Conservation Society, Palau PAN Office, The Nature Conservancy Palau and Palau National Marine Sanctuary and enabled them to share and discuss common protected area issues and challenges face
IUCN has launched a call for experts to serve on the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme Action Component Pacific Regional Advisory Committee (RAC). Click on the link below for further details.
On the 14th of December 2018, the Joint Research Centre will launch the version 2.0 of the Reference Information System for BIOPAMA, aimed at assisting the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in addressing their conservation priorities and the sustainable use of natural resources with innova
Collecting and collating all information on the range of protected areas across Rarotonga was the focus of a one day gathering of over 20 stakeholders in partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Click on the link below to read the full article.
To formally launch the second phase of the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) programme, a regional inception workshop for the Pacific was held at the Tanoa Tusitala Hotel, Apia, Samoa from 11th to 15th June 2018. The aim of the inception workshop was to ensure that all 15 countries in the Pacific ACP Group of States were engaged for the second phase of BIOPAMA. The working title of the workshop was ‘Regional Workshop on Improving Information and Capacity for More Effective Protected Area Management and Governance in the Pacific’.
The IUCN Oceania Regional Office (ORO) in partnership with the European Union and stakeholders in the region will implement Phase 2 of the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) programme in Pacific ACP countries from 2018 and seeks a suitably qualified person to fill the role of t
For five years, the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Programme (BIOPAMA) has worked towards bringing together the critical knowledge and capacity to ACP countries" efforts for effective conservation and sustainable use of their natural resources . In 2017, the European Union and the A
This document is an important tool for promoting action. It highlights the importance of culturally‐responsive capacity development, with Pacific Islanders defining the most appropriate approaches to be used. This requires partnerships, programs, and processes that work closely with existing contexts and conditions, understand and reflect values and cultures, and help build on existing knowledge and the great strength of the region – community‐based management. That is the purpose of this framework.