Category: World Commission on Protected Areas
-
UK is a global leader in the reporting of Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME)
The Global Database on Protected Area Management Effectiveness (GD-PAME) is the most comprehensive global database of management effectiveness assessments for protected areas. It indicates whether a protected area, included in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), has been assessed via a methodology assessing management effectiveness. The GD-PAME is a searchable database that includes assessments submitted…
-
‘In depth’ discussions start on UK marine protected areas management effectiveness
Cracking meeting today in Peterborough with JNCC and WWF marine experts discussing current positions on the UK’s marine protected areas and their management effectiveness. Could be the start of something big. Lots of players in this arena so we hope to be in touch with you (or you with us?). Stephen Grady, Pete Chaniotis and…
-
Nature comes first in Wales
We are pleased to report that the National Committee UK’s intervention with UK members of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) , along with others with similar views, seems to have led to the withdrawal of the more damaging aspects of a set of proposals advanced by the Welsh Government in their ‘Sustainable Management…
-
Roger Crofts receives Packard Award
The prestigious Packard Award is made by IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) in recognition of outstanding service to protected areas. The award is named after the individual who served as Secretary to the WCPA in the early 1970s. He established an award in recognition of “valour” which has been used to recognise rangers…
