Little Sydney Conference: Protecting Nature in Europe

Boris Erg, DirectorIUCN Programme Office for South-Eastern Europe

„Little Sydney“ will build on the IUCN WPC 2014 and the conference is a milestone international event aimed at finding long-term sustainable solutions for protected areas in Europe.

IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), in conjunction with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water, and the Donau-Auen National Park, will organize a conference entitled “Little Sydney: Protecting Nature in Europe”. The conference aims to facilitate the implementation of the Promise of Sydney in the European context and will be held in Hainburg/Donau-Auen National Park in Austria from 28-31 May 2015

Theme 1: Reaching conservation goals

Possible session titles:

Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures – a European response

Protected Area Networks contributing to Connectivity and Conservation

Strengthening management effectiveness

Expanding the PA networks in Europe

Strengthening marine and inland water conservation in Europe

Theme 2: Supporting human life

Possible session titles:

PAs as natural solutions to global challenges

Reconciling and mitigating development needs

Valuing the economic and social contribution of PAs

Restoring natural capital – case studies from Europe

Theme 3: Influencing policy and institutional responses Possible session titles:

From policy to reality: institutionalising the role of PAs in addressing Climate Change

Nature-based solutions in Disaster Risk Reduction

PAs and landscape restoration

PAs and Protected Landscapes

Theme 4: Partnerships, Innovative Finance, Governance, Capacity Development and Mobilisation of Resources

Possible session titles:

Governance – public-private partnerships, PPAs

Capacity development

Inspiring a New Generation

Conservation Finance

Call for Expressions of Interest, along with proposed titles and draft concepts of the working sessions will be distributed in following days. Further guidance on the preparation of workshop sessions will be made available shortly afterwards

Registration information will be available soon!

THANK YOU!