Synergies between Multidesignations in Biosphere Reserves
From 14:30 to 16:00, Wednesday 15 March 2016, Lima, Peru
Chair
Hiroyuki Matsuda (Japan)
Moderator
William Dunbar
Organization/Institution in Charge
Yokohama National University
Overview
There are not a few Biosphere Reserves that are multiply designated with other internationally designated areas: World Heritage Sites, Ramsar Sites, UNESCO Global Geoparks, and Global Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). All the programmes/conventions have similar goals related to conservation and sustainable development, however, these frameworks sometimes compete with each other for funding, authority, and human resources because of the lack of communication and coordination among them. Having in mind that IUCN is preparing a guidance publication called "Multiple Internationally Designated Areas - Guidance for harmonizing the integrated management of overlapping Ramsar Sites, World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Global Geoparks" at IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2016, this session will discuss the possible solution for the synergy of these international frameworks from BR perspective. In the session, it is planned to have eight speakers from each international, national and site level.
Presentations
- Jeju Island: 4 International Protected Area Designations - Prof. Do-Soon Cho
- Progress on IUCN Guidance on overlapping and multiple internationally designated areas: Ramsar Sites, World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves and Global Geoparks - Dr. Thomas Schaaf
- Building national-level network for synergizing IDA's - WH, Ramsar, BR and Geoparks - Toshinori Tanaka
- Synergies between Biosphere Reserves and World Heritage Sites: A practitioners perspective - Andrew Bell
- Synergy between geoparks and biosphere reserves through Hakusan as a focal point - Shinsuke Nakamura
- Possibility of synergy between GIAHS and Biosphere Reserves for generating biocultural diversity - Yoshihiko Iida
- Environmental, economic and social sustainability in the landscape: Synergy between MAB and the Satoyama Initiative - William Dunbar
- Labels and Performances: the case of UNESCO sites - Natarajan Ishwaran
Results
- Outcome of the side-event on Synergies between Multidesignations in Biosphere Reserves