BiodiverCities 2010 September 6th Overview

Morning 56, rue Jacob – Salle de Conférences 08:30 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 – 09:10 Welcome to Sciences-Po – Professor Erhard Friedberg, Director of the Sciences-Po Master of Public Affairs

09:10 – 09:30 Introduction to BiodiverCities 2010 - Louise Bruno, Institut Libertas, Coordinator of the research program “Urban Protected Areas Network”

09:30 – 09:50 Keynote Presentation - Professor Frédéric Landy, Laboratoire Gecko, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense

09:50 – 11:05 Panel #1 – Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town (South Africa)

11:05 – 1130 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:45 Panel #2 – Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai (India)

Lunch Central Paris – Public Green Spaces 12 :45 – 14:30 Pic-nic lunch

Afternoon 56, rue Jacob – Salle de Conférences

14:30 – 15:45 Panel #3 – Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

15:45 – 16 :05 Coffee break

16:05 – 17:20 Panel #4 – Nairobi National Park, Nairobi (Kenya)

17:20 – 17:50 “Learning Partnerships” – Glen Hyman, Center for Sociology of Organisations, Sciences Po “Future Directions for the Urban Protected Areas Network” – Louise Bruno, Institut Libertas

Cocktail 56, rue des Saints-Pères – Salle François Goguel

18:00 – 20:00 Please join us for a drink on the occasion of the inaugural BiodiverCities conference.

BiodiverCities 2010 September 6th Morning Panels

09:50 – 11:05 Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town (South Africa)

Park Michael Slayen Manager: Planning

Table Mountain National Park South African National Parks (SANParks)

City Stephen Granger City of Cape Town

Environmental Resource Management Department Liaison Coordinator for Table Mountain National Park

Discussant Pedro da Cunha e Menezes Deputy Leader IUCN-WCPA Specialist Group on Cities and Protected Areas

11:30 – 12:45 Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai (India)

Park Suresh Thorat Chief Conservator of Forests, Mumbai Government of Maharashtra

City Prasad Shetty Environmental Planner,

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority - Environmental Improvement Society

Discussant Marie-Hélène Zérah Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) Centre de Sciences Humaines(CSH), New Delhi

BiodiverCities 2010 September 6th Afternoon Panels

14:30 – 15:45 Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Park Maria de Lourdes Figueira Tijuca National Park Deputy Director

City Celso Junius Ferreira Santos Coordinator

Municipal Support Structure for the Tijuca National City of Rio de Janeiro

Discussant Rafael Soares Gonçalves Associate Professor l’Université́ Catholique de Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

16:10 – 17:30 Nairobi National Park, Nairobi (Kenya)

Park Wilson Korir Assistant Director,

Southern Conservation Region Kenya Wildlife Service

City Peter M. Kibinda Director – Metropolitan Planning and Environment Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development

Discussant Bernard Calas Director, Institut français de recherche en Afrique (IFRA – Nairobi)

BiodiverCities 2010 September 7th Overview

Morning 56, rue Jacob

09:00 – 09:20 Reflections on Urban Protected Areas - Pedro de Castro da Cunha e Menezes Deputy Leader– IUCN/WCPA Cities and Protected Areas Specialist Group

Salle de Conferences

09:20 – 09:40 "Natures et Cultures" - Emmanuel Lezy, Maître de Conférences Laboratoire Gecko - Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense

09:40 – 10:00 Coffee Break CERI

10:00 – 12:15 Parallel Session #1 -- Biodiversity Without BordersConserving Urban Nature within—and beyond—Protected Areas

: Salle de Conferences

10:00 – 12:15 Parallel Session #2 -- Whose Areas: Conflicts & Dialogues in and around Urban Protected Areas Salle Jean Monnet

Lunch Central Paris – Public Green Spaces 12:15 – 14:00 Pic-nic lunch

Afternoon 56, rue Jacob – Salle de Conférences

14:00 – 16:15 Parallel Session #3 -- Governance for Cities and Protected Areas Salle de Conferences

14:00 – 16:15 Parallel Session #4 -- Protecting Areas: What future for this conservation strategy in urban settings? Salle Jean Monnet

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break CERI

16:45 – 17:45 Final Plenary – Summary Reports from Parallel Session Chairs Salle de Conferences

17:45 – 18:00 Announcements

BiodiverCities 2010 September 7th 10 :00 – 12:15

Session #1 – Biodiversity Beyond Borders : Conserving Urban Nature within—and beyond—Protected Areas Chair: Paul Grigoriev, Regional Programme Coordinator, IUCN Regional Office for Pan Europe

Salle de Conférences

The City of Cape Town surrounding the Table Mountain National Park: An historical reflection of the evolving relationship between an urban settlement and ecological processes

P.M. Anderson, P.J. O’Farrell

Urban planning’s contribution to conservation of natural protected areas: The views of communities living in the interface between urban settlements and a natural world heritage area

Adrienne F Keane

The Souss Protected area: between urban sprawl and the creation of identity banners*

David Goeury

The Fiocruz Atlantic Forest Campus and the Growth Acceleration Program (GAP) of Juliano Moreira Colony: the incorporation of sustainability principles into an integrated planning proposal in the buffer zone of a protected area, the Pedra Branca State Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luis Carlos Soares Madeira Domingues

Session #2 – Whose Areas: Conflicts & Dialogues in and around Urban Protected Areas Chair: Lionel Laslaz, Maître de Conférences, Laboratoire EDYTEM, Université de Savoie

Salle Jean Monnet

Legitimate uses of the Calanques National Park*

Valérie Deldrève, Philippe Deboudt , Ludovic Ginelli

National parks for biodiversity management at the gates of cities? Projects of the Fontainebleau National Park (France) and the Gatineau National Park (Ottawa, Canada)*

Nathalie Lahaye

What future for protected areas of the Far North Cameroon confronted by domestic energy demands in the town of Maroua?*

Gervais Wafo Tabopda

Regional Natural Parks in Ile de France: Between nature conservation and social filtering* Monique Poulot

*presentations in French

BiodiverCities 2010 September 7th 14:00 – 16:15

Session #3 –Governance for Cities and Protected Areas Chair: Monique Poulot , Professeur, Laboratoire Gecko, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense

Salle de Conférences

Metropolitan Lille and its agriculture: a shared governance of peri-urban areas. Examples of the Deûle and Val de Marque parks* Nicolas Rouget

A call for urban lighting governance in the vicinity of protected areas C. Aubrecht, M. Jaiteh,

A. de Sherbinin, T. Longcore, C. Elvidge

The benefits of natural areas on urban areas by recognizing the ecosystem services: a strategy to link the protection of natural areas to urban settings

Francisco de la Barrera, Darío Moreira

Long-term sustainability of “real nature” adjacent to a world-class metropolis: Case Study of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Los Angeles, California

Rorie Skei

Session #4 –Protecting Areas: What future for this conservation strategy in urban settings? Chair: Sophie Didier, Research Director, French Institute of South Africa (IFAS)

Salle Jean Monnet

Managing Sustainable – Protected – Area in Urban Environment: Observations From Pallikaranai Marsh Lands of Chennai, India M.Sakthivel, P.K.

Senthilkumari, J.Priyadharshini and R. Shobana Leena

Layouts and principles for a sustained services' provision: UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as key approach for multiple scale and urban spatial planning.

Karl-Heinz Gaudry

Urban Dynamics and the Conservation of Sacred Forests – Theoretical Issues and Epistimological Paradoxes* Aubin Agnissan

Industrial nature, urban protected area: overcoming oxymorons* Samuel Depraz

*presentations in French

BiodiverCities 2010 September 8th Overview

Notes:

1) Participation in the excursion is subject to a 15€ fee, to be paid on arrival at BiodiverCities. 2) This fee covers the costs of transportation and lunch on-site. 3) As the excursion will involve visits to forested areas, we suggest that participants bring sturdy shoes and a light coat in case of rain.

Morning Fontainebleau & Gaitanis: The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve just outside Paris 08:15 Assemble at CERI (56, rue Jacob)

08:30 Departure from Paris

10:00 – 11:30

Plenary Discussions* at the edge of the Biosphere Reserve Transition Zone (La Rochette- Introduction to Fontainebleau and Gâtinais Biosphere Reserve

)

- Biosphere Reserves in Metropolitan Contexts: A comparative study from France and Chile Jérôme Pelenc, Doctorant, CREDAL - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris-3)

- « Management of Urban and Peri-urban forests » Anne-Marie Granet, Chef de projet, Accuil du Publique, Office National des Forêts

* 20 minute presentations + 10 minute discussions

11:30 – 12:00 Visit to « Bois de La Rochette », a Sensitive Natural Space (guided by the Conseil Général - 77)

12:00 – 12:15 Travel to Franchard, in the Biosphere Reserve Core Zone

Lunch

12:30 – 14:00 Rustic Buffet Lunch featuring products from Biosphere Reserve

Afternoon Managing an urban forest 14:00 – 16:00 Visit to Franchard (guided by l’Office National des Forêts) 16:30 – 18:00 Return travel to Paris

18:00 Arrival back at the conference venue (approximate time)