PROTECTED AREAS LEARNING & RESEARCH COLLABORATIONInitiative of University of Tasmania
Tasmanian Land ConservancyJames Cook, Charles Darwin & Murdoch Universities
Regional partners & supporters
Overview
• Fostering excellence in governance & management of protected areas in Asia Pacific & Oceania regions
• Postgraduate courses available at four Australian universities from 2015
• Objectives are enhancing professionalism & meeting global competency standards
• Courses are for protected area professionals & community-based conservation practitioners
Image: Graeme Worboys, Forest Rangers, Phong Kna Ke Bang NP Vietnam
The need
• Region has many IUCN Category I-VI protected areas
• Includes many marine protected areas, community-managed conservation areas & Australia’s Indigenous Protected Areas
• All face pressures & provide for basic life necessities
• Managers need professional competencies, strong career paths & skilled mentors
Add map of regions& PAs
Map courtesy of the United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• The Protected Area Learning and Research Collaboration will:• Provide regional support for protected area practitioners• Build regional collaborations between universities, PA agencies & other
institutions• Support objectives of IUCN • Secure accreditation from bodies such as Global Partnership for
Professionalizing Protected Areas Management (GPPPAM) • Provide accredited training programs throughout Asia Pacific & Oceania
regions
The opportunity & purpose
Images: Arwen Dyer; Matthew Newton
• James Cook University, Murdoch University & University of Tasmania have courses approved for 2015
• Graduate Certificates, Masters & short course (starting January 2015 at University of Tasmania) are available
• Courses likely to extend to Charles Darwin University, Wildlife Institute of India & University of South Pacific in 2015/16
• All courses address competencies from draft GPPPAM framework
2015 courses
http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/courses/course_info/?userText=54504-MAP-PAM#.VD2D5PmSySphttp://www.utas.edu.au/courses/study-areas/environment http://www.murdoch.edu.au/Courses/Environmental-Managementhttp://www.cdu.edu.au/environment
JCU:UTAS:Murdoch:CDU:
How can you participate• Enrol in a course yourself or
recommend someone for a scholarship
• Encourage your government agencies, businesses, philanthropic sources & others to enrol people or provide scholarship funds
• Come and visit us at Booth 66 next to the IUCN bookstore/ cafe
• Find out more: www.palrc.org
• Introduce us to other institutions who might join our collaboration
• Introduce us to new partners whether aid agency, government, park agency, business, philanthropy or other
Innovative and effective• Our Collaboration joins like minds within a defined
region of the world to share their strengths & tackle a clear need for enhanced capacity
Evidence of implementation and impact• “Education is the most powerful weapon which you
can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela
Applied elsewhere or more broadly• The collaboration is worth aligning with,
complementing or building elsewhere as it brings people & institutions together for a common end
An inspiring solution?
Image: Andrew Cambpell, Kakadu National Park
Components that lead to success• A clear need• A unity of purpose
Enabling factors• Visionary investors• Broadly-based and competent committee members (we have ~30 people
on 3 committees from across Asia, Pacific & Oceania regions)
What makes it work?
Image: Graeme Worboys, Short- tailed shearwater