During this 1-hour event, IUCN Members will highlight their ongoing work in natural World Heritage sites in Africa, followed by a Q&A to discuss what IUCN Members can do to help implement the Union-wide IUCN World Heritage Strategy in Africa.
Confirmed speakers:
Paul Ngafack, IUCN World Heritage Monitoring Officer ([email protected])
Dr Paul Kariuki Ndang'ang'a, Regional Director for Africa, Birdlife International
Charly Facheux, Vice President, Africa Wildlife Foundation
TBC
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Since 1972 IUCN is the official advisor on nature to the World Heritage Convention. In that role the IUCN World Heritage Team coordinates the evaluation of nominations for new sites, the monitoring of existing sites, training for protected area managers, as well as policy advice to UNESCO, the World Heritage Committee and States Parties.
In 2023 IUCN adopted a new Union-wide strategy which focuses on supporting the World Heritage Convention to make the greatest conservation impact to 2030 and beyond. The IUCN World Heritage Strategy will be implemented by engaging the whole IUCN Union, including the key contributions of IUCN Members and IUCN Commissions, via new and enhanced global IUCN initiatives on World Heritage, and a series of new regional World Heritage affirmative action plans, coordinated via IUCN’s network of regional and country offices.
IUCN also aims to give more visibility to the conservation work that IUCN Members already undertake in World Heritage sites on the ground. From the about 200 IUCN Members in Africa at least 45 directly support World Heritage conservation, including official management authorities (including Ethiopian Wildlife conservation authority, South African National Parks, Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Réserves), and NGOs (including WWF, Birdlife, Africa Wildlife Foundation).
Learn more about the IUCN World Heritage Strategy:
Learn more about IUCN & World Heritage:
https://www.iucn.org/our-work/topic/world-heritage