World Parks Congress to include
a
WCS/IUCN-VSG & SASUSG/PACE-IBAR/OIE-Sponsored Forum:
“Southern
and East African Experts Panel on Designing Successful Conservation
and Development Interventions at the Wildlife/Livestock Interface:
Implications
for Wildlife, Livestock, and Human Health”
Sunday September 14th, Monday September
15th, 2003
A two-day interactive forum at which approximately
55 invited Southern and East African and other experts share
their vision for conservation and development success at the
wildlife / livestock interface with World Parks Congress
attendees and invited representatives from bilateral and multilateral
development agencies and other interested parties. Please note
that due to limited space and funding and the group size limitation
imposed by the interactive nature of the forum, participants
have already been invited and confirmed. Veterinary Specialist
Group (VSG) members and other interested parties who are not
attending are encouraged to send their thoughts and ideas on
the themes described below to VSG Co-Chairs William Karesh and
Richard Kock and the Regional Chair Jacob Mwanzia, or to Steve
Osofsky, WCS Senior Policy Advisor for Wildlife Health, at the
Wildlife Conservation Society: sosofsky@wcs.org.
Colleagues interested in these issues are also encouraged to
visit the IUCN SSC Veterinary Specialist Group (VSG) website
at www.iucn-vsg.org.
Purpose
To foster a sharing of ideas among African practitioners
and development professionals that will lead to concrete and
creative initiatives that address conservation and development
challenges related to health at the livestock/wildlife/human
interface. The focus of presentations will be ongoing efforts
and future needs in and around the region's flagship protected
areas and conservancies and their buffer zones- the places where
tensions and challenges at the livestock/wildlife interface are
often greatest.
The IUCN World Parks Congress is a very high profile
event both wherever it is held and in the international media.
The Congress is only held once every 10 years, and will likely
bring approximately 3,000 international attendees to Durban overall.
Organizations potentially interested in co-sponsoring the AHEAD
forum should contact Steve Osofsky at sosofsky@wcs.org.
Thank you.
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