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Implementation of an Exchange Programme for Protected Areas in East Asia Aerial view of barren agricultural fields along the Po River, Italy. © WWF-Canon/Mauri Rautkari 2
Exchange programmes – an overview 1.1 The origins of this report: the Action Plan for Protected Areas in East Asia The East Asia Action Plan (IUCN, 1996) stresses the importance of promoting the collection and exchanging of information about protected areas at local, regional, national and international levels. It concludes that some regional issues can only be resolved through increased co-operation between the nations of that region. A priority is to build co-operation within the East Asia region and enable experts in each country to learn from each other’s experiences. This report on exchange programmes is a step towards achieving the goal of improved protected area management in East Asia. It responds specifically to a key recommendation in the action plan – see Box1. Its aim is to give protected area managers in East Asia a better idea of what is required to implement an exchange programme for protected areas in the region. Box 1.1 Priority Project 10 from the East Asia Action Plan Priority Project 10: “Provide an exchange programme for protected area staff of the region with other regions, for example, Europe (perhaps through the partnership and technical programme of the FNNPE (EUROPARC)). Within the region, staff exchanges between agencies and organisations should be developed by a range of organisations including the Hong Kong Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency and the Taiwan National Park Department” (IUCN, 1996). 1.2 Introduction Protected areas around the world face continuing challenges; nowhere is this more true than in East Asia. The region is the most populous in the world (1400 million, or about 28% of the world’s population). There is great natural, cultural and economic diversity among its countries. Many protected area systems suffer from inadequate funding. More than in most parts of the world, protected area managers in East Asia urgently require additional management resources, skills and knowledge. Active management is needed to maintain the viability of most protected areas. Hence the importance of developing management capacities and competencies among protected area staff. However, this is becoming increasingly demanding: faced by complex and growing threats to protected areas, their managers require an expanding range of skills. Protected area managers are by no means alone in requiring additional training for their jobs. Indeed, all professions now require so-called “life-long learning” in order to adapt to the constantly and rapidly changing sets of skills and knowledge needed for 3
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References Athanas, A., Vorhies, F.
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