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Acknowledgements
The IUCN Programme on Protected Areas would like to thank the many individuals and
organisations who contributed information and support to this document, without which
it would never have been realised. We are particularly grateful to the following:
� The Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Government of
Japan for their generous financial contribution;
� Jens Brüggemann and EUROPARC for sharing their vast experience with the
Partnership and Exchange Programme;
� Jonathan Justi, Arthur Paterson, Charles Ehler and the United States National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for sharing their successes
with the US-China sister reserve agreements;
� Paul Bray and Larry Hamilton for sharing their knowledge of the Italy/USParks
and Protected Areas Twinning/Partnership;
� Dale Engquist and Bill Supernaught for their enthusiastic and informative briefs
on their respective sister park agreements between the USNational Parks Service
with Poland and Georgia;
� All the people who helped track down information on the Parks Canada and
Chilean exchanges, especially Murray McComb, Tom Novaks, and Kate
Stefanuk;
� John Chapman of CEI Associates, Manchester, UK, who has drafted much of the
text on the North America/UK Countryside Exchange;
� Adrian Phillips for his guidance and briefing on the North America/UK
Countryside Exchange;
� David Sheppard for his guidance;
� Dr Natarajan Ishwaran of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre for his suggestions
and assistance; and
� Members of WCPA East Asia for their input and support.
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