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Why UNPEC?<br />

A research program<br />

supported by<br />

<strong>In</strong>creasingly urbanized landscapes put growing pressure on the natural<br />

systems they transform: higher concentrations of people demand more<br />

land, water and opportunity than smaller populations. Yet to meet the<br />

needs of human communities, the natural systems they depend upon<br />

must be preserved. One common and effective strategy for this is to<br />

protect areas; but in urban settings, this can turn out to be particularly<br />

complex.<br />

Over a four-year period (2012-2015), UNPEC will conduct an<br />

interdisciplinary program of applied research on Cape Town, Mumbai,<br />

Nairobi and Rio and their respective <strong>Urban</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Parks</strong>. <strong>In</strong> such<br />

settings, the interdependence between people and nature may seem be<br />

obvious – but often, it appears City and Park management are undertaken<br />

as though they were separate activities. UNPEC will work to understand<br />

the implications and consequences of decoupled dynamics.<br />

For Protected Area Managers and <strong>Urban</strong> <strong>In</strong>stitutions: UNPEC and the<br />

<strong>Urban</strong> Protected Area (<strong>UPA</strong>) Network offer an independent perspective on<br />

the interaction between each City and its adjacent <strong>National</strong> Park. The<br />

comparative dimension of this work will also afford several opportunities<br />

to interact directly with your counterparts from other <strong>Urban</strong> Protected<br />

Areas, as part of our ongoing interactive discussion about the specificities<br />

of managing nature in and for the benefit of urban settings.<br />

For Researchers: UNPEC and the <strong>UPA</strong> Network offer fertile ground for<br />

empirical and theoretical work on the representations of nature in the<br />

city by different stakeholders, on spatial and social segmentation, on the<br />

economic benefits ecosystem services, on environmental risk abatement<br />

through ecosystem-based land management, circulation of global<br />

models, multi-scale interactions, etc.<br />

Scientific Partners :<br />

Further information :<br />

www.upa-network.org<br />

Site Coordinators:<br />

Nairobi: Bernard Calas – IFRA-Nairobi - fracasses@wanadoo.fr<br />

Mumbai: Frédéric Landy – Université Paris Nanterre<br />

Frederic_landy@orange.fr<br />

Cape Town: Estienne Rodary – IRD/IFAS - estienne.rodary@ird.fr<br />

Rio de Janeiro: Louise Bruno – <strong>In</strong>stitut Libertas - louise.bruno@yahoo.fr<br />

unpec<br />

<strong>Urban</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Parks</strong><br />

<strong>In</strong> <strong>Emerging</strong> <strong>Countries</strong> & <strong>Cities</strong><br />

offer fertile ground for empirical and theoretical work<br />

<strong>UPA</strong><br />

URBAN PROTECTED<br />

AREAS NETWORK

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