COP21: Official Announcement of the Declaration on Protected Areas and Climate Change - Press Conference

Posted on November, 30 2015

Official Announcement of the Declaration on Protected Areas and Climate Change - Press Conference

 
TIME: December 8 (Tuesday), 15:30 – 16:00
VENUE: Press Centre, Room 3 located at hall 5, Blue Zone, Paris Le Bourget, Paris


TOPICS:          
Presentation of REDPARQUES Declaration signed by 18 Latin American countries that calls for the inclusion of protected areas in global climate change strategies. 
                     
 
DETAILED AGENDA:
 
15:30: Welcome and Introduce Speakers (Tarsicio Granizo, Strategy on Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories, WWF Living Amazon Initiative)
 
15:30 – 15:35 (5 min): Announcement/Presentation: REDPARQUES Declaration (Julia Miranda, National Natural Parks of Colombia Director, Andes-Amazon REDPARQUES Coordinator, World Commission on Protected Areas Coordinator for South America)
 
15:35 – 15:40 (05 min) Words by WWF and CBD (Yolanda Kakabadse, WWF International President and the former Ecuadorian Minister of Environment - Braulio F. de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
 
15:40 – 16:00 (20 Min) Questions and Answers to the speakers (Julia Miranda, National Natural Parks of Colombia Director, Andes-Amazon REDPARQUES Coordinator, World Commission on Protected Areas Coordinator for South America - Yolanda Kakabadse, WWF International President and the former Ecuadorian Minister of Environment - Braulio F. de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
 
16:00: Distribute Media Kits (Press release, infographic, policy brief printed and digital)

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ORGANIZERS:
Latin American Technical Cooperation Network for Protected Areas (REDPARQUES) and WWF Living Amazon Initiative (WWF LAI)
 
 
CONTACT:
Julia Gorricho, Amazon Vision Projects, WWF LAI jmgorricho@wwf.org.co, +57 310 6222796

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