Mainstreaming during 2010, the international year of biodiversity

This is not a blog post that refers to a specific video product.  Instead I'm taking the liberty of bending my own rules in order to get this summary of last year of some events and efforts in SANBI's Division for Biodiversity Planning and Mainstreaming out into the world.   You will find a copy of this occasional newsletter stored in my google docs account by  clicking here.   Publication of the biodiversity primer at Nagoya COP was a big milestone for 2010, so the cover features here, as well as the video interview with Caroline Petersen in an earlier posting. 

Trevor Sandwith of IUCN talks about the Global Protected Areas Programme

VIDEO LINK to TREVOR SANDWITH's CAPE TOWN TALK

On 28 Jan 2011, Trevor Sandwith, now stationed at IUCN headquarters in Switzerland, revisited his old stomping ground in Cape Town, and made time to share his current global perspective of protected area thinking.    His former colleagues gathered in the seminar room of the Kirstenbosch Research Centre, and to a packed house he presented a wide-ranging backdrop to his new role as Leader of IUCN's Global  Protected Areas Programme.    His prestentation was videographed, and then spliced together with his powerpoint,  and has now been posted on You Tube (in three 15minute slices presented as a playlist).

Please visit You Tube at < THIS LINK>  if you would like to share in this cutting edge of thinking, researching,  planning and action around the challenges of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management in the face of suites of globally significant changes.   A thought-provoking presentation, and an insight into the IUCN position on these weighty issues.


posted by George, 16 Feb 2011