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8th World Wilderness Congress
PLENARY PROGRAM: | | | |
For partial list of confirmed speakers click here
View the latest Plenary Program update ( pdf ). September 13th, 2005
(Draft June 2005 below)
GLOBAL WILDERNESS FORUM
SEPTEMBER 30 OCTOBER 1
(Mostly all global updates, special announcements, etc no formal Q&A)
(All sessions convene in the Egan Convention Center unless otherwise noted)
Friday, 30 September Global Wilderness Forum
| | 9:00 10:30 |
Opening Ceremonies and Keynote Presentations
Hosted by: The Honorary Co-Chairs, 8th WWC
Chair: Vance G. Martin, President, The WILD Foundation
| | | | | 11:00 12:30 |
Wilderness A Global Overview Chair, Dr Russell Mittermeier, President, Conservation International.
Presentations on terrestrial, marine and freshwater wilderness assessments and mapping
| | | | | 1230 1:30 |
Lunch (on your own; box lunches available for purchase)
| | | | | 1:30 3:00 |
Climate Change The Global Issue Chair- TBA
Presentations on the current situation, forecasts, policy implications
global responses
| | | | | 3:00 3:30 |
Break
| | | | | 3:30 5:00 |
The Oceans Chair: Dr. Sylvia Earle, President, Defying Oceans Ends.
Three presentations on policy, actions and forecasts
| | | | | 5:00 5:15 |
New Wilderness Area Announcement Private Sector
A new conservation initiative in South Africas Succulent Karoo region
| | | | | 5:15 8:00 |
Dinner on your own
| | | | | 8:00 10:00 |
Evening Cultural Events and Concert (details TBA)
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GLOBAL WILDERNESS FORUM
Saturday, 1 October Global Wilderness Forum
| | 8:30 10:15 |
The Wild Planet Project Chair: Cyril Kormos, Vice President for Policy, The WILD Foundation
Presentations on latest findings on the benefits of wilderness areas:
Ecosystem Functions and Biodiversity, The Millennium Assessment, Ecosystem Services from Wilderness; The Global Value of Wilderness Services; Wilderness and Economic Benefits to Local Communities, The Values of Wilderness-based Tourism
| | | | | 10:15 10:40 |
Refreshments
| | | | | 10:45 11:30 |
Protected Areas and the Convention on Biological Diversity
Presentations on The Convention on Biological Diversity Programme of Work on Protected Areas, and Global Response from the World Conservation
| | | | | 11:30 12:45 |
Latin America Wilderness, Biodiversity and Local Communities Chair: Dr. Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Executive Vice President, Conservation International
Five presentations by ministers and state governors from Costa Rica, Brazil, and Guyana.
| | | | | 12:45 1:45 |
Lunch (on your own; box lunches available for purchase)
| | | | | 1:45 2:30 |
Mexico Chair: Patricio Robles Gil, President, Agrupacion Sierra Madre
Special announcement of the first wilderness designation in Latin America, with presentations by three organizations, the government of Mexico, and the private sector.
| | | | | 2:30 3:30 |
Wilderness Across Borders Chair: Mr. Valli Moosa, President, World Conservation Union* (IUCN)
Presentations on the latest results of protecting and sustaining wildlands through peace parks, transboundary conservation areas the places, the policies and the technologies used
| | | | | 3:30 4:00 |
Refreshments
| | | | | 4:00 5:45 |
Financing Wildlands Conservation Chair: Peter Seligman,* CEO, Conservation International
Presentations and panel of experts covering the global financial and conservation institutions, and on wildlands philanthropy by private individuals
| | | | | 6:00 7:30 |
Reception New Book Launch Presentation to all delegates of Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas at a reception hosted by CEMEX at the Hilton Hotel
| | | | | 8:00 10:00 |
Evening Cultural Events and Concert (details TBA)
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A LOCAL VIEW TOURS AND EXHIBITION
SUNDAY, 2 OCTOBER A LOCAL VIEW TOURS AND EXHIBITION
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Sunday Tours 
WILD Expo
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WILDERNESS WORKING SESSIONS
3 6 OCTOBER
3 6 OCTOBER WILDERNESS WORKING SESSIONS
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The following sessions and themes will be addressed in morning plenary sessions, from 08301230, through panels, summary presentations, and delegate Q&A
1. Overview of the weeks program, resolution process, schedules; Introduction to the Native Lands and Wilderness Council
2. Alaska The State of Knowledge Science, Native, and Policy
3. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Framing the Debate by Policymakers, Native Alaskans, Conservationists
4. Applying Wilderness Solutions to Social Issues The Wild Planet Project Wilderness Benefits Part III
5. U.S. and Canadian Government Conservation Agencies Report to the Delegates
6. Climate Change Here and Now Focus on Alaska and the North, through science, Native views and policy
7. Africa and Madagascar Wildlands and wildlife projects and progress from West, East, Southern and Central Africa, plus the Africa Mega Flyover by Mike Fay.
8. North American Large Landscapes Conservation including Yellowstone to Yukon Initiatve; Canadian Boreal Initiative;Great Bear Rainforest; and the Deh Cho First Nations
9. The Russian Far East Kamchatka, The Bering Sea and the RFE
10. Responsible Corporate Practice models in mining, petroleum, finance and other sectors
11. Traditional Knowledge Knowing the Land
12. Youth and Young Professionals Doing the Work Now!
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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
A SERIES OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ON
APPLYING CULTURAL SOLUTIONS TO CONSERVATION ISSUES:
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Nature Writers and Conservation Photographers Presentations by world class photographers and writers
All things Seal Native Subsistence Ceremony
Pamyua Concert and dance of traditional and contemporary music by the outstanding young group Pamyua, from Alaska, voted the Best New Group of the Year by the NAMMYS (Native American Music Awards)
The Wild Sense -- Digital Music and Video Concert by Dennis Nollman and Janus Kober
Nature Screen Environmental Film Festival Winners
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