PARCC PROJECT UPCOMING MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIESElise Belle, Protected Areas Programme, UNEP-WCMC

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PARCC Meetings and WorkshopsRegional National (5 countries)

Mar 2011

Regional inception meeting (UNEP-WCMC), The Gambia, and PSC

Nov 2011 National inception meetings and actions plans for data collection (UNEP-WCMC)

Apr 2012 Climate change information (UK Met Office), Sierra Leone

Apr 2013 Linking climate information and species data (UK Met Office and IUCN GSP) in Anglophone countries

Jul 2012 Species vulnerability traits part I and II (IUCN GSP), Togo, and PSC

Nov 2013Same workshop in Francophone countries, and Extra PSC in Togo

Jul 2013 Biodiversity and PAs vulnerability to CC (Durham University and BirdLife) and PSC

Beg. 2014

Biodiversity and PAs vulnerability to CC (Durham University and BirdLife)

Jun/Jul 2014

GIS and systematic conservation planning (DICE University of Kent), and PSC

End 2014 National conservation planning(DICE University of Kent)

Sep/Oct 2014

Social vulnerability to CC with regards to PAs, with MAVA project meeting

Mid 2014 National policy processes (agreements on pilot sites)

Sep 2015

Policy and outreach final meeting (BirdLife Africa) and PSC

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Upcoming activities

• National workshops on linking climate and climatic variability to the health of particular species populations, in Francophone countries

• Regional consultant to consolidate national studies on the links between PAs, climate change and communities

• Integrated vulnerability assessments for the region detailing which PAs are most likely to be impacted by climate change, including a regional map of the PA network vulnerability, and a range of national maps

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• Updated report of the status of threatened species and vulnerability to climate change for West African species (IUCN GSP)

• An assessment of PA coverage and connectivity for regionally important areas (forest, savannah, and desert) and maps to show the extent of possible transboundary PA or corridor

• Review of possible options for managing PAs for climate change impacts, and PA financing mechanisms

• Getting the updated METT with additional module on climate change endorsed at a higher level

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Upcoming activities (continued)

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Elise.Belle@unep-wcmc.org

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