1. PROTECTED AREAS LEARNING & RESEARCH COLLABORATION Initiative of University of Tasmania Tasmanian Land Conservancy James Cook, Charles Darwin & Murdoch Universities Regional partners & supporters

2. Overview Fostering excellence in governance & management of protected areas in Asia Pacific & Oceania regions Postgraduate courses available at four Australian universities from 2015 Objectives are enhancing professionalism & meeting global competency standards Courses are for protected area professionals & community-based conservation practitioners Image: Graeme Worboys, Forest Rangers, Phong Kna Ke Bang NP Vietnam

3. The need Region has many IUCN Category I-VI protected areas Includes many marine protected areas, community-managed conservation areas & Australia’s Indigenous Protected Areas All face pressures & provide for basic life necessities Managers need professional competencies, strong career paths & skilled mentors Add map of regions & PAs Map courtesy of the United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre

4. The Protected Area Learning and Research Collaboration will: Provide regional support for protected area practitioners Build regional collaborations between universities, PA agencies & other institutions Support objectives of IUCN Secure accreditation from bodies such as Global Partnership for Professionalizing Protected Areas Management (GPPPAM) Provide accredited training programs throughout Asia Pacific & Oceania regions The opportunity & purpose Images: Arwen Dyer; Matthew Newton

5. James Cook University, Murdoch University & University of Tasmania have courses approved for 2015 Graduate Certificates, Masters & short course (starting January 2015 at University of Tasmania) are available Courses likely to extend to Charles Darwin University, Wildlife Institute of India & University of South Pacific in 2015/16 All courses address competencies from draft GPPPAM framework 2015 courses http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/courses/course_info/?userText=54504-MAP-PAM#.VD2D5PmSySp http://www.utas.edu.au/courses/study-areas/environment http://www.murdoch.edu.au/Courses/Environmental-Management http://www.cdu.edu.au/environment JCU: UTAS: Murdoch: CDU:

6. How can you participate Enrol in a course yourself or recommend someone for a scholarship Encourage your government agencies, businesses, philanthropic sources & others to enrol people or provide scholarship funds Come and visit us at Booth 66 next to the IUCN bookstore/ cafe Find out more: www.palrc.orgwww.palrc.org Introduce us to other institutions who might join our collaboration Introduce us to new partners whether aid agency, government, park agency, business, philanthropy or other

7. Innovative and effective Our Collaboration joins like minds within a defined region of the world to share their strengths & tackle a clear need for enhanced capacity Evidence of implementation and impact “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela Applied elsewhere or more broadly The collaboration is worth aligning with, complementing or building elsewhere as it brings people & institutions together for a common end An inspiring solution? Image: Andrew Cambpell, Kakadu National Park

8. Components that lead to success A clear need A unity of purpose Enabling factors Visionary investors Broadly-based and competent committee members (we have ~30 people on 3 committees from across Asia, Pacific & Oceania regions) What makes it work? Image: Graeme Worboys, Short- tailed shearwater