CONGRESSO MUNDIAL DE RANGERS (VIGILANTES DA NATUREZA)

Programa do dia 5 de Novembro

7th World Ranger Congress

Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge, near Arusha National Park, northern Tanzania

4-9 November 2012

Monday, 5 November 2012

7.00 - 8.30 Breakfast

HALL 1

PLENARY (Delegates in Uniform)

8.30 - 9.00 Housekeeping & Raffle

9.00 - 9.30 Congress Opening – Hon. Minister of Natural Resources & Tourism (Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki)

9.30 - 9.50 Congress Objectives – Congress Chair

9.50 - 10.10 Challenges and opportunities for National Parks in Tanzania – Director General: Tanzania National Parks (Mr. Allan Kijazi)  

10.10 - 10.40 Tea

HALL 1

10.40 - 11.00 The role of TAWIRI in supporting the work of rangers in Tanzania – Director General: Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute

11.50 - 12.30 Movie Premiere – The Green Fire (Aldo Leopold & the Land Ethic)

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

HALL 1 - WORKING TOWARD HEALTHY PARKS: Making it Happen

Session Chair: Chris Galliers

13.30 - 13.50 From Little Things Big Things Grow. Ann Walton, Mark Flanders & Donella Andersen

13.50 - 14.10 The Dragon Tree Regional Consortium as a Collaboration Initiative between North and Horn of Africa National Parks’ Rangers. Usama Ghazali, Houssein Riyad & Saeed Shiekh

14.10 - 14.30 Protected Area Management System. Janet Phelan, Peter Thompson & Wayne Lotter

14.30 - 14.50 The work of a Ranger and Conservation Challenges: “Case of rangers working in a conflict region”. Jean Pierre (Jobogo) Mirindi

14.50 - 15.10 Ruvuma Elephant Project: Making Community Protected Areas Work. W.D. Lotter, K. Clark & M. Jenes

15.10 - 15.40 Tea

15.40 - 17.00 IRF Regional meetings

HALL 1 - Oceania

POOL AREA - Africa

GARDEN – Asia

HALL 2 - WORKING TOWARD HEALTHY PARKS: Marketing & Networking

Session Chair: Derek Evans

13.30 - 13.50 Rangers on the Urban Edge – Marketing Through Partnerships. Joseph Edmiston, Fernando Gomez & Jewel Johnson

13.50 - 14.10 Rangers and Volunteers: Democracy in Action. Kit Howden

14.10 - 14.30 Sustainable Tracks. Ben Masterman

14.30 - 14.50 The Experience of a website www.guardaparquesenaccion.org in the dissemination of the work of Rangers. Osvaldo Alfonso Barassi Gajardo

14.50 - 15.10 Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) – Aims and Objectives of a Scientific Environmental Organisation. Fred Heimbach

15.40 - 17.00 IRF Regional meetings

HALL 2 - North America

RESTAURANT AREA - South America

GARDEN - Central America

HALL 1

18.00 - 19.00 Short movies, Slide presentations

19.00 - 20.00 Dinner

20.00 - 20.40 IEC nominee introductions and Q&A for nominees

20.40 onwards - Music