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Dear WCPA Regional and Thematic Vice-Chairs, and Chairs of Specialist Groups and Task Forces,  As **IUCN is migrating its website to a new platform**, we are reviewing all the current pages for the Global Programme on Protected Areas, including the WCPA pages. We need your assistance to update the content of the pages for all Regions, Themes, Specialist Groups and Task Forces. A list of the pages and the person we believe should be the key reviewer is given below.  **The migration will take place at the end of February **, at which point we will have to temporarily suspend any pages that have not been updated. Changes will still be possible later, but the new website  will not feature these pages until they have been updated.  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please have a look at your pages and send me: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">LOGO / Visibility: ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If you have a **__ website and/or__ __social media platform__** for your specialist group/theme… please ensure the IUCN WCPA logo is visible, and the IUCN WCPA affiliation is mentioned in the page name (for Facebook). Some WCPA SG <span class="il" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">websites <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> or Facebook pages don’t show the affiliation or it’s very hard to see the link. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You will find attached: ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We thank you in advance for your inputs, as well as your understanding for the technical challenges that may arise during the inception of the new <span class="il" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">website <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, which should take place as of <span class="aQJ" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">29 February 2016 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. Please feel free to send me any questions or feedback at any time. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kind regards, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Valérie
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">An updated/ recent photo for the Vice Chairs, Chairs and Co-Chairs **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">as applicable,
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Any link to an external <span class="il" style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">website ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">if applicable,
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Revised text for the landing page of your Region, Theme, SG or Task Force **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(please keep it **short and simple)**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For **regions**, please frame your text under the following sub-headings so that each region has a similar format: **Countries, Objectives, Priorities/key issues, Future Plans** (no more than 2 paragraphs or 200 words per heading, bullet points are welcome) <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">.
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A list of key links you wish to have on the page in addition to the link to your ****<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">thematic <span class="il" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">website <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, logos, etc. **
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Any IUCN or WCPA publications that are relevant to your Region, Theme, SG or Task Force (most publications will be lodged in the IUCN Library) **
 * **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Links to the social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter,…) you have about the theme/SG **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">One or two photos relevant to the thematic group/region/specialist group, with the copyright, location and caption in the file name, //(i.e. KathyMacKinnon LakeXyzUK FoxesinWinter)//
 * **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The combined IUCN WCPA logo in EN, FR and ES (all low resolution, if you need higher let me know) for your <span class="il" style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">website <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> and Facebook pages. **
 * **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A Photo Licensing Agreement: We need all photographers to sign this for us to be able to use the images. **
 * **<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The IUCN logo rules for commissions for your reference. **

http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_capacity2/gpap_wcpacap/gpap_tourism/

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Key Issues
For a century, the tourism use of protected areas has developed and increased. After 1945, the increase accelerated due to expanding populations, more affluence and greater availability of parks and protected areas. Worldwide, park managers adapted their policies and management structures as the use evolved. Many countries, for example Australia, Costa Rica, Kenya and New Zealand, attribute a significant portion of their tourism industry to protected area tourism. The size of the industry is so large that a vital public debate has emerged. Many studies document the relationship between tourism and parks. However, most occur at the park or subpark level. Fewer studies highlight successful planning and management approaches at a broader scale. A few countries are developing national policies. There is strong interest in many other countries to learn from the experience of the policy leaders in this regard. There is an emerging need to develop a broader understanding of the complex relationships between tourism and protected areas. There is a lack of baseline inventory of the scale of protected area tourism. Over time, managers developed successful approaches, both theoretical and applied, for tourism management in protected areas. These need to be documented, analysed and made available to the broad community of interest. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.032px;">

Objectives

 * Provide guidance to the WCPA, IUCN and others, on the relationships between tourism and protected areas.
 * Identify the size and characteristics of protected area tourism.
 * Develop case studies to investigate best practice models for tourism management.
 * Develop guidelines for the management of tourism in protected areas.
 * Communicate tourism management theory and practice to planners, managers and others.
 * Provide opportunities for parks and tourism people to work together on shared issues within protected area tourism.