A Parks Forum Conference

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A Parks Forum Conference 20 22 May 2008 New
Zealand National Maritime Museum Auckland, New
Zealand www.parksforum.org/conference
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Welcome Conference Opening

• Conference opened with a powhiri by Te Puru O
  Tamaki

• Welcome session included address by
• Cr Mike Lee, Chairman of Auckland Regional
  Council
• Hugh Logan, Parks Forum Trustee, offering a
  tribute to Patron Sir Edmund Hillary
• Hon. Steve Chadwick, Minister for Conservation,
  opening the conference and launching the Value of
  Parks document. (the Value of Parks document
  available for viewing from the Parks Forum
  website (www.parksforum.org)

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Carol Sheedy

• Director General, External Relations and Visitor
  Experience
• Parks Canada

• Engaging the Hearts and Minds of Canadians

Our Changing World
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Our Changing World
Dr David Wratt

• General Manager responsible for climate and
  climate change work at the NZ National Institute
  of Water Atmospheric Research

• Climate Change and Parks

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Al Morrison

• Director General
• Department of Conservation

• Environmental Challenge the short and long of it

Our Changing World
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Dr Jennifer Marohasy

• Senior Fellow
• Institute of Public Affairs

• Parks versus food and fibre production

Irrelevant, Nice to Have or the Key to the
Worlds Future?
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Steve Coleman

• Executive Director
• Washington Parks People

• Urban Parks Key to the Worlds Future

Irrelevant, Nice to Have or the Key to the
Worlds Future?
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Dr David Cochrane

• Partner, Economic Advisory Services
• Ernst Young

• Park values how well are they understood?

Irrelevant, Nice to Have or the Key to the
Worlds Future?
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Assoc Prof Mardie Townsend

• Associate Professor, School of Health and Social
  Development
• Deakin University

• A World without Parks? It Makes You Sick to Think
  of It!

Irrelevant, Nice to Have or the Key to the
Worlds Future?
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Hypothetical Presentation2033 A Park Odyssey

• Facilitated by Sorrel Wilby
• Panel consisting of
• Mark Stone
• Al Morrison
• Mark Camley
• David Cochrane
• Mardie Townsend
• Kelvyn Eglinton
• Penny Figgis
• Jennifer Marohasy

Irrelevant, Nice to Have or the Key to the
Worlds Future?
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Hypothetical Presentation2033 A Park Odyssey
Irrelevant, Nice to Have or the Key to the
Worlds Future?
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Field Trips Young Leaders Forum
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Dr Michael Looker
Director Australia Program The Nature
Conservancy

• The Nature Conservancy working across boundaries

Emerging / Alternative Models of Parks Management
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Peter Lee
Chair Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi

• Community participation in ecological restoration

Emerging / Alternative Models of Parks Management
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Russell Watkinson
Director ACT Department of Territory Municipal
Services

• From Mountain to Sea

Emerging / Alternative Models of Parks Management
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Joint Presentation

• Dermot Smyth - Member of the Indigenous Protected
  Area Advisory Group (IPAAG)
• Chrissy Grant - Chair of IPAAG
• Denis Rose - Member of IPAAG Executive Officer
  of Windamara Aboriginal Corporation
• Chels Marshall - Gumbaynggirr Traditional Owner
  involved with the development of an IPA at
  Nambucca Heads, NSW.
• Bruce Rose - Director, Indigenous Land
  Management, Department of the Environment, Water,
  Heritage and the Arts, Canberra

• Indigenous Protected Areas in Australia
  Development, achievements and challenges of
  Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) over the last
  ten years future directions of IPAs and
  comparisons with Community Conserved Areas (CCAs)
  internationally.

Emerging / Alternative Models of Parks Management
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Kara Puketapu
CEO Te Runanganui O Taranaki Whanui Ki Te Upoko O
Te Ika A Maui Inc

• Te Kohanga Reo

Influencing and Changing the Agenda
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Mark Camley
Chief Executive The Royal Parks

• Changing the Agenda, Winning Influence

Influencing and Changing the Agenda
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Cr Sandra Coney
Chair of Parks and Heritage Committee Auckland
Regional Council

• Democratising parks

Influencing and Changing the Agenda
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Assoc Prof Basil Sharp
Associate Professor and Deputy Head of
Department Auckland University

• Influencing the Purse Holders The Role of
  Economics

Influencing and Changing the Agenda
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Feedback from Young Leaders Forum

• Joint Presentation
• Louise Barker, Parks Victoria
• Philip Bell, Department of Conservation
• Stuart Hughes, Parks Victoria
• Brigid Isaac, Department of Conservation
• Kane Weeks, Parks Victoria

• Young Leaders Feedback Session

Influencing and Changing the Agenda
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Industry Agenda Workshop

• Facilitated by Digby Whyte, Manager Manukau
  Parks, Manukau City Council

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Conference Panel Conference Close

• Facilitated by Kelvyn Eglinton, panel consisted
  of
• Peter Mooney, TAS Parks Wildlife Service
• Rob Small, Parks Forum Trustee
• Carol Sheedy, Parks Canada
• Ngarimu Blair, Ngati Whatua o Orakei
• Stuart Hughes, Young Leader Representative (Parks
  Victoria)