Title: A Parks Forum Conference
1A Parks Forum Conference 20 22 May 2008 New
Zealand National Maritime Museum Auckland, New
Zealand www.parksforum.org/conference
2Welcome 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)
3Carol Sheedy
- Director General, External Relations and Visitor
Experience - Parks Canada
- Engaging the Hearts and Minds of Canadians
Our Changing World
4Our Changing World
Dr David Wratt
- General Manager responsible for climate and
climate change work at the NZ National Institute
of Water Atmospheric Research
5Al Morrison
- Director General
- Department of Conservation
- Environmental Challenge the short and long of it
Our Changing World
6Dr 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?
7Steve Coleman
- Executive Director
- Washington Parks People
- Urban Parks Key to the Worlds Future
Irrelevant, Nice to Have or the Key to the
Worlds Future?
8Dr 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?
9Assoc 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?
10Hypothetical 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?
11Hypothetical Presentation2033 A Park Odyssey
Irrelevant, Nice to Have or the Key to the
Worlds Future?
12Field Trips Young Leaders Forum
13Dr Michael Looker
Director Australia Program The Nature
Conservancy
- The Nature Conservancy working across boundaries
Emerging / Alternative Models of Parks Management
14Peter Lee
Chair Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi
- Community participation in ecological restoration
Emerging / Alternative Models of Parks Management
15Russell Watkinson
Director ACT Department of Territory Municipal
Services
Emerging / Alternative Models of Parks Management
16Joint 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
17Kara Puketapu
CEO Te Runanganui O Taranaki Whanui Ki Te Upoko O
Te Ika A Maui Inc
Influencing and Changing the Agenda
18Mark Camley
Chief Executive The Royal Parks
- Changing the Agenda, Winning Influence
Influencing and Changing the Agenda
19Cr Sandra Coney
Chair of Parks and Heritage Committee Auckland
Regional Council
Influencing and Changing the Agenda
20Assoc 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
21Feedback 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
22Industry Agenda Workshop
- Facilitated by Digby Whyte, Manager Manukau
Parks, Manukau City Council
23Conference 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)