ACTIVITIES UPDATE, OCTOBER 2022
Reimagining Conservation Forum - Developing effective Indigenous and Non-Indigenous partnerships for healthy country
When: 2-4 November 2022
Where: Walkabout Creek Events Centre, Meanjin (Brisbane), Yuggera Country
Partners: Initiated by PAC in partnership with the Australian Committee for IUCN and NAILSMA.
Follow this link for more information: EOI Reimagining Conservation Forum | ACIUCN
Building Co-Benefits of Protected Areas for Communities in Melanesia
A training program has commenced with the Solomon Islands Ranger Association (SIRA) to meet their immediate and longer-term training needs in relation to protected and conserved areas in the Solomon Islands.
Building Awareness of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Protocols for Knowledge Sharing
PAC is working with partners to create various learning opportunities.
Leadership Program
PAC has formed a partnership with the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation (ARLF) to deliver a 6-month part-time leadership program for conservation practitioners.
IUCN Competencies Mapping
PAC partner courses are being mapped against the IUCN Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners. On the basis of this, we can show what competencies are covered by each course, and develop new courses that fill in competence gaps.
New Short Courses Being Developed Include (Blended Learning: Face to Face and Online):
PAC’s Protected Areas Practitioners Committee is designing multi-day field-based courses where practitioners visit sites and meet other practitioners to explore the on-ground challenges of effective and inclusive conservation practice in the context of protected areas. These include multi-day field schools focusing on different aspects. eg management effectiveness and how to meet the Green List standards. The field trips can be blended with online learning and designed to focus on a range of topics or a specific topic, according to the organisation’s/participants’ interests and/or the features of the protected area being visited. PAC is working with government environment agencies and NGOs to design training according to specific staff needs.
A visitor experience design course.
Case studies of implementation of the Conservation Standards framework are being developed with facilitator Stuart Cowell.
PAC Scholarships
PAC continues to offer scholarships each year for partner courses to make education and training more accessible. The new round is announced in the latter part of each year.
Website Resources and Community of Practice
A register of key resources is being prepared and maintained to support a community of practice. The pages will be publicly available on PAC’s website.