A presentation made at the IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group's Strategy and Networking event at the World Parks Congress, in Sydney 2014.

1. `
Dr Anna Spenceley, Chair
annaspenceley@gmailcom
Saturday 15 November 2014

2. Our vision
We envision a future where tourism
associated with protected areas has a
positive impact on biodiversity,
and where tourism is environmentally, socially
and economically sustainable

3. Who we are
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
(WCPA) Specialist Group
Voluntary technical network
Specialists on tourism and protected areas and
areas of particular importance to biodiversity

4. What we do - knowledge
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5. What we do – build capacity

6. What we do – network

7. Our structure
Anna Spenceley (Chair)
Communities
•Susan Snyman
(Vice Chair)
Knowledge development
•Glen Hvenegaard, Ralf Buckley
Capacity Building
•Steve McCool
Heritage
•Robyn Bushell
Communications
•Ron Mader
Membership
•Elena Nikolaeva
IUCN Secretariat
•Giulia Carbone

8. Membership profile
18.1%
6.7%
10.6% 2.8%
14.2%
17.7% 29.9%
North America
Central and South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia and New Zealand
Undefined
14.7%
12.8%
12.2%
17.8%
3.9%
16.9%
21.7%
Government
Protected area authority
Private sector tourism
NGO
Academia/research
Consultant
Student

9. Membership application: http://tinyurl.com/tapasmembership
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tourism-and-
Protected-Areas-Specialist-Group/122961127797095
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4735342
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/tapasgroup
Wiki: http://planeta.wikispaces.com/tapas
Google+:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/117973343043881234019/posts
IUCN Website:
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_c
apacity2/gpap_wcpacap/gpap_tourism/
Links

10. Agenda
Knowledge development in tourism and protected areas, including the new Best Practice
Guidelines – Glen Hvenegaard and Ralf Buckley
Capacity building for protected area managers – Steve McCool
World Heritage and Healthy People Healthy Parks – Robyn Bushell
Communication and social networking for tourism and protected areas – Ron Mader
Membership of the TAPAS Group – Elena Nikolaeva
Launch of the new Communities working group – Susan Snyman
Tourism events at WPC – Robyn Bushell and Susan Snyman
Plenary Q&A
News from global initiatives on sustainable tourism:
Updates from the Convention on Biological Diversity – David Steuerman, UNEP
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council – Kelly Bricker (GSTC, TIES, TAPAS Group)
Plenary Q&A (10 minutes)
TAPAS 10 year strategy:
Where we’ve come from, and where we’re going to – Anna Spenceley
Plenary brainstorming on priorities for the strategy
Wrap up