PROGRAM Newfoundland and Labrador Protected Areas Forum A One-day Plenary Session Date: May 13, 2015 Location: Suncor Energy Fluvarium, St. John’s, NL Morning Session: Provincial Parks & Protected Areas: Status Update 0900 - 0910 Call to Plenary (Moderator – Julie Huntington) 0910 - 0920 Welcome Remarks from CPAWS-NL (President Dan Ficken) 0920 – 0940 Address by the Honourable Dan Crummell, Minister of Environment and Conservation 0940 – 1015 Keynote Address – Progress on protected areas across Canada and around the world: opportunities for Newfoundland and Labrador – Alison Woodley, Director of Parks Program, CPAWS National Office 1015 – 1030 Questions/Discussion 1030 – 1045 Coffee/Nutrition Break 1045 – 1115 Protected Areas – Growth and Decline – Douglas Ballam, Vice-President NatureNL 1115 – 1130 Questions/Discussion 1130 – 1200 Parks and Protected Areas Program Update – Parks and Natural Areas Division 1200 – 1215 Questions/Discussion 1215 – 1330 Lunch (Provided at the Fluvarium) Afternoon Session: Protected Areas: Conservation, Management and Public Engagement (Panel Discussions) 1330 – 1430 Terrestrial Protected Areas Panelists: Luise Hermanutz (Chair), Ian Goudie, Aaron O’Brien, Susan Squires, Geoff Gallant 1430 – 1445 Coffee/Nutrition Break 1445 - 1545 Marine Protected Areas Panelists: Bill Montevecchi (Chair), Evan Edinger, Rodolphe Devillers, Sigrid Kuehnemund 1545 – 1630 Call to Action (Moderator)      1630 Resolutions evolving from the day’s discussions Political Action/Lobbying Follow up forums Proceedings from Forum Other actions Adjournment