PROGRAM Newfoundland and Labrador Protected Areas Forum

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)
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1630
Resolutions evolving from the day’s discussions
Political Action/Lobbying
Follow up forums
Proceedings from Forum
Other actions
Adjournment