In partnership with Glacier National Park, International Peace Park Expeditions, IUCN's Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group, and several other organizations, the Center designed and facilitated a 4-day workshop for leaders from 28 transboundary conservation initiatives located on six different continents. Through a mix of presentations, problem-solving clinics, and field trips, the participants shared their experiences in catalyzing, enabling, and sustaining transboundary conservation initiatives.
This workshop emerged from the Center’s long-standing experience in cross-boundary collaborative conservation. At the request of the Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group associated with International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Center contributed to an international dialogue in 2013 on best practices to govern transboundary conservation initiatives. The Specialist Group made several presentations at the 2014 World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia based on the findings and conclusions of this working group, and in spring 2015, IUCN published best practice guidelines on transboundary conservation (see link below). This publication served, in part, as the inspiration for this international workshop.
Resources
- Final Workshop Summary (2016)
- Transboundary Conservation: A Systematic and Integrated Approach (2015)
2016 Hands Across Borders Workshop Materials
Program Agenda
Guest Speakers (Videos)
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- US Senator Jon Tester
- Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna
- US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell
Powerpoint presentations
- Opening Comments
- Welcome to a Special Transboundary Region
- Transboundary Conservation: A Systematic and Integrated Approach - Maja Vasilijević
- Types of Transboundary Conservation Initiatives - Michael Schoon
- Common Stages of Transboundary Conservation - Kevan Zunckel
- Cooperative Management: The Essence of Transboundary Conservation - Maja Vasilijević
- Alternative Mechanisms to Establish and Govern Transboundary Conservation Initiatives - Michael Schoon
- Securing Financial Sustainability for Transboundary Conservation - Kevan Zunckel
Media Coverage
- International peace parks touted for trans-boundary conservation, Calgary Herald
- Border crossings: Conservationists from around the globe gather in Glacier, Missoulian
- Bison recovery used as example of cross-border collaboration, KPAX Television
- Waterton-Glacier Workshop Draws Land And Wildlife Managers From 70 Countries, Montana Public Radio
Profiles of Participating Transboundary Conservation Initiatives
Africa
- Greater Mount Nimba Massif Landscape (Liberia, Guiean & Cote d'Ivoire)
- Cross River Gorilla Landscape (Cameroon & Nigeria)
- Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (Mozambique, South Africa & Zimbabwe)
- Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Program (Lesotho & South Africa)
- Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Secretariat (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia & Zimbabwe)
- Sangha River Tri-national Protected Area (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Brazzaville-Congo)
- Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (Uganda, D.R. Congo & Rwanda)
- Peace Parks Foundation (Numerous Transfrontier Conservation Areas across Southern Africa)
Asia
- EcoPeace Middle East (Jordan & Israel)
- The Source of Amur Transboundary Nature Reserve (Russia & Mongolia)
- Silk Road to Peace (Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China, Afghanistan & Pakistan)
- Dizmar-Arevik Peace Park (Iran & Armenia)
- Transboundary Manas Conservation Area (India & Bhutan)
- Euphrates-Tigris River Basin (Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia & Jordan)
- IUCN-WCPA North Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
North American & Caribbean
- Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent (United States & Canada)
- Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative (United States & Canada)
- Rivers Without Borders (United States & Canada)
- North Cascades Region (United States & Canada)
- Waterton-Glacier Peace Park Center (United States & Canada)
- Sky Island Alliance (United States & Mexico)
- Northern Tribes Buffalo Treaty (Tribes and First Nations in the United States and Canada)
- Big Bend/Rio Bravo Region (United States & Mexico)
- The Grenadines Network of Marine Protected Areas (Grenada/St. Vincent & the Grenadines)
Central & South America
- Mesoamerican Reef (Mexico, Belize, Guatemala & Honduras)
- Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape (Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia & Ecuador)
Europe
- Oulanka-Paanajärvi National Park Co-operation (Finland & Russia)
- Prespa Park (Albania, Greece & Macedonia)
For More Information
Please contact Matt McKinney for more information.
Convening Organizations
