Title:
Development of Infrastructure of Higher Education Focused on Wilderness and Protected Area Management in Southern Africa

Proposed by: Wayne Freimund
Seconded by: Charles Breen

WHEREAS,

The University of Natal in cooperation with the University of Montana, have developed a protected area management degree and training programme within the province of KwaZulu-Natal;

Wilderness legislation, wilderness areas and wilderness management plans currently exist in SA and are in the process of being expanded in that country and elsewhere in the region.
 

THEREFORE, the 7^th World Wilderness Congress:

Congratulates the Universities involved for initiating this programme;

Recognizes that this level training and higher is necessary given the legal mandate of protected area managers in South Africa; and hereby
 

RESOLVES, that

South African universities and their international co-operators, develop and provide:

A graduate degree programme, aimed at the professional audience, with a focus on wilderness and protected area management in South Africa;

An organized programme of research to provide the reference material needed both for said degree and by a broader audience of protected area managers within Southern Africa;

An information system to effectively organize, distribute and archive knowledge about the protected area system in Southern Africa, and

Ongoing training to wilderness and protected area stewards responsible for development, administration and implementation of policy at all organizational levels.

Proposed by:

Wayne Freimund
The University of Montana, Wilderness Institute
The University of Montana
Missoula Montana 59812
+1 406 2435184

Seconded by:

Charles Breen,
University of Natal,
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa