WILDERNESS WORKING SESSIONS
(5-8 November)

^Program Overview
^World Wilderness Summit
^Speaker Biographies

The Working Sessions (plenary, technical, training) convene for four days.

The themes and related objectives of the Working Sessions are based on the emerging priority of wildlands for healthy human and natural communities, and include:

• Private Sector Wilderness;

• Public Sector Wilderness - African Wilderness models;

• Wilderness and Wildlife;

• Local Communities;

• Sustainable Tourism;

• Spirituality and Sustainability;

• Science and Management in Wildlands Conservation;

• Indigenous Knowledge in Modern Society;

• Communicating Wilderness - Informing, Inspiring, Empowering;

The delegates meet in plenary sessions in the morning primarily for discussion-oriented presentations and panels. Immediately after lunch delegates break out into TECHNICAL SESSIONS and WORKSHOPS.

Following these working sessions, and before dinner, will be the OPEN COUNCIL, a forum for sharing insights and issues.

Every evening the CULTURAL PROGRAM consists of music, films, and social gatherings that emphasize the arts and humanities of wilderness local communities, in traditional and contemporary settings.

• International Environmental Film Festival

• Gala Evening and Celebration - in honor of Africa, the roots of the WWC and the future of Wilderness;

• Contemporary Entertainment Evening with a Concert featuring local musical celebrities;

• African Campfire Experience - Storytelling around the campfire by celebrated storytellers (Ian Player, Creda Mutwa)

• Africa on the Beach - the Mayor of Port Elizabeth hosts a sunset beach party;

• Rural Quilt Competition and Exhibition;

• Agfa Wildlife Exhibition.