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1 September 6th Overview Morning 56, rue Jacob Salle de Conférences 08:30 09:00 Registration 09:00 09:10 Welcome to Sciences-Po Professor Erhard Friedberg, Director of the Sciences-Po Master of Public Affairs 09:10 09:30 Introduction to BiodiverCities Louise Bruno, Institut Libertas, Coordinator of the research program Urban Protected Areas Network 09:30 09:50 Keynote Presentation - Professor Frédéric Landy, Laboratoire Gecko, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense 09:50 11:05 Panel #1 Table Mountain National, Cape Town (South Africa) 11: Coffee break 11:30 12:45 Panel #2 Sanjay Gandhi National, Mumbai (India) Lunch Central Paris Public Green Spaces 12 :45 14:30 Pic-nic lunch Afternoon 56, rue Jacob Salle de Conférences 14:30 15:45 Panel #3 Tijuca National, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 15:45 16 :05 Coffee break 16:05 17:20 Panel #4 Nairobi National, Nairobi (Kenya) 17:20 17:50 Learning Partnerships Glen Hyman, Center for Sociology of Organisations, Sciences Po Future Directions for the Urban Protected Areas Network Louise Bruno, Institut Libertas Cocktail 56, rue des Saints-Pères Salle François Goguel 18:00 20:00 Please join us for a drink on the occasion of the inaugural BiodiverCities conference.

2 September 6th Morning Panels 09:50 11:05 Table Mountain National, Cape Town (South Africa) Michael Slayen Manager: Planning Table Mountain National South African National s (SANs) Stephen Granger of Cape Town Environmental Resource Management Department Liaison Coordinator for Table Mountain National Pedro da Cunha e Menezes Deputy Leader IUCN-WCPA Specialist Group on Cities and Protected Areas 11:30 12:45 Sanjay Gandhi National, Mumbai (India) Suresh Thorat Chief Conservator of Forests, Mumbai Government of Maharashtra Prasad Shetty Environmental Planner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority - Environmental Improvement Society Marie-Hélène Zérah Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) Centre de Sciences Humaines(CSH), New Delhi

3 September 6th Afternoon Panels 14:30 15:45 Tijuca National, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Maria de Lourdes Figueira Deputy Director Tijuca National Celso Junius Ferreira Santos Coordinator Municipal Support Structure for the Tijuca National of Rio de Janeiro Rafael Soares Gonçalves Associate Professor l Université Catholique de Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) 16:10 17:30 Nairobi National, Nairobi (Kenya) Wilson Korir Assistant Director, Southern Conservation Region Kenya Wildlife Service Peter M. Kibinda Director Metropolitan Planning and Environment Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development Bernard Calas Director, Institut français de recherche en Afrique (IFRA Nairobi)

4 September 7th Overview Morning 09:00 09:20 09:20 09:40 56, rue Jacob Reflections on Urban Protected Areas - Pedro de Castro da Cunha e Menezes Deputy Leader IUCN/WCPA Cities and Protected Areas Specialist Group "Natures et Cultures" - Emmanuel Lezy, Maître de Conférences Laboratoire Gecko - Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense Salle de Conferences 09:40 10:00 Coffee Break CERI 10:00 12:15 10:00 12:15 Parallel Session #1 -- Biodiversity Without Borders: Conserving Urban Nature within and beyond Protected Areas Parallel Session #2 -- Whose Areas: Conflicts & Dialogues in and around Urban Protected Areas Salle de Conferences Lunch Central Paris Public Green Spaces 12:15 14:00 Pic-nic lunch Afternoon 56, rue Jacob Salle de Conférences 14:00 16:15 Parallel Session #3 -- Governance for Cities and Protected Areas Salle de Conferences 14:00 16:15 Parallel Session #4 -- Protecting Areas: What future for this conservation strategy in urban settings? 16:15 16:45 Coffee Break CERI 16:45 17:45 Final Plenary Summary Reports from Parallel Session Chairs 17:45 18:00 Announcements Salle de Conferences

5 September 7th 10 :00 12:15 Session #1 Biodiversity Beyond Borders : Conserving Urban Nature within and beyond Protected Areas Chair: Paul Grigoriev, Regional Programme Coordinator, IUCN Regional Office for Pan Europe The of Cape Town surrounding the Table Mountain National : An historical reflection of the evolving relationship between an urban settlement and ecological processes Urban planning s contribution to conservation of natural protected areas: The views of communities living in the interface between urban settlements and a natural world heritage area The Souss Protected area: between urban sprawl and the creation of identity banners* The Fiocruz Atlantic Forest Campus and the Growth Acceleration Program (GAP) of Juliano Moreira Colony: the incorporation of sustainability principles into an integrated planning proposal in the buffer zone of a protected area, the Pedra Branca State in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Salle de Conférences P.M. Anderson, P.J. O Farrell Adrienne F Keane David Goeury Luis Carlos Soares Madeira Domingues Session #2 Whose Areas: Conflicts & Dialogues in and around Urban Protected Areas Chair: Lionel Laslaz, Maître de Conférences, Laboratoire EDYTEM, Université de Savoie Legitimate uses of the Calanques National * National parks for biodiversity management at the gates of cities? Projects of the Fontainebleau National (France) and the Gatineau National (Ottawa, Canada)* Valérie Deldrève, Philippe Deboudt, Ludovic Ginelli Nathalie Lahaye What future for protected areas of the Far North Cameroon confronted by domestic energy demands in the town of Maroua?* Gervais Wafo Tabopda Regional Natural s in Ile de France: Between nature conservation and social filtering* Monique Poulot *presentations in French

6 September 7th 14:00 16:15 Session #3 Governance for Cities and Protected Areas Chair: Monique Poulot, Professeur, Laboratoire Gecko, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense Metropolitan Lille and its agriculture: a shared governance of peri-urban areas. Examples of the Deûle and Val de Marque parks* A call for urban lighting governance in the vicinity of protected areas The benefits of natural areas on urban areas by recognizing the ecosystem services: a strategy to link the protection of natural areas to urban settings Long-term sustainability of real nature adjacent to a world-class metropolis: Case Study of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Los Angeles, California Salle de Conférences Nicolas Rouget C. Aubrecht, M. Jaiteh, A. de Sherbinin, T. Longcore, C. Elvidge Francisco de la Barrera, Darío Moreira Rorie Skei Session #4 Protecting Areas: What future for this conservation strategy in urban settings? Chair: Sophie Didier, Research Director, French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) Managing Sustainable Protected Area in Urban Environment: Observations From Pallikaranai Marsh Lands of Chennai, India Layouts and principles for a sustained services' provision: UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as key approach for multiple scale and urban spatial planning. Urban Dynamics and the Conservation of Sacred Forests Theoretical Issues and Epistimological Paradoxes* M.Sakthivel, P.K. Senthilkumari, J.Priyadharshini and R. Shobana Leena Karl-Heinz Gaudry Aubin Agnissan Industrial nature, urban protected area: overcoming oxymorons* Samuel Depraz *presentations in French

7 September 8th Overview Morning Fontainebleau & Gaitanis: The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve just outside Paris 08:15 Assemble at CERI (56, rue Jacob) 08:30 Departure from Paris Plenary Discussions * at the edge of the Biosphere Reserve Transition Zone (La Rochette) - Introduction to Fontainebleau and Gâtinais Biosphere Reserve - Biosphere Reserves in Metropolitan Contexts: A comparative study from France and Chile 10:00 11:30 Jérôme Pelenc, Doctorant, CREDAL - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris-3) - «Management of Urban and Peri-urban forests» Anne-Marie Granet, Chef de projet, Accuil du Publique, Office National des Forêts * 20 minute presentations + 10 minute discussions 11:30 12:00 Visit to «Bois de La Rochette», a Sensitive Natural Space (guided by the Conseil Général - 77) 12:00 12:15 Travel to Franchard, in the Biosphere Reserve Core Zone Lunch 12:30 14:00 Rustic Buffet Lunch featuring products from Biosphere Reserve Afternoon Managing an urban forest 14:00 16:00 Visit to Franchard (guided by l Office National des Forêts) 16:30 18:00 Return travel to Paris 18:00 Arrival back at the conference venue (approximate time) Notes: 1) Participation in the excursion is subject to a 15 fee, to be paid on arrival at BiodiverCities. 2) This fee covers the costs of transportation and lunch on-site. 3) As the excursion will involve visits to forested areas, we suggest that participants bring sturdy shoes and a light coat in case of rain.

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