World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia from 12-19 November 2014

IIED and its partners will be at this year's World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia from 12-19 November 2014. Members of IIED's Natural Resources Group and their research partners are attending the congress, and will play a key role in a number of events and activities.

You can view the full programme of IIED activity, including news, events, blogs and related reading on our website: http://www.iied.org/iied-world-parks-congress-2014.

IIED aims to support and shape fairer, more sustainable governance of natural resources by generating the evidence needed to improve key policies, institutions and legal frameworks. IIED's research and analysis addresses the complex inter-relationship of conservation and development in the context of PAs, including:

• How the biodiversity and ecosystem services of PAs, and efforts to conserve these, contribute to human wellbeing in the broadest sense

• How PA conservation initiatives may negatively impact people and how to avoid or mitigate such impacts, and

• How efforts to enhance participation and recognition of indigenous peoples and local communities in PA governance, and reduce poverty, contribute to conservation goals from local to global levels.

You can keep up to date on developments and our activities during the conference by following IIED on Twitter, while principal researcher Dilys Roe will also be providing updates.