March 2011: The third issue of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group (TBC SG) features articles on park management training, conferences on transboundary areas, and the establishment of a transboundary marine protected area, among other topics.

The articles address: tourism development opportunities around the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP) and the adjacent Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA); the first park management training workshop hosted in Samlout, Cambodia, in December 2010, by the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation; an international workshop on Sustainable Management of Natural Resources held in Kyiv, Ukraine, in November 2010; the International Conference on the Conservation and Peaceful Use of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) held in Goseong, South Korea, in November 2010; and a regional conference on the integrated protection of the transboundary Prespa Lakes region shared by Albania, Greece and Macedonia, held in Ohrid, Macedonia, in February 2011.

The third issue also highlights: the establishment of a new transboundary marine protected area (MPA) network for the Grenada Bank, an archipelago of more than 30 islands and cays containing the most extensive coral reefs and related habitats in the southeastern Caribbean; the EUROPARC’s Transboundary Parks – Following Nature’s Design initiative, an independent verification and certification system that promotes and facilitates transboundary cooperation between European protected areas; and the launch of a joint IUCN Task Force to address the interrelation between species and protected area conservation. [Publication: IUCN TBC SG Newsletter]