Parks: Inspiring Solutions
Channel: Ron Mader
Date: 2014-05-01

Thursday, May 1 we held a live Google+ hangout on parks and protected areas. In the spotlight: the upcoming World Parks Congress that takes place November 12-20 in Sydney, Australia.

Today's Parks Inspiring Solutions hangout takes the form of an online web tour visiting the following websites:
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/tour/parks.html
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/guerrero/cacahuamilpa.html
http://planeta.wikispaces.com/parks
https://www.flickr.com/groups/worldparks
https://flipboard.com/section/world-parks-bJZKJD

In November Sydney, Australia hosts the World Parks Congress and we encourage you to pay attention to the following sites
http://worldparkscongress.org
http://planeta.wikispaces.com/worldparkscongress
https://plus.google.com/106772183731547032052/posts +IUCN World Parks Congress - Sydney, November 2014 

For those interested in parks and tourism, please check out the Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group:
http://planeta.wikispaces.com/tapas
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tourism-and-Protected-Areas-Specialist-Group/122961127797095
http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/tapasgroup
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117973343043881234019/117973343043881234019/posts
+Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group 

For those interested in how parks are using the social web to connect with locals and visitors, check out 
http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/zionp
http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/uluru-kata-tjuta-national-park
http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/parksweb2 (Webinar)

Starting Time
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Parks%3A+Inspiring+Solutions&iso=20140501T0830&p1=127&ah=1

Google+ Event
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cmt1itd4osopehhde9kgdrhsi8s

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAyxepEHMKc