The 1st Asia Parks Congress was held in Sendai, Japan in November 2013, as the first conference that brings together protected area practitioners in Asia. The outcomes of the congress were delivered to the 6th World Parks Congress held in Sydney, Australia in November 2014.

First Asia Parks Congress

The Asia Parks Congress theme is "Parks Connect", illustrating the flexible yet unifying concept of the connections at many different levels which link nature with people, people with people, and protected areas with pressing world challenges, including disaster risk reduction, climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainable development and livelihoods.

• Outline (First Asia Parks Congress)
• Program
• Congress Outcomes
• Congress Documents

World Parks Congress

The World Parks Congress is international congress about protected area such as national parks, organized every decade by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and WCPA (World Commission on Protected Area) after 1962.

• Outline (World Parks Congress)
• Protected Area for Disaster Risk Reduction

  The Ministry of Environment, Japan (MOEJ) organized the discussions about "the role of protected areas for disaster risk reduction", one of the sub-themes in Stream 4 "Supporting Human Life" based on the result of 1st Asia Parks Congress and the experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake.