About Us

Our Objectives are to

• Promote the effective use of science and technology in protected areas research and management
• Support research activities and scientific scholarship
• Provide a forum for consultation and education on contemporary protected areas science and management issues
• Promote cooperation and information exchange among land-use managers and specialists in the academic, public and private sectors relating to the management of protected areas

Activities

SAMPAA has been a catalyst both domestically and internationally in the development of conferences on science and the management of protected areas.

We organise a major international conference every three years. We have worked with other organisations, such as the George Wright Society in the U.S., in contributing to the publishing of a guideline for the World Conservation Union on "Co-ordinating Research and Management in Protected Areas", and in co-sponsoring workshops and training courses on a national scale.

The organisation promotes the dissemination of information from the conferences and has a tradition of publishing refereed proceedings.