Side Event

ECLOGICAL, ECONIMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS OF PROTECTED AREAS

Organizer
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Date and Time
12 February 2008 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2)

Although protected areas provide a vast amount of goods and services to the people, specially to the poor; they are greatly undervalued by markets, politicians, and by the general public. As a result, they are extremely under-funded, overlooked and face constant threats. During this side event, benefits of protected areas to human wellbeing will be showcased and a publication with the contribution of different authors and a brochure will be presented by the CBD Secretariat.