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Lessons learned from PoWPA Implementation

Achieving the Aichi Targets and Strategic Plan    Read more!
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Albania

Sazani Island - Albania's First Marine Protected Area    Read more!
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Australia

Australia - success in Indigenous Protected Areas    Read more!
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Colombia

Yaijogé Apaporis: A New Colombian National Park is Born    Read more!
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Canada

Canada creates new national parks to protect Canadian boreal forest    Read more!
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Ecuador

Ecuador’s Puntilla de Santa Elena MPA - contributing to PoWPA goal 1.1    Read more!
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India

India – Changing the Stripes: An inclusive-agenda for tiger conservation    Read more!
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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea completes climate-ready gap assessment    Read more!
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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands strengthens enabling legal framework    Read more!
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Afghanistan

Afghanistan declares its first protected area    Read more!

Protected areas are the cornerstones of biodiversity conservation

Protected areas constitute an important stock of natural, cultural and social capital, yielding flows of economically valuable goods and services that benefit society, secure livelihoods, and contribute to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals. Moreover, protected areas are key to buffering unpredictable impacts of impending climate change. The CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas provides a globally-accepted framework for creating comprehensive, effectively managed and sustainably funded national and regional protected area systems around the globe.
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What's New  »

15 May 2013

To better inform policymakers on what needs to be done to secure the ecosystems and species in the Arctic that people rely on for life and livelihood, the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council, has released the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA). More »
28 February 2013

Message from Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive secretary, on the occasion of Africa Environment Day 3 March 2013. More »
18 February 2013

Press Release: Maldives responds to Hyderabad Call for Biodiversity Champions: Entire country to become UNESCO Biosphere Reserve by 2017. More »
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Notifications  »

21 December 2012 (2012-156)

Report of the Colloquium on the role of Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas in achieving the Aichi Targets, held on 13 October 2012, in Hyderabad, India. More »
26 September 2012 (2012-131)

Colloquium on the role of ICCAs in achieving the Aichi Targets, 13 October 2012, Hyderabad, India. More »
26 July 2012 (2012-110)

Request for comments on the draft toolkit “Governance of Protected Areas - from understanding to action”. More »
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News Headlines  »

18 June 2013

Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in Mexico - the Actam Chuleb Example . More »
14 June 2013

The Chagos Islands are unique and worth protecting . More »
12 June 2013

Flying rainbows: the scarlet macaw returns to Mexico . More »
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