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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  »

4 February 2015

The Government of Oman improves its coverage of protected areas by adding two new sites, reflecting the high attention afforded to the environment and conservation of natural resources. More »
4 December 2014

The GBIF Secretariat has launched the inaugural GBIF Ebbe Nielsen Challenge, hoping to inspire innovative applications of open-access biodiversity data by scientists, informaticians, data modelers, cartographers and other experts competing for a €20,000 first prize. Visit the challenge site at: gbif.challengepost.com. More »
24 November 2014

Focal Points of the CBD PoWPA and members of the PoWPA Friends issue a message to the Sixth IUCN World Parks Congress…. More »
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Notifications  »

30 January 2015 (2015-010)

Request for updated information from Parties and partners on recent actions and plans related to the conservation of migratory bird species. More »
16 June 2014 (2014-086)

The Convention on Biological Diversity’s LifeWeb Initiative and the Asian Species Action Partnership Announce a Call for Expressions of Interest for LifeWeb’s Zero Extinction Campaign. More »
16 June 2014 (2014-085)

Request to update information for the Global Database on Management Effectiveness for the publication of the 2014 Global Study on Management Effectiveness Evaluation in Protected Areas. More »
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News Headlines  »

3 March 2015

Seychelles set to be first in the world to develop countrywide ocean conservation plan . More »
27 February 2015

Most Americans see combating climate change as a moral duty . More »
27 February 2015

Researchers propose improvements for Peru's protected areas . More »
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Upcoming Meetings  »

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