Protected Areas Protected Areas Protected Areas Lessons learned from PoWPA ImplementationAchieving the Aichi Targets and Strategic Plan Read more! AlbaniaSazani Island - Albania's First Marine Protected Area Read more! AustraliaAustralia - success in Indigenous Protected Areas Read more! ColombiaYaijogé Apaporis: A New Colombian National Park is Born Read more! CanadaCanada creates new national parks to protect Canadian boreal forest Read more! EcuadorEcuador’s Puntilla de Santa Elena MPA - contributing to PoWPA goal 1.1 Read more! IndiaIndia – Changing the Stripes: An inclusive-agenda for tiger conservation Read more! Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea completes climate-ready gap assessment Read more! Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands strengthens enabling legal framework Read more! AfghanistanAfghanistan 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. More » Highlights What's New » 23 October 2021Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of United Nations Day. More » 4 June 2021Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2021: “Reimagine. Recreate. Restore.”. More » 6 May 2021Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day, “Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a Bird!”. More » More » Notifications » 7 February 2022 (2022-010)Workshop on Feasible Indicators for Reporting on the Effectiveness of Protected Areas and Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), 1-2 March 2022 (virtual). More » 15 November 2021 (2021-078)Building Support for Protected Areas and Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs). More » 25 March 2021 (2021-020)Invitation to the Webinar on "Introduction to Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures for Mexico, Central and South America", on 13 April 2021. More » More » News Headlines » 19 May 2022 Ferns and Lycophytes Are Effectively Conserved in Protected Areas of Xishuangbanna . More » 19 May 2022 Capturing the Climate crisis: the Evidence Project – in pictures . More » 17 May 2022 Towards a Natural Social Contract' (2021) wins Nautilus Gold Award . More » More » Upcoming Meetings » More » Latest Documents and Tools » Case study Case Study: Goal Setting in the High Allegheny Plateau—An Illustration of t Case study ETUDE DES MODES DE GOUVERNANCE ET DES CATEGORIES D’AIRES PROTÉGEES ACTUEL Report Exploring biological diversity, environment and local people’s perspectives Report Revue des expériences des fonds fiduciaires pour la conservation de la Report International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal More »
Protected Areas Lessons learned from PoWPA ImplementationAchieving the Aichi Targets and Strategic Plan Read more! AlbaniaSazani Island - Albania's First Marine Protected Area Read more! AustraliaAustralia - success in Indigenous Protected Areas Read more! ColombiaYaijogé Apaporis: A New Colombian National Park is Born Read more! CanadaCanada creates new national parks to protect Canadian boreal forest Read more! EcuadorEcuador’s Puntilla de Santa Elena MPA - contributing to PoWPA goal 1.1 Read more! IndiaIndia – Changing the Stripes: An inclusive-agenda for tiger conservation Read more! Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea completes climate-ready gap assessment Read more! Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands strengthens enabling legal framework Read more! AfghanistanAfghanistan 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. More » Highlights What's New » 23 October 2021Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of United Nations Day. More » 4 June 2021Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2021: “Reimagine. Recreate. Restore.”. More » 6 May 2021Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day, “Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a Bird!”. More » More » Notifications » 7 February 2022 (2022-010)Workshop on Feasible Indicators for Reporting on the Effectiveness of Protected Areas and Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), 1-2 March 2022 (virtual). More » 15 November 2021 (2021-078)Building Support for Protected Areas and Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs). More » 25 March 2021 (2021-020)Invitation to the Webinar on "Introduction to Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures for Mexico, Central and South America", on 13 April 2021. More » More » News Headlines » 19 May 2022 Ferns and Lycophytes Are Effectively Conserved in Protected Areas of Xishuangbanna . More » 19 May 2022 Capturing the Climate crisis: the Evidence Project – in pictures . More » 17 May 2022 Towards a Natural Social Contract' (2021) wins Nautilus Gold Award . More » More » Upcoming Meetings » More » Latest Documents and Tools » Case study Case Study: Goal Setting in the High Allegheny Plateau—An Illustration of t Case study ETUDE DES MODES DE GOUVERNANCE ET DES CATEGORIES D’AIRES PROTÉGEES ACTUEL Report Exploring biological diversity, environment and local people’s perspectives Report Revue des expériences des fonds fiduciaires pour la conservation de la Report International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal More »
