Protected Areas

Protected Areas

Protected Areas

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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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Highlights



What's New  »

23 October 2023

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the United Nations Day, 24 October 2023. More »
17 October 2023

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October 2023. More »
29 September 2023

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, 29 September 2023. More »
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Notifications  »

28 November 2023 (2023-125)

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Workshop on Target 3 of the GBF and UNEP Technical Workshop on the GEF Early Action Support Project for the Pacific Countries, 18-26 March 2024 - Nadi, Fiji. More »
6 November 2023 (2023-119)

Invitation to join the global partnership to support the achievement of Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. More »
29 May 2023 (2023-060)

Selection of participants for the Meeting to develop a Target 3 Partnership, Cambridge, United Kingdom - 12-14 June 2023. More »
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News Headlines  »

1 August 2022

Biodiversity education key priority . More »
27 July 2022

Marine protected areas celebrated for safeguarding SA’s biodiversity . More »
20 July 2022

Africa Protected Areas Congress puts spotlight on protection and conservation of biodiversity . More »
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Upcoming Meetings  »

22–23 March 2024, Nadi, Fiji

Workshop on Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework for Countries in the Pacific Region.
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