Session aims:     

1. To introduce the initial findings of IUCN-WCPA’s Tash Force on Beyond the Aichi Targets

2. To report on a structured survey of scientists from 81 countries on the adequacy and requirement for in-situ conservation under a revised CBD Strategic Plan.

3. To discuss global consultations and propose an approach to biodiversity conservation based on the three different conditions of the world, as a way to scale up biodiversity conservation.

4. Seek input and share plans

Side event summary (as submitted)

The adoption of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 in 2010 at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties under the CBD, including its Strategic Goals and Aichi Targets, represented a major step forward for biodiversity conservation to support life on earth. The Aichi Targets set objectives to the year 2020 but not beyond.  IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) has created a Task Force to assist parties on defining science-based goals for beyond 2020.  This session reports on the initial work of the Task Force, which has conducted global consultations, conducted a survey of scientists in 81 countries and developed initial thinking on approaches to meaningful conservation for in-situ biodiversity conservation.