Issues. Deputy Chair, WCPA Steering Committee Montenegro 2013

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1 Stocktaking, Challenges and Issues Kathy Mackinnon Deputy Chair, WCPA Steering Committee Montenegro 2013

2 IUCN s protected area commitments at CBD COP-10 Nagoya: How did we do? At the CBD s Tenth Conference of Parties in Nagoya, Japan, WCPA and GPAP produced a paper listing commitments over the following two or three years

3 Commitments where IUCN was specifically named in the CBD documents in Nagoya Regional action plans Protected area training syllabus Cost-benefit methodology Technical advice on other governance types Restoration guidelines Category V role in biodiversity Major study of biodiversity i and protected areas Establish new connectivity corridors Social indicators of management effectiveness Indicators relating to climate change Publish management guidelines on managing for climate change

4 Commitments where IUCN was specifically named in the CBD documents in Nagoya Regional action plans Protected area training syllabus Cost-benefit methodology X Technical advice on other governance types Restoration guidelines Category V role in biodiversity Major study of biodiversity i and protected areas Establish new connectivity corridors Social indicators of management effectiveness Indicators relating to climate change Publish management guidelines on managing for climate change

5 Regional action plans Protected area training syllabus Cost benefit methodology Technical advice on other governance types Restoration guidelines Category V role in biodiversity Major study of biodiversity i and protected areas Establish new connectivity corridors Social indicators of management effectiveness Indicators relating to climate change Publish management guidelines on managing for climate change

6 Regional action plans Protected area training syllabus Cost benefit methodology Technical advice on other governance types Restoration guidelines Category V role in biodiversity Mj Major study of biodiversity i and protected areas Establish new connectivity corridors Social indicators of management effectiveness Indicators relating to climate change Publish management guidelines on managing for climate change

7 Other IUCN commitments, not specifically ident ified in the CBD documentation Expand MPA coverage Implement MPAs on High Seas Identifying and managing gpas for multiple benefits Ensure protected areas do not disadvantage particular communities Allow ICCAs to be listed on national PA systems if custodians wish Increase active participation of young professionals Develop an independent Natural Heritage Fund for World Heritage sites X Build scholarship fund for PA staff to receive professional training

8 Still to do Build stronger inland waters protected area system Ensure that national protected area system plans are included in broader development cooperation Ensure PAs seen as key delivery mechanisms for addressing climate change Maintain global management effectiveness database linked to World Database on Protected dareas. Identifying and managing g PAs for multiple benefits Provide tools for ICCAs to be listed on national Provide tools for ICCAs to be listed on national PA systems if custodians wish

9 CBD Strategic Plan: Target % of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 % of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, are conserved through h effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well-connected systems of protected areas, and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscape and seascape.

10 Challenges: Capacity Development GPAP/WCPA goal priority, CBD POWPA and WPC legacy priority GPPAM competencies, curricula, Ebook BP Guidelines, Task Force initiatives Management Effectiveness - Green List but ME more generally? BIOPAMA - Africa (2 regions), Caribbean, Pacific How to link BIOPAMA and overall CD Initiative for efficiency and effectiveness??

11 Challenges: Sustainable Global assessment of PA financing needs Finance Global assessment of PA financing needs Tools for assessing costs/benefits of PAs Skills to motivate, manage and deploy finance from suite of financing mechanisms (government funding, trust funds, PES, mitigation offsets) Develop an independent Natural Heritage Fund for World Heritage sites x Build scholarship fund for PA staff to receive professional training

12 Challenges: Mainstreaming PAs into Mi Mainstreaming i Development and dspatial lplanning PAs in Development Integrating PAs in CC and Disaster Agenda Risk Reduction Strategies WPC Nature-based Solutions Tools for Costs and Benefits of PAs

13 Challenges: Governance Governance within PAs Governance toolkit for PAs Social Assessment Guidelines Other Conserved Areas Multiple agency, biosphere reserve, transboundary PA governance Category V areas Pilot, test & demonstrate Access and Benefit Sharing arrangements (BIOPAMA) Governance processes within WCPA e.g. Prioritising WCPA activities, TFs VC for Governance

14 Challenges: Business Lines and dcertification i Certification business lines (Green List, GPPAM, PA categories etc) Governance. Rl Role of fwcpagpapi WCPA, GPAP, in supporting initiatives Resourcing and Sustainability Branding

15 Challenges: Reporting against Aichi Target 11 WDPA and Protected Planet Reporting against Target 11 and other Aichi targets Updating WDPA data WCPA national focal points Protected Planet Report 2014 Management Effectiveness - linking to WDPA Other conserved areas (private protected areas, ICCAs) Tools and advice for managers of Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas who want to be incorporated into national PA systems

16 Challenges: World ldparks Countdown to Sydney 2014 (Nov 12) Congress Countdown to Sydney 2014 (Nov 12) Eight Streams leaders selected Cross-cutting themes WCPA involvement in streams: leadership, TF and SG support WCPA products for WPC how to prioritise Funding for WPC activities/streams t ea s Communications re WPC