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What is it?

United Nations List of Protected Areas Arianna Granziera WDPA Content Officer Protected Areas Programme. What is it?. It all began with. 1959 Mandate : 1959 UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 1962: UN List of National Parks and Equivalent Reserves.

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What is it?

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  1. United Nations List of Protected AreasArianna GranzieraWDPA Content OfficerProtected Areas Programme

  2. What is it?

  3. It all began with... • 1959 Mandate: 1959 UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) • 1962:UN List of National Parks and Equivalent Reserves ...for their contribution to the inspiration, culture and welfare of mankind, valuable for ecological and scientific reasons... and also...for future preservation of fauna and flora... 12 editions: last 2003 UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

  4. Evolution 2003 mandateUNEP Governing Council • UNWP-WCMC’s & WDPA • PA for global conservation • Monitor commitment & protection

  5. UN List 2003 • 2003: UN List of Protected Areas • All protected areas • From list to shapefile

  6. From shapefile to....

  7. UN List 2012 • Process launched in Nagoya, CBD COP 10 • UN List launched in UNCED Rio+20 2012 • Cost 2,2 million USD • Raised 700,000 USD

  8. Process

  9. Output • List of PA • Standards • Process • Collaborative action • Reporting • Capacity building

  10. and more...

  11. Indicators • UN MDGs Report 2010 • HDR • Sustainable Development Indicators • GBO 3 • PA Coverage and Overlay indicators • BY: • United Nations Statistics Division • United Nations Development Programme • United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) • Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Biodiversity (SCBD) • 2010 Biodiversity indicators Partnership (2010 BIP)

  12. Global Extent of Protected Areas

  13. Management Effectiveness European Study 2009-2010

  14. CDDA & UN List • Key partners: 50% of UN List

  15. Thank You! Arianna.Granziera@unep-wcmc.org

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