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Connectivity conservation, law and beyond: for an environmentally and socially resilient planet

Connectivity conservation, law and beyond: for an environmentally and socially resilient planet . Co-Chair, CEL/WCPA Specialist Group on Protected Areas Law and Policy Professor, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University and Emeritus Professor in Environmental Law

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Connectivity conservation, law and beyond: for an environmentally and socially resilient planet

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  1. Connectivity conservation, law and beyond: for an environmentally and socially resilient planet Co-Chair, CEL/WCPA Specialist Group on Protected Areas Law and Policy Professor, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University and Emeritus Professor in Environmental Law University of Sydney Ben.Boer@sydney.edu.au

  2. Introduction First hour: Presentations Role of Connectivity in achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Charles Besancon (CBD/WCPA) Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation: Barbara Lausche, (IUCN CEL) Connectivity Conservation for a Continent: Graeme Worboys, (IUCN WCPA) The International Connectivity Conservation Network: Olivier Chassot, (IUCN WCPA) Second hour: Connectivity Conservation Progress 1. Legal aspects national level: Sandy Paterson: IUCN CEL) 2. People aspects (Nigel Crawhall IUCN TILCELP/WCPA/CEESP) 3. Progress: Central Asia-Altai Sayan: Tatyana Yashina 5. Progress: Mesoamerica: Eduard Muller (WCPA)  Part C: Summing Up and next steps

  3. Collaborative approach This session is the result of collaborative work between Commissions, notably WCPA, CEL and CEESP Collaborative work in protected areas management and protected areas law is vital Adequate frameworks for connectivity conservation also require collaborative work

  4. Legal Guidelines for Protected Areas Result of IUCN Environmental Law Centre Project with support of a trans-Commission/Secretariat Steering Committee Disk also includes Case Studies and Legislative Matrices Also available on line

  5. Draft report: Legal Aspects of Connectivity Conservation Result of IUCN Environmental Law Centre Project with support of a trans-Commission/Secretariat Steering Committee Available on line

  6. Global Guide on Connectivity Conservation Management used as a basic reference development of new legal tools

  7. Definitional aspects (from the draft Report) “In the most basic terms, connectivity conservation is a conservation measure in environments modified and fragmented by human impacts and development that aims to link habitats for wildlife conservation and to maintain ecological processes for the goods and services they provide. Wildlife corridors and other natural linkages such as green belts have been common representations of connectivity conservation. The traditional design: a strip of land, or linear linkage, between two conservation areas. “

  8. Generic concepts of connectivity “Today, the scientific emphasis has shifted to the more generic concept of connectivity conservation to reflect the wide variety of spatial arrangements useful to link species habitats and protect ecosystem processes across fragmented landscapes and seascapes. Science has made important strides in understanding and applying connectivity conservation across a range of scales and functions.” The field of law in connectivity conservation is still in very early stages ofdevelopment. The Connectivity Law report is a beginning in addressing the legal aspects.

  9. Need for connectivity conservation law Legal frameworks must be developed to address all aspects of connectivity: • Planning and design • Institutional arrangements • Negotiation frameworks between different levels of government, and private landowners • Management regimes • Involvement of Indigenous and local communities, etc

  10. Connectivity conservation as a management tool and achievement of Aichi Biodiversity Targets Connectivity conservation is an important management tool for integrating protected areas into wider landscapes and seascapes as part of protected area systems and networks. Strategic Plan forBiodiversity 2011-2020 reflects the most recent global biodiversity and protected area commitments: 5 strategic goals and 20 biodiversity targets called the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.Target 11 is most important here: “By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland waters, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, area conserved through 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 landscapes and seascapes” Role of PA connectivity law is central to achievement of this Target.

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