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IUCN World Conservation Congress Workshop 150:

Our Protected Planet: Achieving Aichi biodiversity targets through constituency building, science and action. IUCN World Conservation Congress Workshop 150:. Stephen Woodley Senior Advisor, Protected Areas and Climate Change IUCN Global Protected Areas Program.

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IUCN World Conservation Congress Workshop 150:

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  1. Our Protected Planet:Achieving Aichi biodiversity targets through constituency building, science and action IUCN World Conservation Congress Workshop 150: • Stephen Woodley • Senior Advisor, Protected Areas and Climate Change • IUCN Global Protected Areas Program Charles BesançonLifeWeb Initiative CoordinatorConvention on Biological Diversity SecretariatMontreal, Quebec, Canada

  2. Introduction to the workshop: Some key ideas, principles and terms

  3. Introduction to the workshop: Some key ideas, principles and terms • Convention on Biological Diversity • 3 objectives: Conservation, Sustainable use, Benefit-sharing from genetic resources • Adopted in Nairobi in 1992 • Open for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 (Rio Conventions) • 193 Parties • 250 decisions

  4. Introduction to the workshop: Some key ideas, principles and terms • Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 • “Take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity…” • 20 new biodiversity targets (Aichi Biodiversity Targets) agreed • Target 11 about protected areas sets specific targets for marine and terrestrial coverage and quality

  5. Introduction to the workshop: Some key ideas, principles and terms • IUCN World Commission of Protected Areas • The world’s premier network of protected area experts • One of the 6 IUCN expert commissions • Over 1600 members, spanning 140 countries

  6. Introduction to the workshop: Some key ideas, principles and terms • World Database on Protected Areas • First UN List of protected areas in 1962 • Only global database of terrestrial and marine protected areas • 30 years old • Partnership between UNEP and IUCN, maintained at UNEP-WCMC • Maps and more

  7. http://www.protectedplanet.net

  8. Introduction to the workshop: Some key ideas, principles and terms PARKS: New International Journal for Protected Areas and Conservation Protected Planet Report 2012 IUCN Best Practice Guidelines for Ecological Restoration

  9. Our Protected Planet: Achieving Aichi biodiversity targets through constituency building, science and action

  10. Our Protected Planet: Achieving Aichi biodiversity targets through constituency building, science and action • Panel: Braulio Dias, Willy Kostka, Maxwell Gomera and other distinguished panelists • How to accelerate progress and achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 11? What kind of support is available to achieve Target 11? How to strengthen this support? • What are the implications of these findings for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11? • How to best communicate the findings and their implications to policy makers?

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