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The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

• Take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity to ensure that by 2020

ecosystems are resilient and continue to provide essential services,

thereby securing the planet’s variety of life, and contributing to human well-being, and poverty eradication;

• Cover >20% of the earth and represent one of the most universal collective natural resource decisions made in history;

• Involve unique and diverse governance and demonstrate the means for humanity to achieve development that is sustainable;

The world’s protected areas:

• Protect the foundation of life and enable nature-based solutions to profound challenges facing the planet and inspire hope for the future.

The world’s protected areas:

An example:Protected areas in

Colombia:• cover 10% of

country• provides 50% of

Colombia’s water• Generates 20% of

hydro powerChallenged by• Grazing and fire

management• Climate change

The 8 million people in Bogotá, Colombia derive 80% of water from one area - Chingaza National Park

Users

CLEANWATER

Providers

$ $WaterFund

Governments and agencies have developed sustainable financing mechanisms for watershed protection and securing quality supply (source: The Nature Conservancy)

• Reaching conservation goals

• Responding to climate change • Improving health and well-being• Supporting human life• Reconciling development challenges• Enhancing the diversity and quality of

governance• Respecting indigenous and traditional

knowledge and culture• Inspiring a new generation

Inspiring solutions in eight streams

Reflected in four cross-cutting themes

• Marine• World Heritage

• Capacity development• A New Social Compact

“at least 17% of terrestrial and 10% marine”

3.4 % global ocean

15.4%

8.4 % areas withinnational jurisdiction

Protection of Alliance for Zero Extinction sites

Protection of Important Bird Areas

“areas of particular importance for conservation of biodiversity ”

Kathy MacKinnonCBD & Climate

“effectively and equitably managed”

14%Inade-quate

75%basic

11%sound

The IUCN Green List of Protected Areas

Progress:• Leading countries Italy, France,

Spain, China, Colombia, Kenya, Korea, Australia NSW

• 10 partner countries• 25 ‘2nd tier’ countries• 3 regions (Amazon,

Mediterranean, Micronesia)• New partnerships (CI, FSC,

WWF, CBD Sec)

Next steps:• Finalize Global GLPA Standard• Propose nominations, strong

expert role for WCPA• Robust assurance model

developed• Marketing and PR• Launch 1st round of Green List

PAs in Sydney

IUCN Green List of Protected Areas: setting a new international standard for quality in

PAs

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Green List Standard

This structure is intended to provide for global consistency as well as jurisdiction level flexibility.

• GLPA Pillars The high level organizing principles

• CriteriaThe globally consistent requirements that any protected area must meet in relation to each of the four GLPA Pillars

• Indicators + means of verification The elements that are assessed on the ground to determine whether each Criterion is being met.

Four pillars

Pillar 1:  

Soundplanning

Pillar 2:  

Equitable governance

Pillar 3: 

Effective management

Successful conservation of natural values

Pillar 4: Outcomes

 Social equity

 

Compatibility with IUCN Protected Area Definition 

• Strengthen sustainability standards systems

• Works with business, governments, producers and other stakeholders.

• Ensuring credibility• Assurance comprises all planned

systematic activities to provide confidence among stakeholders.

ISEAL – Global Association of Sustainability Standards

• Assurance Unit of the Forest Stewardship Council but now independent

• Services 5 leading environmental and social standards

• Global team with background in aquatic and terrestrial natural resource management, multi-stakeholder processes and auditing

• Advises standards on the design of effective and inclusive assurance processes

• Provides standards with feedback on the implementation “on the ground”

Accreditation Services International

• Find better and fairer ways to conserve natural and cultural diversity, involving governments, businesses and citizens in establishing and managing parks;

THE PROMISE OF SYDNEY:Catalyzing transformational change

• Inspire people around the world and across generations to reconnect with nature;

• Demonstrate nature’s solutions to our planet’s challenges such as climate change, health, food and water security.

 •Transformative solutions at the level of policy, engagement and practice for parks, people and planet to accelerate implementation•A capacity-development plan of action that supports professionalism for protected areas•A web-based resource of case studies embedded in communities of practice•Principles for a new social compact for equitable and just conservation;•Leadership initiatives, promises and announcements for implementation.

The Promise of Sydney

Timeline of international events

What can we do together?• Help to communicate how

biodiversity and protected areas can contribute to nature-based solutions for sustainable development

• Inform World Leaders’ Dialogues in Sydney

• Help identify entry points for policy and public funding initiatives

• Contribute to capacity development within and between sectors

• Help identify national and sectoral commitments to contribute to the Promise Sydney