WCC 2016 Res 036 - Activity Report

General Information

Period covered
IUCN Constituent
IUCN WCPA Privately Protected Areas and Nature Stewardship : Network 2017-2020
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2017-2020
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Formal specialist group of WCPA members; a community of practice connected through a newsletter, email discussion group, and direct communications
On-going
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Develop an introductory video
Completed
Policy influencing/advocacy
Paper in PARKS on PPAs (as well as a case study on governance in Belize). The paper presents recent advances that support PPAs at the international level, summarizes the present state of PPA reporting to the WDPA, and discusses the challenges and opportunities that currently characterize the future of PPAs.
Completed
Scientific/technical activities
Work continues to develop best practice guidelines on privately protected areas (PPAs). The Specialist Group convened an expert workshop on Vilm (summer 2017) and by the end of this reporting period had assembled most of the first draft.
On-going

Actors involved

IUCN Members
Bundesamt für Naturschutz ( Germany )
IUCN Commissions
FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2017-2020
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Best practice guidelines on privately protected areas (PPAs) will be published in 2018 in at least two language