WCC 2020 Res 084 - Activity Report

General Information

Period covered
IUCN Constituent
Conservation International
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status
Convene stakeholders/Networking
On-going
Scientific/technical activities
We are engaged in the development of several scientific publications related to protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD), including:
- analysis of PADDD in the Yellowstone-to-Yukon region (in prep)
- comparative methodology for documenting PADDD events (in prep)
- political economy of PADDD in the United States (in review)
- comparative case study of PADDD in two protected areas in Cambodia (in revision)
- PADDD in Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) (in prep)

We also continue to maintain PADDDtracker.org (global) and PADDDtracker Brazil.
On-going
Scientific/technical activities
We completed two analyses related to PADDD that illustrate the adoption and spread of the concept in the scientific literature:
- Updated annotated bibliography on PADDD: https://zenodo.org/record/6941340#.YzYVMnbMJPZ
- Analysis of the term "PADDD" in the scientific literature: https://zenodo.org/record/6647186#.YzYVNnbMJPa
Completed

Actors involved in these activities

IUCN Members
World Wide Fund for Nature - Brasil ( Brazil )
BirdLife International ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
World Wildlife Fund - US ( United States of America )
Wildlife Conservation Society ( United States of America )
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
No
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member