WCC 2016 Res 036 - Activity Report

General Information

Period covered
IUCN Constituent
IUCN WCPA Privately Protected Areas and Nature Stewardship : Network 2021-2025
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status
Capacity building
Produced the very 1st of a new series, WCPA Technical Notes, on reporting PPAs and OECMs.
Completed
Capacity building
Translated and published the Guidelines for Privately Protected Areas in French.
Completed
Policy influencing/advocacy
Introduced PPAs into the 3rd report of the Convention on Biological Diversity's Panel of Experts on Resource Mobilization.
On-going
Scientific/technical activities
Conducted a survey of PPA managers on impacts of COVID-19, including on visitation and management.
Completed
Scientific/technical activities
PPA data in the WDPA was updated for several countries in 2020, notably New Zealand, where a collaboration between non-governmental and governmental authorities led to the addition of 4,700 PPAs to the database.
On-going
Scientific/technical activities
The Protected Planet Report, drafted in 2020, which reports on progress towards the CBD’s target 11, highlights the problems caused by under-reporting of PPAs. The report recommends that PPAs (and privately governed OECMs) be better integrated into the CBD’s post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
Completed

Actors involved

IUCN Members
Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Inc. - U.S. ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Equilibrium Research, UNEP-WCMC
Report status
Published