Side Event

Moving to Target 11 – IUCN/UNEP-WCMC Assessments of Global Biodiversity Outcomes and Specific Progress in Asia

Organizer
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Office, in collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MoEJ), the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, and the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)

Date and Time
10 October 2014 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

This event will profile the work of IUCN and its partners to help move toward Aichi Target 11. Preliminary results from the Protected Planet-Asia report - the first regional report of its kind - will be presented. Prepared by UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, the report includes the latest information on protected area coverage, management, and governance in 24 countries in Asia, and relates this information to progress in achieving Aichi Target 11. This side event will also profile the evidence for what make protected areas effective, on land and sea, in conserving biodiversity, compiled by the IUCN Joint Task of the World Commission on Protected Areas and the Species Survival Commission. Despite all countries using protected areas as the fundamental tool for conserving nature, there are still questions and arguments about whether or not protected areas are effective in conserving biodiversity. We report on global studies looking at what drives effectiveness. There will be presentations and time for discussion.