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This approval of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Standard sets the global benchmark for protected areas that will enable improved performance through promoting fairer and more effective management. ��

“The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List programme is an exciting new chapter in ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s efforts to enhance fair and effective biodiversity conservation. This new Standard will help align all of ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s major science-based tools and knowledge products, and offers a clear incentive for their use and application” says Dr. Jane Smart, Director, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Biodiversity Conservation Group.

The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Programme aims to increase the number of protected and conserved areas that deliver successful conservation outcomes through effective and equitable governance and management. The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List can be used to help countries deliver on all elements of under the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020, and the environment elements of the (notably Targets 14.2, 14.4, 14.5, 15.1, 15.2 and 15.5).

The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Standard is the backbone of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List programme. With its accessible set of criteria, it motivates action and helps achieve conservation objectives. By committing to meet this global standard, site managers seek to demonstrate and maintain performance and deliver real nature conservation results.

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“The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List is one of the most exciting products to come out of the World Parks Congress and subsequent commitments by countries and partners” reiterates Jonathan Hughes, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Councillor for Western Europe. “It also offers a ‘best in class’ system for measuring the impact of investments in and around protected areas”.

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The German Government’s , the Global Environment Facility, United Nations Development Programme, the German Development Bank (KfW) and the are all contributing to the programme development and roll-out, globally.

The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List also includes a ‘fair finance’ programme. This is an active commitment to position the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Standard as a conservation investment tool that will bring new and additional resources to participating protected areas, and lead to direct and measurable impacts for nature and justice. ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s Green List investment efforts will be profiled at Credit Suisse’s in January 2018. This event will profile Green List links to new investment programmes such as the (CPIC), and consider a blockchain-enabled developed by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� and the Swiss-based .

The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Standard version 1.1 is ready and available for use.

��“The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Standard gives us a clear pathway for countries such as Colombia, with our supporters, to achieve, measure and report on the quality and contribution of our protected and conserved areas to local priorities, national targets, and global goals” declares Julia Miranda Londoño, Deputy Chair, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� World Commission of Protected Areas, and Director, Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia.

For more information about the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Programme and the Standard, please contact us at [email protected]

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