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Advocating for diversity in area based conservation

A key avenue for recognising and upholding the rights, governance systems and conservation efforts of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is to recognise and support the territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities or “territories of life” or ICCAs. The global partnership supporting the Global Support Initiative for ICCAs (GSI-ICCA) presented work including on national level recognition of ICCAs in a dedicated Vital Sites Forum session . This event was also part of series promoting ICCAs through the presentation of two landmark reports at Vital Sites, highlighting the key roles of ICCAs in global biodiversity efforts.  

Continuing with the theme of diverse area based conservation, the and ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� developed a set of training materials on other effective conservation measures (OECMs). The materials are intended to develop worldwide capacity for identifying, recognising, supporting and reporting OECMs, and were presented as part of the WCC conservation campus series of events: . In a second hybrid event on OECMs, the Co-Chairs of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� WCPA Specialist Group on OECMs updated on the materials, films, events and other progress that have taken place under the auspices of the Specialist Group.  .

Approaches and Tools for Improving Governance

The ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List is the standard for effective protected and conserved areas (PCAs), and good governance is the first vital component, squarely placing governance and rights on the agenda for area based conservation in the decades ahead. There was a short clinic at the Knowledge Hub on why good governance matters and how that plays out as part of the .

An event at the capacity development hub constituted the soft launch of two PANORAMA Solutions in Focus publications: Governance in Protected and Conserved Areas Volume I: Exploring Concepts and Themes and Volume II: Actions and Approaches. The PANORAMA Solutions in these collections come from PCAs including Green listed sites, ICCAs and World Heritage sites from around the world, with diverse values, contexts and governance approaches. Collectively, they highlight considerations for two important, inter-related aspects of PCA governance – diversity and quality, and offer practical approaches to improve governance for readers. They will be published end of October 2021.

The capacity development programme on governance underway as part of the GPAP and BIOPAMA programme was presented during a  .

A forum session at Vital Sites showcased SAGE (Site assessment of governance and equity), a tool that has been developed by IIED, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� and other organisations for address critical governance issues at the site level including in ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List candidate sites. 

 Finally, the governance programme of GPAP contributed to a session led by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� CEESP and  the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Natural Resource Governance Framework (NRGF). This dedicated campus session highlighted common threads and opportunities for ways forward to improve governance work across the union including across the NRGF and the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List communities.