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The multi-year global to regional project has directly enabled the strategic growth of the of Protected and Conserved Areas from national to site levels in Asia, and the development of key global ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List strategies. The project has also developed capacity for ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List implementation with ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Secretariat Staff, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Members, and ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Commission Members in Asia, actively mobilising the Union for protected areas impact as measured by the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Standard. The project has successfully advanced the conditions for more effectively managed and equitably governed protected areas (PA) and PA systems in a total of eight countries in Asia, and generated interest in the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List in several more countries.

Most countries are members of the (APAP). APAP has been designed as a key platform to help governments and other stakeholders collaborate for more effective management of protected areas in the region. It is Chaired by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s Asia Regional Office (ARO) and co-chaired by an APAP member organisation on a rotational basis (currently Co-Chaired by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India, with previous Co-Chairs being Ministries of Environment of the Republic of Korea and of Japan). The eight countries implementing the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List are: Bhutan, China, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Republic of Korea has also been supported on ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List implementation through this project.

A total of 43 new PA sites across these eight countries committed to the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Standard as a result of this project. The committed sites represent a diversity of protected areas and conservation values across ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� PA Management Categories and Governance Types, and include UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance, National Parks, Key Biodiversity Areas, and sites successfully conserving globally threatened species on the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Red List.

Dr Scott Perkin, Head of the Science and Strategy Group in the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Asia Regional Office, said: “This project has enabled us to significantly expand the understanding and uptake of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List in Asia. As a result of the project, we have seen a groundswell of interest in using the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List across the region, and we now anticipate a rapid increase in the number of sites enrolled in the programme. The project also played an important role in supporting to become the very first protected area in South-east Asia to be inscribed on the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List – a critical achievement which has been a cause for celebration and a source of inspiration, not only for other protected areas in Vietnam, but also, other countries across the region.”

This project has supported a number of important outputs and outcomes for the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List both in the region and globally, these include:

• A new ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Mentor national training programme for Malaysia was designed and delivered successfully with WWF Malaysia.
• National, regional and global exchanges on ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List knowledge, experience and technical capacity have increased in the Asia region – there is now more interest in the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List in the region than ever before.
• An has been established under the Asia Protected Areas Partnership initiative. It was the first working group to be established under APAP, and marked an important stage in the evolution and development of Partnerships for promoting and implementing good practices related to PA effectiveness and equitable governance, thanks in part to the support of this project.
• An ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Asia Strategy initiated by this project will continue the momentum and strategic growth of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List in Asia in 2022 and beyond.
• A new dedicated ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List website () available in ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s three official languages was developed and launched with support of this project, and serves as the main public communication and information platform globally.
• A global ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Knowledge Management Strategy with recommendations for improving internal and external knowledge management processes was co-financed by this project and guides knowledge and data management improvements.
• A new global ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List Development Plan has been co-financed by this project. The Plan sets out the key elements, options and opportunities for the refinement and global expansion of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List for the period 2021 to 2030, in alignment with the UN Biodiversity Convention’s post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
• This project contributed support to ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s global input into the : the 2020 edition (with updates until May 2021) provides the final report on the status of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11, and looks to the future for preparation for the new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

The final technical report for the project duration - which includes links to documents, strategies and news aritlces – is available for download .

For enquiries about this project or about the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Green List please contact greenlist[at]iucn.org.