Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Protected and Conserved Area Reporting

The Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Protected and Conserved Area Reporting webinar took place on Thursday, April 25, 6pm EDT / 10pm UTC / Friday, April 26, 8am AEST.
Monitoring changes in protected and conserved areas is critical to tracking progress toward global conservation targets. Recent findings show that there are gaps in how we track changes to conserved areas. The webinar highlighted opportunities to improve our tracking of the implementation of protected and conserved areas over time.
Speakers:
-Dr. Madhu Rao, Chair, IUCN WCPA; Senior Advisor, WCS
-Dr. Rachel Golden Kroner, Co-chair, IUCN WCPA Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing, and Degazettement (PADDD) Task Force; Nature Positive for Oceans Director, WWF
-Dr. Carly Cook, Associate Professor of Conservation Science, Monash University
-Dr. Harry Jonas, Co-chair, IUCN WCPA Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) Specialist Group; Conservation Areas Senior Director, WWF
Agenda:
-Welcome: Introduction to the PADDD Task Force and PADDD (Dr. Rachel Golden Kroner)
-Opening remarks: WCPA framing (Dr. Madhu Rao)
-Presentation on extending PADDD to capture changes to protected and conserved areas (Dr. Carly Cook)
-Presentation on OECMs and monitoring (Dr. Harry Jonas)
-Q&A session (Moderated by Dr. Rachel Golden Kroner)
Relevant guidance mentioned during the webinar:
OECM tool: portals.iucn.o...
OECM technical report: portals.iucn.o...
Increasing transparency and accountability in global protected and conserved area reporting paper: www.cell.com/o...
New WCPA monitoring technical guidance: portals.iucn.o...

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