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United Nations List of Protected Areas
Arianna GranzieraWDPA Content OfficerProtected Areas Programme
What is it?
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
It all began with...
1959 Mandate: 1959 UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
1962: UN List of National Parks and Equivalent Reserves
...for their contribution to the inspiration, culture and welfare of mankind,
valuable for ecological and scientific reasons... and also...for future
preservation of fauna and flora...
12 editions: last 2003
Evolution
2003 mandate UNEP Governing Council
• UNWP-WCMC’s & WDPA
• PA for global conservation
• Monitor commitment & protection
UN List 2003
• 2003: UN List of Protected Areas
• All protected areas
• From list to shapefile
From shapefile to....
UN List 2012
• Process launched in Nagoya, CBD COP 10
• UN List launched in UNCED Rio+20 2012• Cost 2,2 million USD• Raised 700,000 USD
Process
• List of PA • Standards• Process• Collaborative action• Reporting• Capacity building
Output
and more...
• UN MDGs Report 2010• HDR• Sustainable Development Indicators• GBO 3• PA Coverage and Overlay indicators
Indicators
Protected Areas Year
1,000 1962
40,000 1980
>100,000 2003
>140,000 2010
Global Protection
Percentage
Terrestrial 11.6
Marine 6.3
BY:•United Nations Statistics Division•United Nations Development Programme•United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)•Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Biodiversity (SCBD)•2010 Biodiversity indicators Partnership (2010 BIP)
Global Extent of Protected Areas
Management Effectiveness
EuropeanStudy2009-2010
CDDA & UN List
• Key partners: 50% of UN List
Thank You!
[email protected]@unep-wcmc.org