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BIOPAMA REGIONAL INCEPTION MEETING: CARIBBEAN - Edward Lewis
BIOPAMA REGIONAL INCEPTION MEETING: CARIBBEAN
Edward Lewis, edward.lewis@unep-wcmc.org,
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BIOPAMA REGIONAL INCEPTION MEETING: CARIBBEAN - Edward Lewis
Overview

1. Introduce UNEP-WCMC
2. What is the WDPA/Protected Planet?
3. What is GD-PAME and the IUCN Green List?
4. Focus on the Caribbean

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Who are we?

    Based in Cambridge, UK
    Established nearly 40 years
    A unique collaboration between UN Environment and UK charity WCMC
    Over 100 experts from 26 countries, covering biodiversity and ecosystem
     services of marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments, along with
     social scientists, ecological modellers, economists, lawyers, GIS experts,
     data managers and thematic experts.

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The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
• The World Database on Protected Areas
  (WDPA) is the only global authoritative
  database on terrestrial and marine protected
  areas.

• A joint initiative between the United Nations
  Environment and the International Union for
  Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

• Compiled and managed by the UN
  Environment World Conservation Monitoring
  Centre (UNEP-WCMC) in collaboration with
  governments and non-governmental
  organizations
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Over 230,000 records                      Number records updated:
245 countries & territories                • In last 12 months: 86%

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The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)

•   We collate all sites that meet the IUCN definition of a protected area.
•   This includes protected areas under all governance types.
•   We collate information on ~28 fields spanning multiple themes.

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The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)

 •   WDPAID,
 •   Designation
 •   Designation year
 •   Size
 •   Management authority
 •   Governance type
 •   Country
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The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)

 •   Metadata ID,
 •   Responsible party
 •   Responsible person
 •   Contact email
 •   Update year
 •   Citation

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The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)

1959: resolution 713 (XXVII) 27th Session
of the UN Economic & Social Council

• A long and established history of
  tracking protected areas.

• A net increase of 40,000 new sites
  between 2013 – 2018

• Particular emphasis to improve the
  quality of the database as well as the
  size.
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Other effective area-based conservation measures
(OECMs)
•   Guidance on what OECMs are will be finalised this year by an IUCN task
    force.

•   They are likely to be clearly-defined areas that contribute to conservation
    in the long-term, but conservation does not need to be their primary
    objective (unlike protected areas).

•   Like protected areas, OECMs can have any governance type
    (government, private, community or shared).

•   Countries can begin reporting on any areas that fit this description to
    UNEP-WCMC.
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Protected Planet: www.protectedplanet.net
More than just the WDPA!

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Regional and national level focus

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Thematic focus
                 •   There are currently eight
                     thematic areas:

                 We will look at two more:
                 1. Management Effectiveness
                 2. IUCN Green List

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Global Database on Protected Area Management Effectiveness
(GD-PAME)
 • ‘The assessment of how well protected areas are being managed –
  primarily the extent to which management is protecting values and
  achieving goals and objectives’ (Hockings et al. 2006).

 • Despite a growth in PA coverage biodiversity continues to decline, even
  in some PAs. Effective management is more important than just size.

 • Well-managed protected areas best conserve biodiversity.
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Global Database on Protected Area Management Effectiveness
(GD-PAME)
                                                                   WHA
• 14,297 assessments; 6,802 protected               RAPPAM        Outlook
  areas; 72 countries & territories                               Report
                                                                              many
                                                                              many
                                             IMET                            national
• Track if a protected area been                                            systems...

  assessed, when & using what system

                                          METT                GDPAME
• Over 70 different systems in use

• Official reporting requirement to CBD
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GD-PAME
  • Joint product between the United Nations Environment and the
    International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

       • Primary purpose:
        • Indicate whether a PA in the WDPA has been
           assessed, and
        • Indicate whether the PA’s assessment is publicly
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GD-PAME
Basic information fields:
•   WDPAID,
•   Assessment_ID
•   ISO3
•   Method
•   Year of assessment
•   Link to assessment
•   Metadata_ID

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GD-PAME

Example of commonly used methodologies:
•   METT (Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool)
•   IMET (Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool)
•   RAPPAM (Rapid Assessment and Prioritisation of Protected Area Management Tool)
•   EoH (Enhancing our Heritage Tool)
•   METT-Ramsar
•   Etc…More than 70 methodologies reported in the database
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GD-PAME

Source information fields:
   Metadata_ID
   Data_title
   Responsible_party
   Responsible_email
   Year
   Language

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The IUCN Green List

•   Describes a set of criteria designed to measure site performance for
    successful conservation in protected and conserved areas.

•   The Green List provides a global benchmark for protected and
    conserved areas to assess whether they are achieving successful
    conservation outcomes through effective and equitable
    governance and management.

•   Provides an international benchmark for quality that motivates
    improved performance and helps achieve conservation objectives.
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The IUCN Green List
• Protected Areas that have met the IUCN Green List standards are
  clearly stated on Protected Planet.

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Focus on the Caribbean: WDPA

 •   689 protected areas in the region
 •   65% terrestrial, 19% coastal and 16% marine
 •   ~280,000 km2 under protection
 •   18% of terrestrial area and 7% of marine area under protection
 •   74 different protected area designations
 •   7 different forms of stated governance

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Focus on the Caribbean: WDPA
National data providers (95%)
• e.g. Bahamas National Trust (updated in 2017)
• e.g. Ministry of Environment, Government of Antigua and Barbuda
  (updated in 2017)

Regional data providers (1%)
• e.g. UNEP-CEP/SPAW-RAC (updated in 2017)

International data providers (4%)
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• e.g. Ramsar Convention (regularly updated)
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Focus on the Caribbean: WDPA
But do these data still reflect reality?
  WDPA data updates range from 1986 to 2018
  92% have defined boundaries but 8% do not
  Completeness of descriptive information is biased
  Are we fully incorporating areas under different governance types?
  Are these areas still considered protected areas?

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2018 United Nations List of Protected Areas focused on
Management Effectiveness
• CBD notification sent to Parties in July 2017 requesting Parties to
  review and update their ME information in GD-PAME (Ref.:
  SCBD/ SPS/ DC/ SBG/ ESE/ 86679)

• Continuous submission of data but deadline for inclusion of
  countries ME information in the publication is July 2018

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Focus on the Caribbean: GD-PAME
      Country                 PAME information submitted to
                              UNEP-WCMC
      Antigua and Barbuda     Pending
      The Bahamas             Pending
      Belize                  Pending
      Barbados                No
      Dominica                No
      The Dominica Republic   Yes
      Grenada                 Pending
      Guyana                  Yes
      Haiti                   Pending
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      Country                            PAME information submitted to
                                         UNEP-WCMC
      Jamaica                            Pending
      Saint Kitts and Nevis              Yes
      Saint Lucia                        Pending
      Suriname                           No
      Trinidad and Tobago                No
      Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   No

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Difficulties faced to date (GD-PAME & WDPA)

• Requirement for frequent lines of communication
• Contact focal points change
• Limited time and resources

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How will the RO help solve these problems?

 • Better knowledge of appropriate
   contact points

 • Better integration into regional
   networks

 • More frequent and continuous lines of
   communication

 • More availability to discuss and solve
   national and regional problems
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Why should the WDPA data be updated?

National scale
  • A globally reaching platform from which to showcase your protected
    area network
           1.26 million page views in 2017 (up 68% from 2016)
           73,000 downloads spanning ~ 0.5 million users in ~233 countries

  • A useful portal from which to refer data requests. e.g. UAE
  • Once updated, maintaining the dataset is easy
  • Data already is in the WDPA, so we’re not starting from scratch!
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Why should the WDPA data be updated?

Regional scale
•   Have one definitive platform with which to assess and compare all
    parts of the region, e.g. areas not included in BIOPAMA.

•   The WDPA includes sites with national, regional and international
    level designations.

•   Provides the ability to undertake gap analyses and identify priorities
    in the region.
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Why should the WDPA data be updated?
International Level
   • Indicators: accuracy is important to demonstrate national
     and regional progress towards MEAs (e.g. Aichi targets/
     SDGs)

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Why should the WDPA data be updated?
International Level
   • Representation: The WDPA is seen thousands of times each
    year in the media, scientific papers and in other web portals.

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Why should the WDPA data be updated?
International Level
   • Decision making: Multiple high-profile organisations use the
     WDPA in their decision making for a wide variety of purposes.

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Summary

•   The WDPA is the global authoritative database on protected areas and
    acts as a bridge between other databases (e.g. PAME).

•   Protected Planet is the online platform for these protected areas themes.

•   Our current representation of the Caribbean needs to be improved to
    better showcase the conservation efforts undertaken here.

•   Reporting to the RO should facilitate a much smoother transfer of
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UN Environment
             World Cons erva tion Monitoring Centre

Thank you!
             www.protectedplanet.net
             www.unep-wcmc.org
             @unepwcmc

             Edwa rd Lewis & Elis e Belle
             Protected Area s Progra mme, UNEP-WCMC
             Edwa rd.lewis @unep-wcmc.org
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE
SLIDES
Governance by indigenous peoples’ & local communities

      Protected Areas Coverage     Protection
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                                               of Ecoregions
Not just a technical
exercise, it is also a
relationship building
exercise.

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