IUCN WCPA Priorities for Regional Vice Chairs 2016

IUCN WCPA Priorities for Regional Vice Chairs 2016 -2020 Charlotte Karibuhoye / West and Central Africa

3 -5 highlighted priorities/goals for delivering the Promise of Sydney in the region PARKS: Valuing and conserving nature • Preserving PAs integrity • Improving PAs Management effectiveness • Networking and transboundary collaboration / Ecosystem approach • Sustainable funding: increase public investments; promote innovative funding mechanims • Biodiversity monitoring and research

3 -6 highlighted priorities for delivering the Promise of Sydney in the region PEOPLE: Equitable governance/Inspiring a new generation • Effective involvement of local communities/integrating local knowledge and institutions in PAs planning and management • Equitable benefit sharing • Cross-sectoral institutional collaboration (PPCP) • Local development programme and promotion of green entrepreneurship • Capacity building on and promoting diverse governance types at national level

3 -6 highlighted priorities for delivering the Promise of Sydney in the region PLANET: Nature-based Solutions • Integrating economic valuation of biodiversity and payment for ecological services (PES) into development planning processes (Valuing PAs role in employment and poverty reduction policies) • Integrating PAs role into land use and coastal planning • Designing CC resilient PAs and PA network (Integrating CC into PAs planning) • Involving local communities and valuing local knowledge • Promoting funding mechanisms related to climate change (Green fund, REDD+. . . )

Proposed activities for delivering the IUCN Programme in the region 2017 -2020 Activity Partners Capacity building for PA management and measuring biodiversity outcomes in protected areas Management Effectiveness SG/GL WCPA Capacity Development SG WCPA World Heritage Specialist Group& WH programme ; GPAP/Biopama UNEP/WCMC: WCPA-SSC Joint Task Force on Biodiversity and PAs Promote a diversity of PA s governance type/ Value and integrating traditional ecological practices SG on governance WCPA Task Force on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measure Task Force on OECMs Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas and the Sacred Natural Sites Initiative Improve PA design for better WCPA Marine Specialist Group conservation, particularly SSC /WCPA Biodiversity Outcomes TF/ KBA marine standards

Proposed activities for delivering the IUCN Programme in the region 2017 -2020 Activity Partners Promote best practices and inspiring solutions GPAP/Panorama of Protected Area Solutions Blue solutions Value the contributions and services of PA s for achieving SDG GPAP/Biopama Natural solutions SG Protected Areas Climate Change Specialist Group (PACCSG), Integrate and valuing PA s Natural solutions SG into national CC strategies and INDCs Resources Needs

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