International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Materials
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VARIOUS: The International Union for Conservation of Nature is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy and education. The IUCN and WCPA publish a variety of resources on protected and conserved areas. This link lists a variety of IUCN resources, including WCPA best practice guidelines and technical notes, as well as the PARKS Journal, amongst others.
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ARTICLE: The theme of governance, equity, and rights featured strongly across the World Conservation Congress in Marseille (2021), and particularly so when set against the background of the ambitious new targets that are currently being debated by parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The next decade ahead to 2030 will see a huge focus on the quality aspects of effective area based conservation, and the Global Protected and Conserved Areas programme (GPAP) had a number of events focusing on this theme.
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ARTICLE: The international community has made major progress towards the global target on protected and conserved area coverage, but has fallen far short on its commitments on the quality of these areas, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), produced with support from the National Geographic Society.
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TECHNICAL NOTE: This Technical Note summarizes published research urging a pandemic economic recovery which places protected and conserved areas at the centre of this nature-positive policy.
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REPORT: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods is a new and freely-available book exploring how local communities, around the world, are tackling some of the biggest global challenges: the climate, the environment, and how to reach local conservation goals while sustaining economies and livelihoods.
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WEBSITE: This site provides access for those interested in capacity development in protected and other conserved areas to the latest news and information about learning resources, courses and events. It supports the work of the IUCN WCPA Capacity Development Working Group and the implementation of the IUCN-WCPA Strategic Framework for Protected Area Capacity Development (SFCD) 2015-2025.
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VIDEO: This IUCN video explores the opportunities and challenges in implementing the concept of ‘Other effective area-based conservation measures’ (OECMs).
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REPORT: Policy and briefing documents from the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence specialist group.