This report by the Centre for Science and Environment is our effort to provide an overview of the situation on the ground and to start the conversation on the way ahead. [...] We need to work on this objective and to seriously rework the model of conservation so that the habitats of people are also the troves of biodiversity conservation for the world. [...] The area of nature reserves will account for about 18 per cent of the land area, the conservation rate of the number of species of terrestrial wildlife and terrestrial wild plants under key state protection will both reach about 80 per cent, and the quality and stability of marine ecosystems will be significantly improved. [...] According to the Canadian environment minister, the government has committed US $600 million in new parks and conservation money in the April budget, on top of the US $1.5 billion that was announced during COP15.48 The Supreme Court in Brazil is currently debating the constitutional validity of the controversial Marco Temporal, or time limit framework, which limits substantially the ability of I. [...] In 2013, a group of Batwa took the Ugandan government to court over the evictions and the court directed the government to compensate the people.54 The order came in 2021, and since then there has been no further news on this.
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Table of Contents
- AREA-BASED CONSERVATION 1
- 20 QUESTIONS ON THE 30 30 TARGET 1
- AREA-BASED CONSERVATION 3
- 20 QUESTIONS ON THE 30 30 TARGET 3
- Contents 5
- Introduction 6
- 1. What is the 30x30 Target 9
- 2. What are protected areas 11
- 3. What is the current status of protected areas 15
- 4. What is PADDD Can it delay the achievement of the 30x30 Target 20
- 5. Why are protected areas important 22
- 6. Does Target 3 have any relation with SDGs or any other global goals 25
- 7. Is land available to expand protected areas 28
- 8. Which areas are available for protection 29
- 9. How much money is available to meet the target 32
- 10. What are philanthropies doing about 30x30 36
- 11. Are the updated NBSAPs talking about protected areas 39
- 12. What new regulations have countries come up with on 30x30 since the Kunming- Montreal Global Diversity Framework 44
- 13. How have Indigenous peoples and local communities been included in the quest for land under protection 47
- 14. What do organizations that represent communities say about 30x30 52
- 15. Do protected areas help communities 54
- 16. What role do IPLCs play in protected areas What is the status of biodiversity in these areas Are there examples of management of protected areas by IPLC 57
- 17. Are protected areas effective 59
- 18. How are protected areas being dealt with in the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BBNJ Agreement 62
- 19. Are any nature-based solutions linked to Target 3 65
- 20. What indicators are being discussed to monitor progress 72
- References 74
- Target 3 is ambitious but are the efforts sufficient This status report looks at the most important questions about protected areas and documents the progress. 84
