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High ambition for protected areas: turning pledges into action

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In this High-Level Dialogue, government leaders, non-State actors and scientists will address how high ambition pledges for protected areas can be turned into reality through ensuring that new protected and conserved areas – are established in areas of importance for biodiversity that are well connected, effectively managed and equitably governed.
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The current draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, to be adopted at the CBD COP-15 in Kunming, China, contains a target for calling for protection and conservation of at least 30 percent of world’s land, freshwater and ocean by 2030 (“30 x 30”)–with a focus on areas particularly important for biodiversity. Around 65 countries are championing this target as a means of halting the accelerating loss of biodiversity, calling for a global ambition that matches the scale of the crisis. IUCN’s policy base stresses that to succeed in halting the loss of biodiversity, new protected and conserved areas will need to be established in areas of particular importance for biodiversity whilst identifying, recognizing and supporting areas and territories effectively conserved by Indigenous Peoples, local communities and private organizations. Such areas need to be effectively managed. The panel will discuss how high ambition targets for protected areas can be achieved.

Session agenda

Moderator

Mr Carlos Manuel RODRIGUEZ

CEO and Chairperson,
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Costa Rica


14:00 - 15:30

Speaker

Ms Andrea MEZA MURILLO

Ministra,
Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía
Costa Rica


14:00 - 15:30

Dr Bruno OBERLE

Director General,
IUCN
Switzerland


14:00 - 15:30

Panelist

Ms Aminath SHAUNA

Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology,
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology
Maldives


14:00 - 15:30

Ms Bérangère ABBA

Secretary of State for Biodiversity (FR),
French government
France


14:00 - 15:30

Mrs Ivete MAIBAZE

Minister,
Ministry of Land and Environment
Mozambique


14:00 - 15:30

Mr Jose Francisco CALI TZAY

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner
United States of America


14:00 - 15:30

Prof. Kazuaki HOSHINO

Special Envoy for Nature Conservation to IUCN-WCC,
Ministry of the Environment of Japan
Japan


14:00 - 15:30

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