Progress towards the Conventionon Biological Diversity terrestrial2010 and marine 2012 targets forprotected area coverage
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Progress towards the Conventionon Biological Diversity terrestrial2010 and marine 2012 targets forprotected area coverage. / Coad, Lauren; Burgess, Neil David; Fish, Lucy; Ravillious, Corinna; Corrigan, Colleen; Pavese, Helena; Granziera, Arianna; Besancon, Charles.
In: Parks Durban+5 The international journal for protected area managers, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2010, p. 35-42.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Progress towards the Conventionon Biological Diversity terrestrial2010 and marine 2012 targets forprotected area coverage
AU - Coad, Lauren
AU - Burgess, Neil David
AU - Fish, Lucy
AU - Ravillious, Corinna
AU - Corrigan, Colleen
AU - Pavese, Helena
AU - Granziera, Arianna
AU - Besancon, Charles
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Protected area coverage targets set by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for both terrestrial and marineenvironments provide a major incentive for governments to review and upgrade their protected area systems. Assessingprogress towards these targets will form an important component of the work of the Xth CBD Conference of Partiesmeeting to be held in Japan in 2010. The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the largest assembly of data onthe world's terrestrial and marine protected areas and, as such, represents a fundamental tool in tracking progress towardsprotected area coverage targets. National protected areas data from the WDPA have been used to measure progress inprotected areas coverage at global, regional and national scale. The mean protected area coverage per nation was 12.2%for terrestrial area, and only 5.1% for near-shore marine area. Variation in protected area coverage among nations was high,with coverage for many nations under 10%, especially in marine environments. Similar patterns were seen among regions,with the 10% target for protected area coverage being achieved for nine out of 15 regions for terrestrial area, but only forthree of 15 regions for marine area. Given current rates of protected area designation many nations will have achievedprotection of 10% of their terrestrial area by 2010, but far fewer will have achieved the 10% target for the marineenvironment by 2012.
AB - Protected area coverage targets set by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for both terrestrial and marineenvironments provide a major incentive for governments to review and upgrade their protected area systems. Assessingprogress towards these targets will form an important component of the work of the Xth CBD Conference of Partiesmeeting to be held in Japan in 2010. The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the largest assembly of data onthe world's terrestrial and marine protected areas and, as such, represents a fundamental tool in tracking progress towardsprotected area coverage targets. National protected areas data from the WDPA have been used to measure progress inprotected areas coverage at global, regional and national scale. The mean protected area coverage per nation was 12.2%for terrestrial area, and only 5.1% for near-shore marine area. Variation in protected area coverage among nations was high,with coverage for many nations under 10%, especially in marine environments. Similar patterns were seen among regions,with the 10% target for protected area coverage being achieved for nine out of 15 regions for terrestrial area, but only forthree of 15 regions for marine area. Given current rates of protected area designation many nations will have achievedprotection of 10% of their terrestrial area by 2010, but far fewer will have achieved the 10% target for the marineenvironment by 2012.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 35
EP - 42
JO - Parks
JF - Parks
SN - 0960-233X
IS - 2
ER -
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