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Protected and conserved areas are the foundation of biodiversity conservation. They safeguard nature and cultural resources, improve livelihoods and drive sustainable development.

IUCN works to establish best practices and standards that maximise the effectiveness of protected and conserved areas and advances justice and equity in conservation, including the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

In its work on protected areas and conserved areas, IUCN focusses on three key areas:

Achieving quality
for successful and valuable protected areas

Enhancing justice for fair,
just and inclusive
protected areas

Contributing protected area solutions to development challenges

News

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Eastern Africa Protected Area Actors Help Shape BIOPAMA’s Priority Actions in the Region
21.06.2018
From May 22nd to 25th, nearly 70 government and non-governmental stakeholders from six Eastern Africa countries convened in Nairobi, Kenya for an inception workshop to launch the second phase of the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA)...
Photo: IUCN / Ismail Mohammed

IUCN advises in-danger status for Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago World Heritage site
18.06.2018
Uncontrolled development, unsustainable fisheries and invasive species threaten Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which recommends placing the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
Photo: Doyi Mazenzele

Public Awareness Campaign using Community Radio launched in Tanzania
12.06.2018
On 21st May, 2018, public awareness campaign on biodiversity conservation, land use planning and climate change resilience using a community radio, Mpanda FM Radio, was launched in Nkasi (Rukwa) and Tanganyika (Katavi) Districts in Tanzania. The programme is...

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Large-scale marine protected areas

Lewis, Nai'a, Day, Jon, Wilhelm, 'Aulani, Wagner, Daniel, Gaymer, Carlos, Parks, John, Friedlander, Alan, White, Susan, Sheppard, Charles, Spalding, Mark, San Martin, Gustavo, Skeat, Andrew, Taei, Sue, Teroroko, Tukabu, Evans, Jacqueline

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World heritage, wilderness, and large landscapes and seascapes

Badman, Tim, Bertzky, Bastian, Jaeger, Tilman, Kormos, Cyril F., Larsen, Peter Bille, Merm, Remco van, Osipova, Elena, Shi, Yichuan

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