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🚨NOW LAUNCHED 🚨
Protected Planet report 2024
The first global stocktake on the state of Protected and Conserved Areas since agreement of the Kunming - Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
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#ProtectedPlanet #PeaceWithNature #biodiversity
🌏 An update of India's protected and conserved areas is available in the public #WDPCA for the first time since 2021.
The update includes 193,384 #ProtectedAreas and the first 86 #OECMs reported by the country. View and download India's new data ➡️ buff.ly/9aiLkjB
🌍 #ProtectedPlanet October 2026 update:
#WDPCA: 506,250 #ProtectedAreas covering 245 countries and territories and 7,749 #OECMs covering 18 countries and territories.
#GDPAME: No new records in the October 2026 release.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/HkhaLtz
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🏞️ Each month, the list of protected and conserved areas grows longer, bringing us closer to the global goal of conserving 30% of the planet by 2030.
@protectedplanet experts unpack what we know about the effectiveness of these networks 🔗 tinyurl.com/yy822e4w
📣Recordings and slides from our webinars on the redeveloped WDPCA and GD-PAME are now online, with subtitles in ENG, ESP, FRA & RUS.
Find out what's changed and why it matters for reporting on Target 3 of the KMGBF. ⬇️
protectedplanet.net/en/resou…
#ProtectedPlanet #Target3 #30by30
The #ProtectedPlanet team is pleased to announce the publication of an updated User Manual for the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (#WDPCA).
Use the link below to learn more and download the guide: ⤵️
protectedplanet.net/news-and…
🌍#ProtectedPlanet September 2026 Update:
#WDPCA: 312,943 #ProtectedAreas covering 245 countries and territories and 7,663 #OECMs covering 17 countries and territories.
GD-PAME: No new records in the release of the #GDPAME.
Read More: ⤵️
protectedplanet.net/en/month…
How can we know whether #OECMs continue to deliver positive outcomes for biodiversity?
Colombia & Ecuador are developing context-specific approaches to monitoring OECM effectiveness
Explore their experiences & key lessons for #Target3 implementation here:
protectedplanet.net/en/news-…
Our Webinar Series continues 📢
Join us to learn more about the Global Database on Protected Area Management Effectiveness (GD-PAME) 🌍
We look forward to hosting you and welcome any questions 📒
To register, please email: [email protected]
#GDPAME #ProtectedAreas #OECMs
📢Join our #ProtectedPlanet Webinar Series this August!
Learn about: 🌎The Initiative 🗃️Database structure (WDPCA & GD-PAME)📊Data we compile with partners📜Reporting process
Four regional mini-series. No invite? Email:
[email protected]
#OECMs #Biodiversity #WDPCA #30x30
protectedplanet retweeted
The world has reached an important milestone: 10% of the ocean is now protected.
In just two years, countries have added 5 million km² of protected ocean. That’s real progress. But this isn’t the finish line …
The next challenge isn’t just protecting more ocean - it’s protecting it well.
info.iucn.org/4c0AK6I
@protectedplanet @unepwcmc
The Kandozi Ancestral Territory has been reported to the ICCA Registry🌿
In the Peruvian Amazon, this territory is governed as a single, indivisible whole by the Kandozi people, and it is home to pink river dolphins, giant otters & 800+ plant species:
iccaregistry.org/en/explore/…
El Territorio Ancestral Kandozi acaba de reportarse al Registro TICCA
Amazonía peruana este territorio es gestionado como una unidad única e indivisible por el Pueblo Kandozi, y alberga al bufeo colorado, la nutria gigante y más de 800 especies de plantas
iccaregistry.org/es/explore/…
🌍#ProtectedPlanet August 2026 Update:
#WDPCA: 312,943 #ProtectedAreas covering 245 countries and territories and 7,622 #OECMs covering 17 countries and territories.
GD-PAME: 164 were added for Costa Rica in the August 2026 release of the #GDPAME.
protectedplanet.net/en/month…
📢Join our #ProtectedPlanet Webinar Series this August!
Learn about: 🌎The Initiative 🗃️Database structure (WDPCA & GD-PAME)📊Data we compile with partners📜Reporting process
Four regional mini-series. No invite? Email:
[email protected]
#OECMs #Biodiversity #WDPCA #30x30
Welcome to the #ICCA Registry, @Maiyoo_Keyoh Whuz un’a Whuts’odilhti! Its inclusion recognizes Indigenous stewardship, supporting the conservation of at-risk species, vital ecosystems, and enduring cultural connections to the land.
iccaregistry.org/en/explore/…
Upcoming webinar on the Global Database on Protected Area Management Effectiveness (GD-PAME)
- 9th June
- Speakers from: @unepwcmc, @MoEnvmv, Dpt of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka & @JNCC_UK
Follow the link below for more information & how to register:
octogroup.org/tracking-globa…
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Exploring the social implications of the #30x30 conservation target 🌍
A new report examines the socioeconomic implications of the highly ambitious #Target3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF.
Access here 🔗 tinyurl.com/mw6xt879 | @protectedplanet
New #ICCA from #Montenegro submitted to the ICCA Registry!
Sinjajevina, one of Europe’s largest high-altitude pastoral landscapes, is shaped by transhumance and community governance, sustaining biodiversity and livelihoods.
Explore its case study here: iccaregistry.org/en/explore/…
Big news for global conservation! 🌍 We’re celebrating the first data submissions to the re-developed GD-PAME database.
Congrats to the #Maldives 🇲🇻 & #SriLanka 🇱🇰 for leading the way in reporting management effectiveness for #ProtectedAreas & #OECMs!
protectedplanet.net/en/news-…
🌍#ProtectedPlanet April 2026 Update:
#WDPCA: 312,790 #ProtectedAreas covering 245 countries and territories and 7,485 #OECMs covering 17 countries and territories.
GD-PAME: 764 IUCN World Heritage Outlook assessments were added for 125 countries.
protectedplanet.net/en/month…
