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The Strategic Plan for
Biodiversity
2011-2020
• Take effective and
urgent action to halt the
loss of biodiversity to
ensure that by 2020
ecosystems are resilient
and continue to provide
essential services,
thereby securing the
planet’s variety of life,
and contributing to
human well-being, and
poverty eradication;
The world’s protected areas:
• Cover >20% of the earth and
represent one of the most
universal collective natural
resource decisions made in
history;
• Involve unique and diverse
governance and demonstrate
the means for humanity to
achieve development that is
sustainable;
The world’s protected areas:
• Protect the foundation of
life and enable naturebased solutions to
profound challenges
facing the planet and
inspire hope for the
future.
TNC AMAZON PROGRAM – AN EXAMPLE OF INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS LANDS
WITH CONSERVATION
Alex Goulart, Paulina
Arroyo, Luis Pabon
Protected Area
Indigenous Land
An example:
Protected areas in
Colombia:
• cover 10% of
country
• provides 50% of
Colombia’s water
• Generates 20% of
hydro power
Challenged by
• Grazing and fire
management
• Climate change
The 8 million people in Bogotá, Colombia derive 80%
of water from one area - Chingaza National Park
Governments and agencies have developed sustainable
financing mechanisms for watershed protection and
securing quality supply (source: The Nature Conservancy)
Users
Providers
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Water
Fund
CLEAN
WATER
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Inspiring solutions in eight streams
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Reaching conservation goals
Responding to climate change
Improving health and well-being
Supporting human life
Reconciling development challenges
Enhancing the diversity and quality of
governance
• Respecting indigenous and traditional
knowledge and culture
• Inspiring a new generation
Reflected in four cross-cutting themes
• Marine
• World Heritage
• Capacity development
• A New Social Compact
THE PROMISE OF SYDNEY:
Catalyzing transformational change
• Find better and fairer ways to conserve
natural and cultural diversity, involving
governments, businesses and citizens in
establishing and managing parks;
• Inspire people around the world
and across generations to
reconnect with nature;
• Demonstrate nature’s solutions to our
planet’s challenges such as climate change,
health, food and water security.
The Promise of Sydney
• Transformative solutions at the level of policy,
engagement and practice for parks, people and
planet
• A web-based resource of case studies embedded
in communities of practice
• A capacity-development plan of action that
supports professionalism for protected areas
• Principles for a new social compact for equitable
and just conservation;
• Leadership initiatives, pledges and
announcements for implementation.
Jodogahama, Japan: Highly developed tourism
industry, fishing industry on the north-eastern coast
The great East Japan earthquake and tsunami
Timeline of international events
Getting involved
• Help to communicate how
biodiversity and protected
areas can contribute to naturebased solutions for sustainable
development
• Participation in World Leaders’
Dialogues in Sydney
• Help identify entry points for
policy and public funding
initiatives
• Contribute to capacity
development within and
between sectors
• Help identify national and
sectoral commitments to
contribute to the Promise
Sydney