2024 has been an important year for global protected area policy, with major Conferences of Parties for four relevant global conventions and the first opportunity for stocktaking since agreement of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in late 2022. Global coverage of both protected areas and OECMs has increased in this period, but not fast enough to be on track for meeting the targets set for 2030. Outside government, there were important gatherings of people involved with human rights and conservation, protected area rangers and wilderness advocates, all with implications for the development of national protected area networks, and for implementing the GBF’s Target 3 (30x30) for protecting 30% of land and ocean by 2023. Finally, some significant steps towards implementation of 30x30 were completed or underway.
Progress since the Global Biodiversity Framework
Developments in Some Key Areas of Interest
Intergovernmental Initiatives
Conclusions
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