IUCN WCPA Harmonizing Classifications and Nomenclature Task force
Vue d'ensemble et description
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PAs, OECMs, ICCAs, ACCs, IPAs… Oh my! This task force seeks to harmonize diverse types, nomenclatures and approaches of area-based conservation through a multivariate, relational comparison of types ...
Leadership de groupe
Mr Brent Mitchell
Vice-Chair
There is currently a great deal of uncertainty around how a growing proliferation of types (or classifications) of area-based conservation (PAs, OECMs, ICCAs, ACCs, IPAs, etc.) relate to each other, and thus how they should be used or selected to achieve positive outcomes for nature. For example, despite best efforts to communicate about OECMs, some people equate them with protected area category V (and VI), or sometimes as privately protected areas. Perhaps more concerning, some might argue that further protected areas are not needed if the same areas can be recognized as OECMs instead. The importance of IPLCs in conservation is increasingly understood and valued, but the place of “territories of life” within the spectrum of area-based conservation remains unsettled. The fit of restoration sites (GBF Target 2) is not at all clear, nor that of spatially explicit nature-based solutions. Growing commitments to a 30x30 target make this an excellent time to address these issues and bring greater clarity and coherence to understanding and practice.
There are parallels here in the work IUCN WCPA undertook 20 years ago to clarify protected area management names and standardize labels of categories, beginning with the Speaking a common language study and resulting in the Guidelines for applying protected area management categories. The present task widens the lens beyond protected areas to all sorts of area-based conservation.