| Title: |
Global status and emerging contribution of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) towards the ‘30x30’ biodiversity Target 3 |
| Authors: |
Jonas, Harry; Bingham, Heather; Bennett, Nathan; Woodley, Stephen; Zlatanova, Ryan; Howland, Emily; Belle, Elise; Upton, Jasmin; Gottlieb, Bex; Kamath, Vignesh; Lessmann, Janeth; Delli, Giacomo; Dubois, Grégoire; Ahmadia, Gabby; Claudet, Joachim; Cook, Carly; Deza, Johana; Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten; Gurney, Georgina; Lemieux, Christopher; Ruiz, Lucia |
| Contributors: |
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC); University of British Columbia Canada (UBC); International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA); Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditérranéens (CEFREM); Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3); Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3); Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL); Centre de recherches insulaires et observatoire de l'environnement (CRIOBE); Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Monash University Clayton; Oregon State University (OSU); James Cook University (JCU); Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU); The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The Sall Family Foundation funded the cost of the journal fee for this paper. |
| Source: |
ISSN: 2673-611X. |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD; Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier: HAL-UPS |
| Subject Terms: |
global biodiversity framework 30x30 target 3 other effective area-based conservation measures protected areas equitable conservation effective conservation reporting; global biodiversity framework; 30x30; target 3; other effective area-based conservation measures; protected areas; equitable conservation; effective conservation; reporting; [SDE]Environmental Sciences |
| Description: |
International audience ; Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are sites outside of protected areas that deliver the effective, long-term conservation of biodiversity. Both protected areas and OECMs contribute to the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework’s Target 3, which calls for the conservation of 30% of marine, terrestrial and inland water areas by 2030. This paper provides the first global assessment of the contribution of OECMs to GBF Target 3. Between 2019 and 2023, 820 sites in nine countries and territories were reported to the World Database on OECMs, covering 1.9 million km 2 of the Earth’s surface and, in the terrestrial realm, contributing over 1% to the 30% coverage target. Notably, over 50% of reported OECMs are under governance by governments and less than 2% are governed by Indigenous peoples and local communities. In countries and territories that have reported OECMs, a far greater proportion of OECMs than protected areas are under shared governance (40.9% compared to 2.5%), and collaborative governance is the most common governance sub-type among reported OECMs. This paper finds that almost 30% of the 820 reported OECMs overlap with identified Key Biodiversity Areas, which are one global classification of areas of particular importance for biodiversity. With Target 3’s pressing deadline of 2030, there is an urgent need to scale up understanding and local to national engagement with the OECM framework, ensuring that it fulfills its potential to recognize diverse forms of equitable governance and effective conservation. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fcosc.2024.1447434 |
| Availability: |
https://hal.science/hal-04723991; https://hal.science/hal-04723991v1/document; https://hal.science/hal-04723991v1/file/Jonas.etal_2024.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1447434 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.C5F9364B |
| Database: |
BASE |