Promise of Sydney: Priorities
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The IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 brought together over 6,000 participants to discuss priorities for global conservation, emphasizing the importance of innovative approaches and strong commitments from governments and civil society to combat biodiversity loss. Key visions included enhancing the role of indigenous peoples in conservation, scaling up protected areas, and ensuring sustainable interaction between human society and nature. The Congress resulted in 150 recommendations for transformative change, focusing on effective management of protected areas and the integration of health and environmental policies.
Promise of Sydney: Priorities
- 1. Priorities emerging from the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014
- 3. Dashboard Over 6000 participants 5363 registered delegates 160 countries 300 workshop sessions 200 congress and high level events 6 pavilion programmes Exhibition 600 e-poster presentations 7 World Leaders’ Dialogues
- 5. VISION • The high- level aspirations for the change we need in the coming decade INNOVATIVE APPROACHES • Bold steps recommended to achieve these aspirations • 150 recommenda- tions made SOLUTIONS • Evidence that shows how we can approach our work differently to achieve these aspirations PROMISES • Pledges from governments, public and private institutions and civil society to fulfilling these aspirations The Promise of Sydney
- 6. We recognized that rebalancing the relationship between human society and nature is essential, and that ecosystems and their variety of life fully support our existence, cultural and spiritual identity, economies and well-being. VISION
- 7. We acknowledged the increasing role of Indigenous Peoples’, community, and privately-conserved areas and territories in reaching biodiversity conservation and societal goals. We acknowledged the opportunities presented by new communication and other technologies to better understand and engage new constituencies, including young people in the world’s rapidly expanding cities. VISION
- 8. Promise to INVIGORATE … our efforts to ensure that protected areas do not regress but rather progress. We will scale up protection in landscapes, wetlands and seascapes to represent all sites essential for the conservation of nature, especially in the oceans, and involve all of those who conserve. Promise to INSPIRE ... all people, across generations, geography and cultures, and especially the world’s expanding cities, to experience the wonder of nature through protected areas, to engage their hearts and minds and engender a life-long association for physical, psychological, ecological, and spiritual well-being. Promise to INVEST… in nature’s solutions, supported by public policy, incentives, tools and safeguards that help to halt biodiversity loss, mitigate and respond to climate change, reduce the risk and impact of disasters, improve food and water security, and promote human health and dignity. VISION
- 9. Innovative approaches for each of the eight streams … INNOVATIVE APPROACHES
- 10. … and cross-cutting themes A total of 150 recommendations for transformative change INNOVATIVE APPROACHES
- 11. SOLUTIONS
- 12. Commitments from governments and civil society PROMISES
- 14. Raising the bar for conserving nature Protected areas must progress, NOT REGRESS Protected areas must be established in the right places Improve QUALITY: protected areas need to be effective Include areas conserved by private, indigenous peoples, and local communities Increase CAPACITY to address novel threats
- 15. Achieve the Aichi Targets
- 17. Definite additions • 1. CROATIA • 2. MEXICO • 3. MICRONESIA and HAWAI’I • 4. PERU • 5. NEPAL • 6. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 7. RUSSIA Additions under consideration include 8. MALAYSIA (SABAH STATE) 9. JAPAN 10. SOUTH AFRICA 11. JORDAN 12. PAKISTAN (STATE-LEVEL) 13. CZECH REPUBLIC 14. ECUADOR 15. NORTH AFRICA REGION (TUNISIA, MOROCCO, ALGERIA) 16. VIET NAM (ASEAN REGIONAL APPROACH TBC) 17. BURKINA FASO 18. SCOTLAND (UK) 19. COSTA RICA 20. 20. GEORGIA (CAUCASUS REGION) IUCN Green List of Protected Areas: Global Partnership
- 18. Putting in place the right capacity Professionalize: Publish competences register, user guide and tools Publish guidelines on capacity development by, with and for indigenous and local communitiess Professionalize: Prepare and launch body of knowledge on line tool Build partnerships with providers of education and training and evaluate progress Enable Pilot use of performance, assessment and certification guidance. Professionalize: Test use of competence approaches and materials
- 22. Riding the wave for marine Urgently increase the ocean area that is effectively and equitably managed Invest in large-scale marine management initiatives Protect and manage biodiversity in the high seas Improve environmental standards and transparency in supply chains Detect and prevent illegal activities at sea
- 23. #1: Protect the Oceans 14 governments made commitments to protect the ocean as part of the Promise of Sydney
- 24. Brighten the outlook for World Heritage Sites must serve as models for effective, equitable and enduring conservation Sites must an improved Outlook and resilience in the face of global change Restore the credibility and integrity of the World Heritage Convention Achieve a credible World Heritage List by nominating only the best sites Review engagement in accordance with a rights-based approach Impacts on sites may not be compensated by offsets
- 25. IUCN WORLD HERITAGE OUTLOOK 2014 First global assessment of natural World Heritage • 228 site assessments • 500 experts worldwide • more than 3 years in the making www.worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org
- 26. Las áreas protegidas .... respetan las personas
- 27. Enhance governance diversity, quality and vitality More supportive legal and policy frameworks and integration of customary law. Respect procedural and substantive human rights Fully recognize and support voluntary conservation of protected and conserved areas Apply “No Go” policies to prevent damage from extractive activities Move from growth- based towards sustainable, equitable and satisfying economies and societies
- 29. Respect Indigenous & traditional knowledge and culture Recognize and strengthen the collective land and resource rights of Indigenous Peoples Integrate natural and cultural aspects for PA and World Heritage Site designations Observe rights and governance systems and free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous Peoples Respect and maintain traditional knowledge and customary governance systems recognize and include Indigenous cultural skills and capacities.
- 30. Indigenous Peoples of Africa CoordinatingCommittee SOTZ’IL (Central America) North Australia Indigenous Land and Sea Managers Conservation International/United Nations University
- 31. Inspire a new generation Launch a global campaign to connect young people to nature through PAs Facilitate engagement of youth, urban dwellers, and other new audiences to engage with nature Ensure all children have the right to experiences in protected areas at an early age Evaluate youth and public engagement in PAs and its impact on health, education, and conservation Scale up networking platforms and social media for connecting people with nature
- 33. Las áreas protegidas ... ofrecen soluciones
- 34. Address climate change Promote the full recognition of ecosystems/PAs to respond to climate change Build capacity to apply innovative, appropriate, and context-specific measures Support coalitions for collective action in the polar regions Ensure equitable participation from society, including youth, women and Indigenous Peoples Build on traditional knowledge in finding solutions to climate change
- 36. Support human life: food, water, risk reduction Demonstrate the value of protected area ecosystem services to all audiences Apply a rights-based approach to conservation in protected area systems Promote conservation of freshwater ecosystems and enable civil society in water governance. Strengthen spatial planning to enhance the role and impact of protected areas Build strong evidence, policy and practical advice for applying ecosystem- based disaster-risk reduction Identify legal, institutional and social factors to optimize synergy for supporting human life
- 38. Improve health and well-being Build the evidence for connecting health and nature incl. traditional knowledge Promote the preventative health contribution made by PAs, including urban parks Improve biodiversity and maximize human health and well-being outcomes. Strengthen policies and planning to promote nature’s role in health and well-being Build alliances and capacity across the health and protected area sectors
- 39. Estimated avoided healthcare costs $ 198.8 million per annum benefit $ 323.9 million total budget for parks
- 40. Reconcile development challenges Anchor PAs in environment, governance and land-use planning frameworks Better understand PA financing needs and move towards long-term sustainable financing. Apply spatial planning regulation to sustain ecological processes Integrate PA values into economic accounting, and measure, account, and report Establish and employ social and environmental safeguards Work with such intensive land and sea-use industries to deploy sustainability standards.
- 41. • Conservation Finance Alliance renews strategy to leverage and manage investment
- 42. Fostering a new social compact Incorporate facilitated dialogues at the core of deliberations on complex challenges facing conservation Develop a “rapid response” redress mechanism for people impacted by protected areas Take a firm and vocal stance against development activities that are destroying nature and communities Adopt a clear set of human rights standards and capacity building techniques Sound the alarm and provide active leadership regarding the global biodiversity crisis Embrace a new ethic that is just, equitable, reciprocal and respectful, linking biological and social- cultural issues
- 44. The Promise of Sydney • Strengthening implementation, but it is not WHAT, but WHEN and HOW and HOW MUCH • Scaling up applying innovative approaches • Find new ways to connect issues, and interact across sectors for mutual gains and maximum impact • What can you do as an individual, a protected area, an organisation or a government to address the urgency of doing more, better? What is your promise?