[RWG] WEBINAR: Understanding the role of protected areas as nature-based solutions Part II; Feb 23; 8:30am EST

[Park, Margaret E]

Webinar date/time: February 23, 2022; 8:30-9:30am EST

Duration: 1 hour

What will you learn?
This webinar highlights practical tools and guidance for assessing and accounting for nature-based solutions from protected and conserved areas. Participants will be introduced to the Protected Area Benefits Assessment Tool<https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/49081>, a cost-effective, participatory approach to identifying economic and non-economic benefits derived from area-based conservation, and how to use it with individual sites. The webinar will conclude with a discussion on recommendations for a more consistent reporting mechanism<https://parksjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/10.2305-IUCN.CH_.2021.PARKS-27-2SS.en-Stolton-et-al.pdf> for benefits, which could help with a range of reporting from funding reports to targets under the new Global Biodiversity Framework.

Panelists:

  *   Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton of Equilibrium Research and IUCN WCPA, UK
  *   Marianne Kettunen of the Forum on Trade, Environment and SDGs, Switzerland
  *   Candice Stevens, Innovative Finance and Policy, Wilderness Foundation Africa, Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition and IUCN WCPA, South Africa
  *   Kasandra-Zorica Ivanić, WWF Adria, Croatia
  *   Carolina Figueroa Arango, Biodiversity and Forestry Project, USAID, Colombia
  *   Hannah Timmins, Equilibrium Research, Kenya

Details:
More information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understanding-the-role-of-protected-areas-as-nature-based-solutions-part-ii-tickets-259451545557

Webinar presented by IUCN Protected Areas<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/iucn-protected-areas-31357221729>
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