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The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

• Take effective and urgent action to halt the loss
  of biodiversity to ensure that by 2020
• ecosystems are resilient and continue to provide
  essential services,
• thereby securing the planets variety of life,
  and contributing to human well-being, and poverty
  eradication

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The worlds protected areas

• Cover gt20 of the earth and represent one of the
  most universal collective natural resource
  decisions made in history
• Involve unique and diverse governance and
  demonstrate the means for humanity to achieve
  development that is sustainable

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The worlds protected areas

• Protect the foundation of life and enable
  nature-based solutions to profound challenges
  facing the planet and inspire hope for the
  future.

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TNC AMAZON PROGRAM AN EXAMPLE OF INTEGRATING
INDIGENOUS LANDS WITH CONSERVATION
Alex Goulart, Paulina Arroyo, Luis Pabon
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Protected AreaIndigenous Land
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• An example
• Protected areas in Colombia
• cover 10 of country
• provides 50 of Colombias water
• Generates 20 of hydro power
• Challenged by
• Grazing and fire management
• Climate change

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The 8 million people in Bogotá, Colombia derive
80 of water from one area - Chingaza National
Park
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Governments and agencies have developed
sustainable financing mechanisms for watershed
protection and securing quality supply (source
The Nature Conservancy)
Users
Providers


Water Fund
CLEAN WATER
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Inspiring solutions in eight streams

• Reaching conservation goals
• Responding to climate change
• Improving health and well-being
• Supporting human life
• Reconciling development challenges
• Enhancing the diversity and quality of governance
• Respecting indigenous and traditional knowledge
  and culture
• Inspiring a new generation

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Reflected in four cross-cutting themes

• Marine
• World Heritage
• Capacity development
• A New Social Compact

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THE PROMISE OF SYDNEY Catalyzing
transformational change

• Find better and fairer ways to conserve natural
  and cultural diversity, involving governments,
  businesses and citizens in establishing and
  managing parks

• Inspire people around the world and across
  generations to reconnect with nature

• Demonstrate natures solutions to our planets
  challenges such as climate change, health, food
  and water security.

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The Promise of Sydney

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• Transformative solutions at the level of policy,
  engagement and practice for parks, people and
  planet
• A web-based resource of case studies embedded in
  communities of practice
• A capacity-development plan of action that
  supports professionalism for protected areas
• Principles for a new social compact for equitable
  and just conservation
• Leadership initiatives, pledges and announcements
  for implementation.

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Jodogahama, Japan Highly developed tourism
industry, fishing industry on the north-eastern
coast
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The great East Japan earthquake and tsunami
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Timeline of international events
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Getting involved

• Help to communicate how biodiversity and
  protected areas can contribute to nature-based
  solutions for sustainable development
• Participation in World Leaders Dialogues in
  Sydney
• Help identify entry points for policy and public
  funding initiatives
• Contribute to capacity development within and
  between sectors

• Help identify national and sectoral commitments
  to contribute to the Promise Sydney