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Workshop
Protected Areas and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs)
SG2 & AAD
ICIMOD
29 July 2024 to 01 August 2024
Link to CBD notification
ICIMOD, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC for N & P) are jointly organizing a subregional capacity-building workshop on Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) for South Asia from 29 to 31 July 2024 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Target 3 aims to conserve at least 30 percent of terrestrial, inland water, and coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, by 2030. This will be followed by a consultation on “Leveraging the prospects and potential of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) for transboundary cooperation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya” from 31 July to 01 August 2024. OECMs are areas other than protected areas which are managed in ways that achieve positive and sustained long-term biodiversity conservation.
The workshop aims to support the governments, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, youth networks, and other stakeholders such as non-governmental and community-based organisations from the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and South Asian countries to achieve their commitments under Target 3 and related targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The workshop will encourage the development of national priority actions and serve as a platform for dialogue on status, gaps, challenges, and opportunities to enhance progress towards achievement of the target.
Additionally, in consultation with stakeholders, the workshop will aim to identify and discuss potential transboundary OECMs in the HKH. It will explore opportunities, challenges, and possibilities for transboundary OECMs in the region.
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), adopted during the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2022 as per CBD/COP/DEC/15/4, is a global framework to reach the 2050 vision of a world living in harmony with nature (CBD, 2022). The framework aims to catalyse, enable, and galvanize urgent and transformative actions to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. This implies putting nature on a path to recovery for the benefit of people and the planet by conserving and sustainably using biodiversity and ensuring the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resources. The KMGBF has four goals and 23 action-oriented global targets for 2030 (CBD, 2022).
Action Target 3 calls to ensure and enable at least 30% of terrestrial, inland water, and of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, are effectively conserved and managed through ecologically representative, well-connected and equitably governed systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures by 2030, recognizing Indigenous and traditional territories, where applicable, and integrated into wider landscapes, seascapes and the ocean, while ensuring that any sustainable use, where appropriate in such areas, is fully consistent with conservation outcomes, recognizing and respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, including over their traditional territories.
OECMs are defined as “A geographically defined area other than Protected Area, which is governed and managed in ways that achieve positive and sustained long-term outcomes for the in-situ conservation of biodiversity, with associated ecosystem functions and services and where applicable, cultural, spiritual, socio-economic, and other locally relevant values” (CBD, 2010).
Transboundary Conservation Cooperation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (TCC-HKH) is a collaborative project between the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The project aims to promote transboundary cooperation through OECMs in a manner that is inclusive of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the region. The main objective of the TCC-HKH is to strengthen regional cooperation among the countries and stakeholders, including organisations and networks working for conservation in the region, by identifying and promoting transboundary OECMs in the region, advocate for policy uptake, and establish a regional OECM network.
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is an intergovernmental knowledge and learning centre that develops and shares research, information, and innovations to empower people in the eight countries of the HKH – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. We serve the region through information and knowledge generation and sharing to find innovative solutions to critical mountain problems. We bridge science with policies and on-the-ground practices. We provide a regional platform where experts, planners, policy makers, and practitioners can exchange ideas and perspectives towards the achievement of sustainable mountain development. We facilitate knowledge exchange across the region, help customize international knowledge and tailor it to the region’s needs and bring regional issues to the global stage.
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an administrative body established to support the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The CBD is an international treaty with 196 parties adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, aimed at conserving biodiversity diversity, promoting sustainable use of its components, and ensuring fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources. CBD Secretariat
The High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC for N&P) is an intergovernmental group of 119 countries co-chaired by Costa Rica and France, united by a shared ambition to implement the global goal of effectively conserving at least 30 percent of the world’s land and of the ocean by 2030. https://www.hacfornatureandpeople.org/
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