The prevalence, characteristics and effectiveness of Aichi Target 11's "other effective area‐based conservation measures" (OECMs) in key biodiversity areas
Donald, Paul F., Buchanan, Graeme M., Balmford, Andrew, Bingham, Heather, Couturier, Andrew R., de la Rosa, Gregorio E., Gacheru, Paul, Herzog, Sebastian K., Jathar, Girish, Kingston, Naomi, Marnewick, Daniel, Maurer, Golo, Reaney, Leeann, Shmygaleva, Tatyana, Sklyarenko, Sergey, Stevens, Candice M. D., and Butchart, Stuart H.M. (2019) The prevalence, characteristics and effectiveness of Aichi Target 11's "other effective area‐based conservation measures" (OECMs) in key biodiversity areas. Conservation Letters, 12 (5). e12659.
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Abstract
Aichi Target 11 of the CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity commits countries to the effective conservation of areas of importance for biodiversity, through protected areas and "other effective area-based conservation measures" (OECMs). However, the prevalence and characteristics of OECMs are poorly known, particularly in sites of importance for biodiversity. We assess the prevalence of potential OECMs in 740 terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) outside known or mapped protected areas across ten countries. A majority of unprotected KBAs (76.5%) were at least partly covered by one or more potential OECMs. The conservation of ecosystem services or biodiversity was a stated management aim in 73% of these OECMs. Local or central government bodies managed the highest number of potential OECMs, followed by local and indigenous communities and private landowners. There was no difference between unprotected KBAs with or without OECMs in forest loss or in a number of state-pressure-response metrics.
Item ID: | 60879 |
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Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
ISSN: | 1755-263X |
Keywords: | Aichi Targets, CBD, ecosystem services, OECMs, protected areas |
Copyright Information: | © 2019 The Authors. Conservation Letters published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Funders: | Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2019 07:58 |
FoR Codes: | 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410401 Conservation and biodiversity @ 100% |
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