The second of two webinars discussing how protected and conserved areas contribute to the wider aims of sustainable development and to building back better in the wake of the pandemic.

The first, on 16th February, provided guidance on the contributions of area-based conservation to many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and looked at how this can be translated into direct financial returns to help with protected area management or support communities living in or around the area. It should be of interest to anyone trying to integrate protected areas more fully into a country’s sustainable development agenda.

The second, on 23rd February, highlighted practical tools and guidance for assessing and accounting for nature-based solutions from protected and conserved areas. Participants were introduced to the Protected Area Benefits Assessment Tool, 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 concluded with a discussion on recommendations for a more consistent reporting mechanism for benefits, which could help with a range of reporting from funding reports to targets under the new Global Biodiversity Framework.

Panellists include:
• Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton of Equilibrium Research and IUCN WCPA, UK
• Marianne Kettunen of the Forum on Trade, Environment and SDGs, Switzerland
• Marie Fischborn, IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas
• 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.

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