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Making Sense of Aichi Target 11 Other Effective Area-based Conservation MeasuresDavid MacKinnon, Robert Hlie, Jacques Perron, Tom Beechey, Jessica Elliott, Claudia Haas, Jean Langlois, Chris Lemieux

(With support from CCEA & Environment Canada) Full Title: Making Sense of Aichi Target 11 Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures The Canadian Experience

Author affiliations:

David MacKinnon Protected Areas and Ecosystems Branch, Nova Scotia Department of Environment, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Robert Hlie Canadian Council on Ecological Areas, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Jacques Perron - Direction de lcologie et de la conservation, Ministre du Dveloppement durable, de lEnvironnementet de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Tom Beechey, Nature Matters, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Jessica Elliott - Parks and Protected Spaces Branch, Manitoba Conservation & Water Stewardship, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Claudia Haas - Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Jean Langlois - Yukon Parks, Department of Environment, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada

Chris Lemieux Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

1Overview

What are Aichi Target 11 other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs)?

What traits are needed for areas to effectively conserve biodiversity?

Can standardized criteria be developed to make reporting on OECMs meaningful?

What are the risks of having no standards for OECMs?

Identifying Aichi Target 11 Areas in CanadaAll areas should improve the status of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity (Goal C, Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020)

CCEA and partners have developed a science-based screening tool for Canadian Aichi Target 11 areas

The screening tool allows areas or measures to be compared against criteria for conservation effectiveness

Play the video to see how the tool works (5 minutes)Using the toolMove pointer over embedded video to reveal Play button

Sample Outcomes from Screening Tool

A Canadian National Park

A Canadian Land Trust Property

A Canadian Water Supply Protection Area

A Canadian Seasonal Haddock Fishery ClosureA Canadian Aboriginal ICCA

A Case for StandardsScience-based, consensus-based standardization in definition and criteria for OECMs should precede recognition in global accounting.

Filling Target 11 with areas of limited conservation effectiveness risks not achieving the intended outcomes of the SPFB 2011-2020.

Lack of standards for OECMs could, in effect, create new low standards, and undermine existing well-conserved areas.

Innovative and effectiveConsensus-based, science-based guidance on traits that help define Protected Areas and OECMs for Target 11 reporting.A model approach for making reporting and comparisons meaningful.Evidence of implementation and impactIntended to be applied by Canadian conservation agencies and organizations.Applied elsewhere or more broadlyRelevant wherever efforts to fill Target 11 with measures of limited conservation effectiveness undermine the achievement of all aspects of Target 11 through expanded conservation efforts.

An inspiring solution?

Components that lead to successNeutral, science-based forum which includes all stakeholders.Constant communication and consensus-based decision making leads to decisions that can be supported.Approach could be scaled up (e.g., global task force level).

Enabling factorsSupportive agencies, organizations, and partners.Willingness of participants to share their expertise and experience.

What makes it work?