1. Adrian Phillips

4. Global extent of protected areas
Protected areas*
1962 1,000
12.9% of terrestrial area protected (excluding Antarctica) *
2010 >160,000
*Source: UNEP/IUCN World Database on Protected Areas - October 2010

5. Why do we have categories of
protected areas?
 There are many thousands of protected areas world wide
 Managed for many different purposes, by many different
bodies
 National names do not inform
 Greater clarity needed for international
understanding, standards of management, data
collection, national legislation etc.
 IUCN/WCPA categories guidance: 1978, 1994 and 2008
 Data held at UNEP/WCMC

6. IUCN’s 6 management categories (introduced 1994)
Ia: Strict nature reserve: mainly for science or wilderness protection Ia
Ib: Wilderness area: mainly for wilderness protection Ib
II: National park: mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation II
III: Natural monument: mainly for conservation of specific natural features III
IV: Habitat / species management area: mainly for conservation of species and IV
habitat
V: Protected landscape / seascape: mainly for landscape/seascape conservation V
or recreation
VI: Managed resource protected area: mainly for the sustainable use of natural VI
resources

7. The 2008 IUCN guidelines
 Basic principles upheld:
 An internationally agreed definition of a 'protected area’
 Protected areas categorised by management objective
 6 management categories as before
 Added ideas:
 Sharper PA definition, priority for nature conservation
 4 Governance types
(government, mixed, private, community)
 More examples, more explanation

8. The current position in the UK
 Most data collected by JNCC from country agencies using 1994
guidance
 But:
 Data based on out-of-date guidance
 No critical review of data accuracy
 Only two categories used
 Many potential sites excluded
 So we have an incomplete and inaccurate picture of which
areas meet international standards
 PS – comments by John Lawton

9. Why it matters
Establishing what areas meet international standards for
protection will help:
 Meet our CBD, EU etc. obligations
 Strengthen nature conservation nationally, in country and
locally
 Raise the public profile of nature and landscape protection
 Provide better information for planning of all kinds
 Provide good data for public engagement in conservation
 Show where action is needed to improve management standards
 Attract tourists seeking nature and landscape
 Showcase UK expertise

10. Putting Nature on the Map
 A project to apply the new 2008 guidance in the UK
 Specifically requested by IUCN/WCPA
 Undertaken by the IUCN National Committee for UK
 With assistance from Middlemarch
 And support from agencies, NGOs etc.
 Phase 1: developing advice on how to interpret IUCN
guidance in UK context
 Progress to date – consultations, stakeholder
meetings, workshops
 Phase 1 is complete with publication of the Handbook

11. The PNOTM
Handbook
Download it from:
http://www.iucn-
uk.org/

12. The PNOTM Handbook
 What it does: interprets “IUCN’s international
guidelines on the definition of a protected
area, and its management categories and
governance types, in the UK context”
 How it does it: through examples and keys; and by
‘short cuts’ developed at workshops
 Where it innovates: Statements of Compliance;
IUCN/WCPA UK Categories Assessment Panel

13. The assignment process recommended by Handbook
First identify all potential protected areas
Then ask these questions:
no 1) Does this area meet IUCN PA definition?
yes
2) To which management category should it be assigned? (1 of 6 categories)
3) To which governance type should it be assigned ? (1 of 4 types)

14. Protected areas data flow and verification
As it is As it will be
Official sites International Official sites International Other protected
national data sites data national data sites data areas data
Agency data Site data Agency data Site data NGO etc. data
providers providers providers providers providers
JNCC review by IUCN/WCPA Assessment Panel
Convention JNCC Convention
EEA Secretariats etc. Secretariats etc.
EEA
UNEP/WCMC :WDPA
UNEP/WCMC : WDPA (Authority and
Community data)
NB: data is incomplete
and unverified NB: all data is complete and verified

15. PNOTM: Phase 2 - or what next?
 Phase 2 is about data collection
 Data providers (agencies, NGOs etc) should review
their protected areas using Handbook
 And provide Statements of Compliance, plus
updated PA data, to IUCN/WCPA Assessment
Panel in first place
 Aim: to have an up-to-date, accurate list at WCMC
of all UK protected areas which meet IUCN
standards in time for World Parks Congress 2014