Beyond Protected Areas: what Latin America’s forests can teach us about the next generation of conservation
Under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, countries pledged to conserve 30 percent of the planet by 2030. However, protected areas alone will not achieve this goal. Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) aim to bridge this gap by recognizing the conservation contributions of Indigenous territories, community lands, private reserves, and other managed landscapes. But which…
