Timeline

Over 6000 participants from 160 countries met to discuss threats to nature and biological diversity. The meeting produced a document, The Promise of Sydney, where the participants declared their intentions to invigorate efforts to advance conservation and protected areas with bold vision and action.

The Beyond the Beyond the Aichi Targets Task Force is commissioned in Hawai‘i at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Harvey Locke is appointed Chair. Terms of reference developed.

An intensive meeting which brought together a group of participants from diverse geographical and institutional backgrounds to explore and define the scope and agenda of the Task Force.

The Task Force met with members of IUCN Australia and other leading figures in conservation to consult, hear, and exchange ideas on post-2020 conservation targets.

Indigenous scholars and leaders from across Canada shared information on protected and conserved areas, indigenous worldviews, and indigenous science. Synergies between indigenous knowledge and western science were explored.

The Task Force surveyed the global membership of the International Society for Conservation Biology in three languages on area-based conservation. 363 scientists from 81 countries responded.

To gain perspectives and expertise on conservation from the East African Region, the Task Force met with leading conservationists in Nairobi, Kenya.

Co-organized with the Connectivity Specialist Group, these pair of meetings explored the topic of connectivity in the East African Region in the context of planning for post-2020 conservation targets.

The ZSL Symposium symposium brought together scientists, policy-makers, business leaders, civil society and donors to review science and policy options and provide recommendations to the CBD and raise awareness about biodiversity loss.

The Task Force presented the results of the Global Survey of Scientists and received approval for proceeding on the development of the Three Conditions framework.

The Task Force hosted a side-event: Reporting on the Global Dialogue on the Future of In-Situ Conservation at which we reported on the results of a global survey of conservation scientists on the adequacy and requirements for in-situ conservation and presented and presented a new idea, the Three Global Conditions for Biodiversity Conservation. More info about the outcomes of this meeting.

Chair Harvey Locke attended NACCB 2018 and spoke about Conservation Targets And Conservation Needs: Canada Target 1, Aichi Target 11 And Beyond

The Task Force met with Chinese experts to consult and exchange ideas on post-2020 conservation targets.

Co-hosted by the Insurance Bureau of Canada and the Task Force, this consultation explored the intersections between nature conservation and business opportunities, especially concerning climate resilience.

A consultation of leading marine conservationists exploring requirements for area-based marine conservation and connectivity.

The Task Force hosted a side-event at which we reported on the results of a global survey of conservation scientists on the adequacy and requirements for in-situ conservation and presented and presented a new idea, the Three Global Conditions for Biodiversity Conservation. More info about the outcomes of the COP14.

The World Commission on Protected Areas submitted the findings of the Task Force to the IUCN through inclusion in IUCN's position to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Documents:

IUCN views on post-2020 global biodiversity framework content and scope.

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Position Paper inputs to IUCN for CBD Submission December 15, 2018

Co-hosted with IUCN’s Global Forest and Climate Change Programme, this meeting of ecological restoration experts considered the convergence of global restoration efforts and the protected and conserved areas and large landscape conservation.

Task Force Chair, Harvey Locke, attended the New Deal for Nature & People Dinner at the 2019 World Economic Forum.

The Task Force hosted a meeting with marine experts to continue discussions marine protected areas and post-2020 targets which began in October 2018.

The Task Force took part in the Convention on Biological Diversity Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the Western European and Others Group and Other Members of the European Union, in Bonn, Germany.

Canada hosted an international summit to accelerate nature protection. The Nature Champions Summit endeavored to build an international, high-ambition coalition and drive global nature protection forward. See the Nature Champions Call to Action.

The Steering Committee of the World Commission on Protected Areas met to discuss post-2020 strategy and dimensions relating to the African Protected Areas Congress and the Latin American Protected Areas Congress. The Task Force presented its findings including refinement of the Three Global Conditions.

The Task Force co-organized a discussion on connectivity with the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). CMS experts along with the WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group discussed ways of enhancing interest in connectivity in global conservation agendas.

The Task Force Chair participated in a week long meeting and presented the Three Global Conditions and explored how it meshes with the Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss approach. The meeting was organized by the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), National Geographic Society (NGS), Luc Hoffmann Institute (LHI), the NatureMap consortium, and the Science Based Targets Network.

The Task Force participated in the Chinese Academy of Sciences - National Geographic Society International Symposium on Biodiversity Sciences and presented the Three Global Conditions of Biological Diversity and Sustainable Use framework.

Watch the webinar

This webinar originally aired on 11 July, 2019. It was attended by over 250 participants.

Presented by: Harvey Locke of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Beyond the Aichi Targets Task Force

Co-sponsors: NOAA National MPA Center, OCTO (MPA News, OpenChannels), and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by OCTO and NatureServe).

Join us for our side-event at the SBSTTA meeting. To meet the CBD 2050 vision of healthy biodiversity, ecosystem services, and a sustainable human society, we need integrated frameworks that look at both conservation and human use. After two years of consultations around the world, we have developed the Three Global Conditions (3Cs) for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use implementation framework.
Come learn about the Three Conditions framework, its scientific underpinnings, and hear reflections from around the world on the value of this framework for use in the Post-2020 Strategic Plan of the CBD.

The purpose of this meeting is to elicit views on area-based conservation measures, to be included in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The outputs of this workshop will form a basis of a report which will serve as an input into the formal process.

Resource mobilization will be an integral part of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. It is expected this meeting will produce concrete proposals to be considered in the further development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.

The thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals will address a broad range of issues related to the objectives of the convention.

The thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals will address a broad range of issues related to the objectives of the convention.

The 2020 UN Ocean Conference will convene to support implementation of SDG 14: Conserve and sustinably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustinable development. The overarching theme of the conference will be "Scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking, partnerships and solutions."

The special sessions provide opportunities for the presentation of information and for statements by Parties and observers. No decisions or formal recommendations will be made at the special sessions. Interpretation will be provided in all UN languages.
The programme of the special virtual sessions will include:
- A testing of the virtual platform, 14 September
- Launch of the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (Special Session of SBSTTA), 15 September
- Testing of A Party-Led Review Process, Through an Open-Ended Forum (Special Session of SBI), 16 And 17 September
- Strategy for Resource Mobilization (Special session of SBI), 17 September
- Preparation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (Special Joint Session of SBSTTA and SBI), 18 September

The 75th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75) will bring together all 193 Member States of the UN to discuss and work together on a wide array of international issues covered by the UN Charter, such as development, peace and security, international law.
Relevance to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. This is an opportunity to raise the political profile of the post-2020 process.

The open-ended intersessional working group in developing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework will meet multiple times in 2019-2020, prior to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. These sessions negotiations will shape and define the post-2020 agenda.