Protected Areas

Guidelines for conserving connectivity through ecological networks and corridors

2025-06-20T17:36:54-04:00Categories: International Context, Resource|Tags: , , , , , |

This report, from the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, examines how protected areas, ecological corridors, and other conservation mechanisms contribute to maintaining ecological connectivity across large landscapes and seascapes.

ICCAs and Overlapping Protected Areas

2023-08-03T15:04:33-04:00Categories: International Context, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , |

This Policy Brief explores the issues of territories and areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (ICCAs), discusses key approaches for appropriately recognizing, respecting and supporting overlapped ICCAs, and offers recommendations.

Indigenous and Local Communities and Protected Areas: Towards Equity and Enhanced Conservation

2023-08-03T15:02:45-04:00Categories: International Context, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

This IUCN best practice guide provides ideas on how to enhance the equity in the relationship between staff and management of protected areas and the Indigenous/local community of that area.

We Rise Together

2023-08-03T15:01:50-04:00Categories: Governance and decision-making, Governance and decision-making, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is the foundational document in the realm of IPCAs, written by the Indigenous Circle of Experts. Key are the 28 recommendations brought forwards to facilitate and support the establishment of IPCAs across Canada.

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