The total area and number of sites in the List of Wetlands of International Importance has increased, and there has been an increase in the rate of designation, including of underrepresented wetland types.

Ensure and enable that by 2030 at least 30 per cent of terrestrial, inland water, and of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, are effectively conserved and managed through ecologically representative, well-connected and equitably governed systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, recognizing indigenous and traditional territories, where applicable, and integrated into wider landscapes, seascapes and the ocean, while ensuring that any sustainable use, where appropriate in such areas, is fully consistent with conservation outcomes, recognizing and respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities including over their traditional territories.

• Guidance note

Indicators

Headline indicator:

• 3.1 Coverage of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures

Component indicators:

• Protected area coverage of key biodiversity areas
• Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME)
• ProtConn
• Protected Area Connectedness Index (PARC-Connectedness)
• Red List of Ecosystems
• Connectivity Indicator
• The number of protected areas that have completed a site-level assessment of governance and equity (SAGE)
• Species Protection Index

Complementary indicators:

• Protected area downgrading, downsizing and degazettement (PD)
• Status of key biodiversity areas
• IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas
• Number of hectares of UNESCO designated sites (natural and mixed World Heritage sites and Biosphere Reserves)
• Protected area and other effective area-based conservation measures management effectiveness (MEPCA) indicator
• Protected Area Isolation Index (PAI)
• Protected Areas Network metric (ProNet)
• Extent to which protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures cover key biodiversity areas that are important for migratory species
• Coverage of protected areas and other effective areabased conservation measures and traditional territories (by governance type)
• Ramsar Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (RMETT)
• Percentage of biosphere reserves that have a positive conservation outcome and effective management
• Extent of indigenous peoples and local communities’ lands that have some form of recognition
• Species Protection Index
• Number of countries implementing national legislation, policies or other measures regarding free, prior and informed consent related to conservation
• Red List of Ecosystems
• Proportion of terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecological regions which are conserved by protected areas or other effective area-based conservation measures

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Explanation: Steps will be taken to establish ecologically representative, well-connected systems of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, to ensure that, among others, the connectivity of all areas of importance for migratory species – as well as other areas that may be ecologically linked to them – is preserved. This could include permanent or temporal legal protection measures to ensure migratory ranges and their habitats are maintained, restored, effectively conserved and managed, and provide important biological functions such as opportunities for feeding, resting and habitat for reproduction.