This session / poster by Phil Franks will cover the equity framework for protected and conserved areas that was endorsed by CBD at the last COP, the theoretical basis for this framework, its relationship to protected area governance, results from some recent governance and equity assessments of protected areas using the SAGE tool, and lastly a discussion of why equitable governance is a crucial issue for the UN post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The poster concludes with some thoughts on how to achieve the scale of transformative change in PCA governance necessary to achieve the equity element of GBF Target 3, including the 30*30 target for expanding PCA coverage . For more on this aspect see the new IIED Briefing "UN Global Biodiversity Framework: equitable governance is key for protected and conserved areas".
