Webinar to present the new IMET conserved areas tool - Wednesday 17/04 2 pm CEST (English) and 3 pm CEST (French)

We have the pleasure to invite you to attend a webinar to present the “IMET conserved areas” tool, developed in the frame of the EU-BIOPAMA program, with the key support of the EU-PAPFor project.

• The WEBEX webinar in English will take place on Wednesday 17/04, at 2 pm CEST at the following link: https://ecconf.webex.com/ecconf-it/j.php?MTID=mcc4d3c0b9c8e5099cc5c54544d8ccad4

   

• The WEBEX webinar in French will take place on Wednesday 17/04, at 3 pm CEST at the following link: https://ecconf.webex.com/ecconf-it/j.php?MTID=m2e3fc83a8f477411ae6f94035c0c9fde

This new module of IMET complements the IMET standard version for Protected Areas. Simplified and focused on stakeholders, on key conservation elements and  on ecosystem services, its use is suitable in different types of community managed areas and in buffer areas of protected areas, in the objective of enhancing conservation efforts, sustaining governance and promoting dialogue among stakeholders to jointly agree on priorities.

More specifically, the “IMET conserved areas” tool: 

• Integrates context, management and governance dimensions for improved knowledge, planning, governance and monitoring
• Sustains data collection and establishes baselines
• Supports identification of stakeholders
• Identifies key conservation elements and ecosystem services, prioritising stakeholders implication, management and governance activities
• Allows understanding community awareness in the management and governance of the conserved area and promotes dialogue, governance and shared planning
• Empowers local communities for effective conservation
• Encourages participation from local communities, government agencies, and NGOs, fostering collaboration and shared responsibility
• Supports priority planning and allows monitoring progress and adapting management and governance strategies as necessary

Organised by Paolo Roggeri, Joint Research Center - European Commission, Dir D: Sustainable Resources, D6 Unit: Nature Conservation and Observations

Shared by Katharine Mill, EU PAPFor project