COVID-19 related Challenges for Protected Areas and Biodiversity in the Pacific Region

The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Programme (BIOPAMA) is conducting a global review of the impacts of COVID-19 on protected and conserved areas. This has been requested by the European Commission (EC) to guide policy development and prioritise support activities. In the Pacific, BIOPAMA is implemented by IUCN’s Oceania Regional Office in partnership with the EC-Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). We would like to kindly request your assist in completing this survey, which can be done from both a national and site-based perspective. The survey focuses on all area-based conservation measures, including protected areas, community managed areas and LMMAs.

 For further information please don’t hesitate to contact Paul van Nimwegen, IUCN Oceania Protected Areas Coordinator paul.vannimwegen@iucn.org or Philipp Schägner from the JRC philipp.schaegner@ec.europa.eu.

Please take the time to fill this survey. The results will help us to better understand the situation on the ground and organise possible interventions and support  programmes.