The Decision Support Tool (DST)
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A very important document to help you determine if your conservation areas qualify as protected areas (PAs), Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) or Indigenous protected and conserved areas (IPCAs).
This is not the only decision support tool related to protected areas, but is the essential guide for assessing your lands. Page 6 to 9 include very helpful summary tables.
This document defines all common terms as well as defines criteria that needs to be met in order for an area to qualify for as PAs or OECMs. If you are assessing your lands, this tool will guide you through every step of the process. If you are wanting support from our coalition with your assessment, contact us.
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For more in-depth information
To help guide the assessment and accounting of protected areas and OECMs, follow the Accounting portion of the Pathway to Target 1 toolkit: English, Francais
Although the Decision Support Tool above does mention and help clarify IPCAs, these have additional resources that can really guide these assessments: English, Francais
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