[Coral-List] IUCN unveils Green List of Protected Areas

[Richard Dunne]

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) unveiled its 
Green List of 23 sites at the World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia.

James Hardcastle is leading the Green List project for the IUCN.

CHAGOS MARINE PROTECTED AREA < WON'T BE GETTING ON THE GREEN LIST FOR A 
WHILE>

Green List sites are also judged on how they treat people who have 
historically lived in or used the land — addressing human-rights 
advocates’ concerns that protected areas often exclude indigenous people.

This exclusion is still happening in some areas. For example, in 2010 
the United Kingdom set up a marine reserve around the Chagos Islands in 
the Indian Ocean. The islands’ original inhabitants, who were evicted in 
the early 1970s to make way for a US military base, are effectively 
barred from accessing the area by protected-area restrictions.

“This is one site that won’t be getting on to the Green List for a 
while,” says Hardcastle.

For full article see Nature: 
http://www.nature.com/news/green-list-promotes-best-conservation-areas-1.16350?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20141120

Richard Dunne


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