IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas: User Manual, Version 1.2 The global standard for protected areas in the 21st Century User Manual: IUCN Green List Programme User Manual for the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas Version 1.2 Effective from 01 March 2019 How to apply the IUCN Green List Standard (Version 1.1) to track, improve and verify the performance of Protected and Conserved Areas 2 User Manual: IUCN Green List Programme The designation of geographical entities in this publication, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN or other participating organisations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of other participating organisations. 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Cover Photos (top left, clockwise): 1. “Jack” the mahout, Surani, Thailand. ©Brent Stirton, Getty Images. 2. Manuai Matawai depicts Pere Locally Managed Marine Area during a participatory 3D modelling event on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. ©James Hardcastle 3. IUCN Green List event at Hawai’i World Conservation Congress 2016. ©Dao Nguyen. 4. ‘Nima’, pastoralist and guardian of a community conserved area near Dege, China. ©James Hardcastle. The official language of this document is English. The definitive version is maintained on www.iucn.org/greenlist. Any discrepancy between copies, versions or translations shall be resolved by reference to the definitive English version. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland Tel +41 22 999 0000, Fax +41 22 999 0002 www.iucn.org/greenlist [email protected] 3 User Manual: IUCN Green List Programme Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................. 7 Glossary ................................................................................................................. 17 1 The IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas Standard ........... 25 1.2 Work programme for the IUCN Green List Standard development ............... 27 1.3 Conducting stakeholder consultation ........................................................... 28 1.4 Incorporating stakeholder feedback and further drafting .............................. 29 1.5 Drafting Generic Indicators .......................................................................... 30 1.6 Approving the IUCN Green List Standard and its Generic Indicators ........... 30 1.7 IUCN Green List Standard and Generic Indicator review and revision ......... 31 2 Adapting the Generic Indicators .................................................................. 32 2.1 Framework for the Adapted Indicators ......................................................... 33 2.2 Indicators ..................................................................................................... 34 2.3 The adaptation process ............................................................................... 34 3 Accepting new jurisdictions to the IUCN Green List Programme .............. 38 3.1 Multi-Site Applications to the IUCN Green List Programme ........................... 389 4 Achieving and maintaining IUCN ‘Green List’ status .................................. 43 4.1 Application Phase ........................................................................................ 44 4.2 Candidate Phase ......................................................................................... 47 4.3 Green List Phase ......................................................................................... 51 4.4 Incomplete PA applications .......................................................................... 55 4.5 PAs not added to the Green List .................................................................. 57 5 Terms of Reference for Green List participants .......................................... 58 5.1 IUCN Council ............................................................................................... 58 5.2 IUCN Director General ................................................................................. 58 5.3 Green List Committee .................................................................................. 59 5.4 Green List Standard Committee ................................................................... 63 5.5 Green List Management Committee ............................................................ 66 5.6 Green List Operations Team ........................................................................ 68 5.7 IUCN WCPA Regional Vice Chairs .............................................................. 70 5.8 Expert Assessment Group for the Green List (EAGL) and its formation ....... 72 5.9 Reviewers .................................................................................................... 79 5.10 Independent Assurance Provider ................................................................. 82 5.11 PA Managers / PA agencies ........................................................................ 83 5.12 Mentors ........................................................................................................ 84 5.13 Implementing Partners ................................................................................. 85 6 Complying with the rules and procedures and variations .......................... 87 7 Document control and translations .............................................................. 87 8 Recording and publishing information ........................................................ 88 9 Complaints and resolutions .......................................................................... 92 4 User Manual: IUCN Green List Programme Annex: Green List Guidance...................................................................................93 Where to find the IUCN Green List Standard on COMPASS ................................... 93 How to upload information on Adapted Indicators to COMPASS ............................. 93 How to verify the Indicator adaptation process on COMPASS ................................. 94 How to summarise site visits on COMPASS ............................................................ 95 The IUCN Green List and PANORAMA–Solutions for a Healthy Planet platform ..... 95 The IUCN Green List and World Heritage ............................................................... 95 Action Plans ............................................................................................................ 97 Stakeholder engagement ........................................................................................ 97 Site visits ............................................................................................................... 100 Conflicts of Interest (COI) ...................................................................................... 101 Setting up an EAGL............................................................................................... 102 Template for Call for Expressions of Interest in EAGL Membership ...................... 104 Declaration of Engagement .....................................................................................109 Figures Figure 1: Overview of the IUCN Green List Programme Theory of Change ............. 11 Figure 2: Overview of the governance structure of the IUCN Green List .................. 12 Figure 3: Workflow of the Green List Programme summarised into three phases .... 13 Figure 4: Green List Standard and Generic Indicators development (simplified) ...... 25 Figure 5: Adapting the Generic Indicators ............................................................... 33 Figure 6: The Green List process (simplified) .......................................................... 43 Figure 7: Application Phase ..................................................................................... 46 Figure 8: The different steps of the Candidate Phase .............................................. 47 Figure 9: Green List Phase...................................................................................... 51 Figure 10: Process for the setting up an EAGL ........................................................ 77 5 User Manual: IUCN Green List Programme Versions Issued No. Date Description Of Amendment 1.0 01 September 2016 First publication 1.1 09 August 2018 • Removed ambiguity and provided clarification throughout • New chapter on adding jurisdictions