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Role of Protected Areas in Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation, and Disaster Risk Reduction

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Protected Area represents a “clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated, and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values” (IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature Definition 2008)

Marine Protected Area (MPA) is any protected area, defined above, in the marine realm, which aims to conserve nature and maintain healthy oceans.

Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) refers to leveraging the properties of healthy ecosystems to address both climate change mitigation and adaptation, while also enhancing biodiversity. NCS are a subset of what is often referred to as natural solutions (NS) or nature-based solutions (NbS). NbS are “actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits” (IUCN...

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  1. IUCN/World Commission on Protected Areas, Galiano Island, BC, Canada

    Risa Smith

  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of National Marine Sanctuaries – National Marine Protected Areas Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Zachary J. Cannizzo & Lauren Wenzel

  3. National Marine Sanctuaries Foundation, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Zachary J. Cannizzo

  4. United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Cambridge, UK

    Elise Belle

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Smith, R., Cannizzo, Z.J., Belle, E., Wenzel, L. (2020). Role of Protected Areas in Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation, and Disaster Risk Reduction. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Climate Action. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71063-1_142-1

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