What Will Count?—Evidence for the Global Recognition of Other Effective area–based Conservation Measures

ABSTRACT Other effective area–based conservation measures (OECMs) are anticipated to play an important role in progress towards global protection targets, with progress being judged on the basis of the areas reported to the World Database on Other Effective area‐based Conservation Measures (WD‐OECM)...

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Published in:	Conservation Letters
Main Authors:	Carly N Cook, Christopher J. Lemieux, Hedley S. Grantham, Madhu Rao, Peter J. Clyne, Vanessa Rathbone, Roshan Sharma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2025-09-01
Subjects:	30 × 30 \| area‐based conservation \| CADDD \| Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework \| PA conversion \| protected and conserved areas \| Target 3
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13150

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