The Protected Planet Report 2012 reviews progress towards the achievement of the protected area targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Building on the work of the CBD-mandated Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP), the report includes a set of indicators of protected area coverage, representativeness, effectiveness, management and governance.

The report has been compiled by UNEP-WCMC in cooperation with IUCN and other partners and with support from UNEP, the Spain-UNEP Partnership for Protected Areas in support of the LifeWeb Initiative, the CBD Secretariat, and the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. The Protected Planet Report 2012 is published in English, French and Spanish.

• Protected Planet Report 2012 (English)(pdf, 15Mb)
• Protected Planet Report 2012 (French)(pdf, 15.3Mb)
• Protected Planet Report 2012 (Spanish)(pdf, 15.2Mb)

The files below include the statistics on protected area (PA) coverage of countries and ecoregions for the period from 1990 to 2010 that were used in the Protected Planet Report 2012. For more details see the report.

• PA coverage of countries 1990-2010(xlsx, 260Kb)
• PA coverage of ecoregions 1990-2010(xlsx, 246Kb)

The launch of the first Protected Planet Report was covered in various media as evidenced by the stories selected below.

• Nature News Blog: Indigenous peoples play growing role in biodiversity protection(Link)
• The Guardian (UK): Huge new nature reserves are needed to save species, says UN(Link)
• Reuters: Protected areas for wildlife expand to size of Russia(Link)
• IISD: UNEP-WCMC/IUCN Report Highlights Growth in Protected Areas(Link)