Protected Areas for Nature Simon Pepper

2. part of SNH review
panel:
Tim Benton, JohnThomson, Kirsty Park,
HamishTrench, Paul Selman, Simon Pepper (chair)
2 days
rationale
strategic

3. “halting the loss of biodiversity,
and restoring essential services
that a healthy natural
environment provides”
(2020 Challenge 2013)

4. More urgency
new pressures
focus on ecosystem health
society
budget cuts
increased reliance on PAs

5. failure rate
isolation
emphasis on status quo
rigid approach
mechanistic

6. “to maintain good examples of
habitat types as core components of a
wider pattern of healthy functioning
landscapes that are resilient to change
and meet the needs of people now and
in the future”

7. Protected Areas
The surrounding matrix
Overarching issues

8. Site selection
‘churn’
Site condition
new principles
species as indicators
People
a central role

9. More coherent strategy
Policy integration
Connectivity
Debate
Engagement

10. A new vision
for nature
+ our relationship with nature
+ role of PAs
+ role of wider measures

11. purpose and outcomes
healthy systems
sharing responsibility
more flexibility
better holistic advice

12. Based on
urgency
widely agreed imperatives
inclusive concepts

13. crucial to
change terms of debate
nature at heart of policy
back the win-wins
build confidence and trust
drive the step change
inspire the nation

14. Necessary but not sufficient
clearer purpose
forward looking
people oriented
adaptive
more coherent strategy
wider vision for nature
fresh consensus
strong leadership