1. Protected Areas Thematic Network
GEF-IWCAM and IABIN Indicators Mechanism Workshop
March 2008
Ocho Rios, Jamaica

2. IABIN Protected Areas Thematic Network
The objective of the Protected Areas Thematic Network is to promote the more effective sharing of information on protected areas within and between the countries of the Americas Hemisphere, building on and contributing to existing global experience in this area through close collaboration with the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the UNEP-WCMC.

3. IABIN Protected Areas Thematic Network
Among the main activities of PATN we can Highlight:
Data survey, data digitization, develop data standards and promote data sharing about protected areas;
Promote the accessibility and improvement of effectiveness management assessment tools and methodologies, in order to share the best practices and learning lessons.
Starts in March 2006

8. Progress and Achievements
Consultancies:
Identify available databases and data sources about Protected Areas in Latin America and Caribbean to Support the Protected Areas Thematic Network
Identify available Protected Area Management Effectiveness data, Methods and Results in Latin America and Caribbean to Support the Protected Areas Thematic Network
Identification and prioritization of technical and biodiversity information needs and gap on Protected Areas in Latin America and Caribbean to Support the Protected Areas Thematic Network
Protected Areas Thematic Network Architecture and Data Gathering Strategy
Elaborated after discussions with UNEP-WCMC and key data providers
PATN Data Standard V 0.9
Elaborated based on recommendations from the consultancies and agreed with UNEP-WCMC
PATN Conceptual Data Model V 2.1

9. Progress and Achievements
Americas and Caribbean Database on Protected Areas On-line
(Launched at August 2007)
Records (IUCN PAs) – New Version (2007) with Records.
Key data providers contacted and engaged
Data transfer and update tests: 1st quarter 2008
Brazil Ministry of Environmental
RANPA (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela and Brazil)
Data digitizing tools offered by Brazilian Government
Geospatial data tool web based
Protected Areas Catalog System
Training Workshop on planning, together with NBII (metadata tools), Ecosystem Thematic Network and Brazilian Ministry of Environmental

10. PATN Data Core Standard v 0.9
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18. Caribbean IABIN Countries
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vicente and the Grenadines
Tinidad and Tobago
658 IUCN Protected Areas

19. Thank You! Eduardo Dalcin (eduardod@fundacaoboticario.org.br)
Cristiano Cegana