Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECM).

March 2, 2023

In recently concluded fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress, the need to focus more on OECM was discussed.
OECMs refers to a geographic site, which is not within any protected area, that delivers long-term biodiversity conservation under equitable governance and management.
OECMs may occur in public, individual private lands, community lands, and Indigenous territories.
It recognizes that conservation outcomes are possible outside protected areas, and people involved in governance of those natural resources should be valued, respected, and supported.
Aravalli Biodiversity Park was the first Other Effective Area – based Conservation Measures site, OECM site in India.
The OECM tag is provided by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN.