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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA)</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>DOPA provides a broad range of consistent and comparable indicators, based on global reference datasets, on protected area coverage, connectivity, species, ecosystems and pressures at country, ecoregion and protected area scale. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>These indicators are particularly relevant for </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.cbd.int/sp/targets/rationale/target-11/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>Aichi Biodiversity Target 11</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> (Protected Areas) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) <br>and the UN Sustainable Development Goals 14 (Life below Water) and 15 (Life on Land) <br>and can support spatial planning, resource allocation, protected area development and management and national and international reporting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Developed in collaboration with the <a href="https://www.unep-wcmc.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre</span></a> (UNEP-WCMC), <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the <a href="https://www.iucn.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>International Union for Conservation of Nature</span></a> (IUCN) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>and <a href="http://www.birdlife.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>BirdLife International</span></a>, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the new release of DOPA Explorer is based on the <b>World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/science-update/dopa-explorer-20-better-information-promotes-and-protects-global-biodiversity">https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/science-update/dopa-explorer-20-better-information-promotes-and-protects-global-biodiversity</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>__________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Horst Kremers</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE'>, Engineer, Information Scientist / Office <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:5.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>P.O. 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lang=EN-US>http://www.codata-germany.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>About CODATA: </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIAoAQu_qjs"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIAoAQu_qjs</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>News-Infographics-Analytics-Maps</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="http://niam.online/"><span lang=EN-US>http://NIAM.online</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> 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lang=EN-US>http://rks-kommission.dgfk.net</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>eNews <b>RISK_List</b> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.kbx7.de/?lid=18148&c=list"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.kbx7.de/?lid=18148&c=list</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>InterCarto-InterGIS 24<br></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Interdisciplinary Conference on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Geoinformation and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Sustainable Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Bonn, July 24-28, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="http://intercarto24.net/"><span lang=EN-US>http://InterCarto24.net</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>