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Hyderabad hopes for a protected planet
Protected areas both on land and in the sea are a hot topic here at the Biodiversity talks in Hyderabad. We ask Trevor Sandwith, Head of IUCN’s Global Protected Areas Programme, to explain what they are and why they are so important.
![Tavolo River in Tavolo Wildlife Management Area Papua New Guinea](/sites/default/files/import/img/tavolo_river_0025.jpg)
Photo: Jane Mogina
![Yuraygir National Park, Australia](/sites/default/files/import/img/yur4.jpg)
Photo: Jasmine Glover, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage - Angourie, Yuraygir National Park
![Wadi Rum Protected Area (Jordan), inscribed in 2011 as a mixed site (criteria iii*, v*, vii), area 74,000 ha (740 Km2).](/sites/default/files/import/img/wadi_rum_1.jpg)
Photo: Federica Leone
![Tavolo River in Tavolo Wildlife Management Area Papua New Guinea](/sites/default/files/import/img/tavolo_river_0025.jpg)
![Yuraygir National Park, Australia](/sites/default/files/import/img/yur4.jpg)
![Wadi Rum Protected Area (Jordan), inscribed in 2011 as a mixed site (criteria iii*, v*, vii), area 74,000 ha (740 Km2).](/sites/default/files/import/img/wadi_rum_1.jpg)
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What benefits do those areas bring to local communities and to people living outside of their range?
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How can local people get involved in managing protected areas?
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One of the targets discussed at the meeting in Hyderabad says that “by 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, [...] are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected systems of protected areas”. What does it actually mean to "effectively and equitably" manage these areas?
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Are the talks here in Hyderabad advancing in a promising direction for protected areas?
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