The global target to protect 30% of the world’s land and waters by 2030 (30×30), adopted under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), presents both an opportunity and a significant challenge for Africa. While protected areas remain important, they cover only 16% of Africa’s landmass. Crucially, most of the continent’s wildlife exists outside these formal parks, on community and customary lands.
Community-Led Conservation (CLC) has emerged as a proven, cost-effective model in which local communities are the primary decision-makers, managers, and beneficiaries of natural resource stewardship. Yet, CLC remains underfunded, inconsistently defined in global policy dialogues, and faces barriers such as insecure land rights, limited harmonized policies, and a lack of a unified collective voice.
This webinar, convened by ILCN’s Regional Representative for Africa, KWCA, and hosted by ILCN, aims to provide a platform for advancing discussions on Community-Led Conservation (CLC) as a pathway to realizing the 30×30 agenda across Africa.