The 2026 edition of the HAC 30×30 Virtual Fair will focus on strengthening implementation of Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework through technical and financial offers of assistance available on the HAC 30×30 Matchmaking Platform.
This edition will highlight support related to Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME) and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs), with participating organizations presenting tools, methodologies, and practical assistance across three thematic rooms.
Additional information on participating organizations, session details, and supporting materials will be added progressively.
This room focuses on policy, institutional arrangements, methodologies, and tools that support improvement of protected area management effectiveness at the national level.
UNEP-WCMC
Training, reporting, and data support for Target 3.
OFAC
Evaluation of PAME.
International Ranger Federation
Professionalisation of the protected area workforce.
IUCN
Technical support and frameworks for national-level PAME.
This room focuses on improving, assessing, and monitoring protected area management effectiveness at site level.
Marine Conservation Institute
Blue Park Standard for marine conservation.
WIOMSA
Strengthening MPA Management and Workforce.
NatureXpairs
Conservation in small islands and use of drones.
Global Fishing Watch
Open-access vessel tracking data to support monitoring and management.
This room focuses on identifying, mapping, establishing, and managing OECMs.
The Nature Conservancy
OECM identification and policy development support.
UNDP
ELSA tool for OECM identification and planning.
IUCN OECMs
Advancing OECMs in the Southern Africa Region.