The IUCN Green List Standard supports successful protected and conserved area performance, by recognising, incentivising and building capacity to achieve defined impact in the full range of legal, cultural, social, geographical and ecological conditions. As a global initiative based on site-level implementation, the sustainability impact spans scales from local to global.
The IUCN Green List launched Version 1.0 of its Standard at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress. Since then, here are some numbers of its collective impact: