SO2 will support investment partnerships and other interventions aimed at establishing other effective area-based conservation measures (OEACMs) that can achieve effective in-situ conservation of biodiversity outside of protected areas. An ‘other effective area-based conservation measure’ is defined by the CBD (2018) as a geographically defined area, other than a Protected Area, which is governed and managed in ways that achieve positive and sustained long-term outcomes for the insitu conservation of biodiversity, with associated ecosystem functions and services and where applicable, cultural, spiritual, socio–economic, and other locally relevant values. Many private and communal forests in partner communities and landscapes fall into this category while others will be supported to join the category for improved forest management. OCEAM is a fairly new category in conservation in Uganda so SO2 will support policy engagement interventions towards legal, policy and institutional reform to enable the appropriate recognition of OEACMs.  SO2 will support increased coverage of ecologically representative areas of particular importance to biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services through trusteeships and investment partnerships. SO2 will also support interventions that foster engagement with a range of rights holders and stakeholders who contribute to area-based conservation outside protected areas. SO2 will support interventions that enhance connectivity between protected areas across landscapes – restoring wildlife corridors as conservation areas. SO2 will address climate change by contributing net zero policy engagement and awareness: and building resilience to the physical impacts of climate change through nature-based solutions. SO2 will also support sustainable landscapes and livelihoods through landscape-wide business cases that attack private sector investments; and multi-stakeholder investment platforms coordinating landscape-wide investment plans. Key result areas under SO2 will include: