The 2021 Progress Report – Local Protected Areas provides a general overview of the project implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, in partnership with ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The document presents how the project originated and an overview of the state of local governments in 2016. The publication outlines the project structure, its objectives, results, main impacts, and recommendations for the scalability and sustainability of the proposed actions during its implementation.