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WCC 2016 Res 022 - Activity Report

Information générale
Constituant de l’UICN: 
BirdLife International
Type de Constituant de l’UICN: 
IUCN Member
Période d’activité: 
2018
Zone géographique: 
Mondial
Afrique
Union Européenne (UE)
Asie du Sud et Asie de l'Est
Pays/Territoire: 
Botswana
Ethiopia
Kenya
Nigeria
Zambia
Zimbabwe
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
Quels autres Membres de l’UICN sont impliqués –ou ont été impliqués- dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?: 
BirdLife Botswana ( BLB ) / Botswana
Royal Society for Protection of Nature ( RSPN ) / Bhutan
Bombay Natural History Society ( BNHS ) / India
Nature Kenya - The East Africa Natural History Society ( EANHS ) / Kenya
Nigerian Conservation Foundation ( NCF ) / Nigeria
Bird Conservation Nepal/Nepal Panchhi Samrakchyan Sangh ( BCN ) / Nepal
BirdLife South Africa ( BLSA ) / South Africa
Endangered Wildlife Trust ( EWT ) / South Africa
Fondation des amis de la nature ( NATURAMA ) / Burkina Faso
BirdLife Zimbabwe ( BLZ ) / Zimbabwe
Quelles sont les Commissions de l’UICN impliquées dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?: 
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Le Secrétariat de l’UICN, est-il impliqué dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?: 
Yes
Veuillez indiquer quels autres acteurs (non-membres de l’UICN) sont impliqués dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
Birdwatch Zambia, Vulture Conservation Foundation, CMS Secretariat, Raptors MOU Coordinating Unit, Painted Dogs Conservation, The Peregrine Fund, Kenya Birds of Prey Trust
Implémentation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Rassembler des parties prenantes/R�seautagePromoted CMS Multi-species Action Plan to Conserve African-Eurasian Vultures (Vulture MsAP, adopted by CMS parties in 2017) by CMS parties and other stakeholders, as member of Vulture MsAP steering group and adhoc coordination team, and providing interim coordination in Africa and Asia, working most closely with CMS Raptors MOU Coordinating Unit, IUCN SSC Vulture Specialist Group and Vulture Conservation Foundation. Convened the first Summit for the Flyways in Abu Dhabi, April 2018, bringing together actors and decision-makers from all eight flyways of the world to address the critical declines in many migratory bird populations including vultures. A one-day session covered African-Eurasian Vultures: Delegates reinforced the importance of the Vulture MsAP and highlighted the need for a ‘community of implementers’ bringing together all stakeholders. There is a particular urgency to put in place rapid response mechanisms for communities and governments to jointly tackle the threat of poison baits, and safety testing for veterinary pharmaceuticals to reduce this proven risk. ‘Vulture Safe Zones’ are crucial in South Asia; similar, appropriately adapted landscape approaches show great promise in other regions, particularly Africa. See https://www.birdlife.org/hub/summit-flyways.On-going
Education/Communication/SensibilisationAll anti-poisoning activities described under 'Field Activities' below include strong components of awareness-raising and education on the importance of vultures and impacts of poisoning. In addition, the outcomes of the Summit for the Flyways have been strongly promoted and advocated. Additional public awareness and education by BIrdLife Partner NGOs in Africa included production and dissemination of a documentary on vultures in Burkina Faso (by NATURAMA), and awareness programmes on the value, importance and need to conserve vultures in Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana (using International Vulture Awareness Day, through Wildlife Clubs), Sierra Leone (celebrating World Environment Day) and across Africa/worldwide (e.g. with National Geographic ‘Year of the Bird’) coordinated by the BirdLife Secretariat On-going
Activit�s de terrainActions to save Africa's vultures from poisoning have been implemented in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Zambia by BirdLife Partners – ongoing project from 2017. These include working with communities and national authorities to develop and implement protocols for rapid response to poisoning and management of human-wildlife conflict, including awareness-raising and training. The Rapid Response Protocol has been adopted in Kenya and has led to a growing network of rangers, security personnel, tour guides, scientists, conservationists, conservancy managers, and government officials committed to tackling poisoning events together. This is known to have averted at least one (potentially mass) poisoning incident and reduced the impact of others. BirdWatch Zambia have continued to consolidate and expand African’s first ‘Vulture Safe Zone’ in and around the Chisamba IBA and Luangwa Valley. On-going
Activit�s de terrainAs a Partner in the SAVE (Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction) consortium, BirdLife's activities in support of S and SE Asian Vulture conservation are described in a separate report from Chris Bowden. In Europe, several BirdLife Partners and other collaborating organisations are taking action for vultures with particular attention to Egyptian Vulture in Eastern Europe, and to advocating for the banning of vulture-toxic veterinary Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, in particular diclofenac in Portugal, Spain and Italy and across the EU. The campaign continues at the time of writing but regrettably has not yet prevented the expanding licensing of veterinary diclofenac.On-going
Activit�s de terrainImplementation of the new EU LIFE-funded project (by 14 global partners) on ‘Urgent Actions to Strengthen the Balkan Population of the Egyptian Vulture and Secure Its Flyway’ project, beginning urgent conservation measures towards eliminating major known threats to the Egyptian Vulture along its flyway, contributing to the newly agreed ‘Flyway Action Plan for the Conservation of the Balkan and Central Asian Populations of the Egyptian Vulture’ as well as the Vulture MsAP. Surveys in African range states covered by the project (Nigeria, Ethiopia, Niger and Chad) are underwayOn-going
Activit�s visant � influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiquesThe Nigerian Conservation Foundation continues is efforts to combat Illegal Wildlife Trade involving vultures and their body parts for belief-based use in Nigeria. A pledge by Birdlife International, Endangered Wildlife Trust, IUCN Vulture Specialist Group and The Peregrine Fund, to appear as an Annex to the London 2018 Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference Declaration committed the four organisations to participate in and support national and international efforts to: - reduce and eventually halt the trade in vultures and their body parts for belief-based use; - reduce and eventually halt the practice of sentinel poisoning of vultures by elephant poachers - reduce human-lion conflict that masks the intentional trade in lion parts whereby both vultures and lions are poisoned. Policy and advocacy work by BirdLife African partners includes progress in finalising the Zimbabwe Nation Vulture Action Plan (BirdLife Zimbabwe); creation of a Bird Conservation Sub-working group in KAZA composing BirdLife Zimbabwe, BirdLife Botswana, and BirdWatch Zambia; and establishment by the Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks of a new Vulture Conservation Coordinator post, working full-time on vulture issues in Botswana (supported by BirdLife Botswana). On-going
Activit�s techniques/scientifiquesIn association with the Summit for the Flyways, BirdLife has commissioned a review of Vulture Safe Zones, examining progress in South Asia and Zambia, the application of a similar approach across Africa and elsewhere. Further discussions on the VSZ concept in Africa have now begun, convened by BIrdLife South Africa. Other recent scientific work by BirdLife Partner NGOs in Africa includes: • Studies on the factors causing vulture declines in Burkina Faso (NATURAMA) • Better understanding of the threats to vulture populations in Nigeria and their root causes (Nigerian Conservation Foundation) • Lead ammunition impact research in South Africa (BirdLife South Africa) • Survey of vulture numbers in parks in Uganda (Nature Uganda) • Citizen science programmes leading to increased reports of vulture sightings in Malawi (Wildlife and Environment Society of Malawi) • Assessment of impacts on vultures of a windfarm project in Djibouti (Djibouti Nature) BirdLife Partners continue to contribute, or facilitate contributions, to poisoning databases including African Wildlife Poison Database, and where necessary supporting national compilations such as the bird mortality database in Zimbabwe On-going
Veuillez indiquer quels ont été les résultats obtenus dans le cadre des activités entreprises pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
Most impacts are reported above together with the descriptions of the actions. The Summit for the Flyways generated further consensus and collaboration to advance vulture conservation in Africa and elsewhere, and the anti-poisoning rapid response protocol is a big step forward although it needs to be continued and replicated; it has averted more than one mass poisoning event and reduced the negative impact of others. Vulture Safe Zones as a concept for Africa gained further traction and are poised for wider development and roll-out in 2019.
Quelles mesures ont été prises afin de surmonter ces obstacles ?: 
As noted last year, poisoning is a highly complex problem, driven by powerful and intractable forces such as ivory trade and human-carnivore conflict, and will take many years to overcome. Alliances with other conservation groups also concerned with poisoning, are essential and have been launched in Kenya and Zimbabwe, for example.
Veuillez indiquer et décrire brièvement les activités planifiées par la suite pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
Activité FutureDescription
Rassembler des parties prenantes/R�seautageContinue to promote increasing BirdLife network contribution to implementation the Vulture MsAP, collaborating with other organisations.
Education/Communication/SensibilisationContinue programmes to promote vultures in a positive light to decision-makers and the public, including by demonstrating their ecosystem service values.
Activit�s de terrainContinue and expand anti-poisoning programmes in Africa with replication and continuation of the rapid response and emergency funding mechanisms, and Egyptian Vulture Eastern flyway project. See separate report from SAVE consortium (of which BirdLife is a member) regarding future actions in S and SE Asia.
Activit�s de terrainDevelop guidelines, criteria, branding and trials for African Vulture Safe Zones.
Activit�s visant � influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiquesContinue to advocate bans on vulture-toxic veterinary NSAIDs and carry out safety testing on more vet medicines. Increase efforts to address threats of collision and electrocution with energy infrastructure through completion of sensitivity mapping in Kenya. Implement newly funded project to combat the threat of belief-based use of vulture body parts in Nigeria, and investigate possible CITES contribution to addressing this problem.
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