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WCC 2012 Res 025 - Activity Report

Submitted by jenkinsr on Thu, 08/13/2015 - 11:19
General Information
Conservation of African elephants
IUCN Constituent: 
Cambridge Office
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2015
Geographic scope: 
Global
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz ( BMUV ) / Germany
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA ) / United Kingdom
Ministry of Environment Wildlife and Tourism / Botswana
US Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service) ( FWS ) / United States of America
IUCN Commissions: 
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2013-2016 (SSC)
IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescription
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingThe African Elephant Summit was held in Gaborone, Botswana from 2-4 December 2013. Delegates from 30 countries and 27 inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations participated in discussions around key urgent measures required to stem the growing illegal ivory trade and its impacts on elephant populations in Africa. A set of 14 urgent measures were adopted by consensus.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
Reports on implementation of the Urgent Measures were provided by some countries at the Kasane Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Scientific/technical activitiesThis resolution is now linked to the global initiative on Illegal Wildlife Trade