Submitted by
hasingero
on Fri, 09/25/2015 - 16:59
General Information
Resolution
44000
IUCN Constituent
IUCN SSC Network support team 2013-2016
IUCN Constituent type
5B1D7F64-8114-E211-8DEB-002655853524
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
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IUCN Commissions
5B1D7F64-8114-E211-8DEB-002655853524
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Challenges / obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution
Lack of financial funds
Lack of political will
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Fundraising efforts, lobbying, awarness raising.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
In addition to what has already done for the implementation of this resolution in 2013 (The 3rd International Congress on Fungal Conservation and the Global Fungal Red List Initiative), projects focused on Fungal red listing to enhance the taxonomic coverage of this group on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species have been financed by the MBZ Fund and other sources of funding with the support of the SSC chair office and the GSP. In this regard several workshops on Fungal Conservation have been organized in 2014 and 2015 and a significant number of Fungal species have been and are currently assessed using the IUCN Red List methodology. Lobbying, awareness raising and capacity building activities have been undertaken by all the IUCN SSC Fungi SGs and have resulted in a clear increase of the attention given to the conservation of fungi.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
1) Evaluate CBD national reports submitted in 2014, comparing them with earlier reports in their coverage of fungi, and publish the results; (2) Provide feedback to CBD SBSTTA
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Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
(1) Organizing two workshops on Lichen Red List assessment at the forthcoming annual meeting of the American Society of Botany and at The New York Botanical Garden; (2) Assessment of 15 or more species for the 2015 revision of the IUCN Red List; (3) Apply for a Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund grant for a workshop on Lichen Red List assessments at the 2016 conference of the...
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
A series of Red Listing workshop are being held in 2015: European regional workshop (February), Rusts and Smuts workshop (March), global mushrooms and related fungi (April), Australasian mushrooms and related fungi (July). Fungi Important conference participation includes a dedicated symposium and satellite activities at the 10th Convencion Internacional Sobre Medio Ambiente Y Desarrollo/5th...
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Organize a network of specialists and stakeholders for discussing conservation problems for “lower fungi” and for exchange of successful protection measures; Analyse population trends, threats, and assess species using the IUCN Red List criteria and determine conservation actions for chytrids, zygomycetes, downy mildews, slime moulds; and Promote the conservation of different groups of living...
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
study the conservation biology of rust and smut fungi and prepare a global checklist of threatened rust and smut fungi.
III. Additional Information
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2013-2016