WCC 2012 Res 067 - Activity Report

Submitted by SimardF on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 14:56

IUCN Constituent:

Headquarters

IUCN Constituent type:

IUCN Secretariat

Period covered:

2015

Geographic scope:

Arctic Ocean

IUCN Members:

3B5506FF-B9A3-E011-96D3-002655853524

IUCN Commissions:

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2013-2016 (WCEL)

IUCN Secretariat:

Yes

Other non-IUCN related organisations:

Arctic Council; Unesco World Heritage Center; WWF, NRDC, Albert 2 Foundation, Monaco Government, French Ministry of Ecology

Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution:

Action	Description
Policy influencing/advocacy	Working with the shipping sector on assessing the risk to marine biodiversity in the Arctic. Influencing the Arctic Council for sustainable arctic resources management
Scientific/technical activities	Identifying Ecologically and Biologically Sensitive Areas (EBSA) in the Arctic. Providing documentation and tools toward setting up a network of MPAs in the Arctic. Providing documented proposals for World Heritage natural site candidates in the Arctic.

Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken:

Comprehensive mapping of Artic EBSA has been provided to the relevant organizations.

What challenges have you encountered in implementing this Resolution and what measures have you taken to overcome them?:

Fundraising

Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution:

Future Action	Description
Fundraising
Policy influencing/advocacy

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