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WCC 2012 Res 078 - Activity Report

Submitted by SimardF on Sun, 09/27/2015 - 12:15
General Information
Conservation of marine phytoplankton
IUCN Constituent: 
Headquarters
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2015
Geographic scope: 
Global
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Center for Environmental Legal Studies ( CEL ) / United States of America
IUCN Commissions: 
I do not know
IUCN Secretariat: 
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
TARA expeditions
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescription
Scientific/technical activitiesTara expeditions conducted several oceanographic cruises aiming at studying oceanic plankton functions and system.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
Large amount of data are collected and on their way to be analyzed. Several important papers already published in scientific journals (Sciences and Nature).
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 ActionDescription
Policy influencing/advocacyProposing to CBD way to take into consideration the plankton biodiversity and its function s for the definition of EBSAs
Scientific/technical activitiesConduct more research on plankton system structures and functionning