Submitted by
smithm
on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 13:25
General Information
Resolution
44035
IUCN Constituent
Headquarters
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
World Wildlife Fund - US ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
I don't know
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Challenges / obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution
No obstacles were encountered
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Ramsar Convention adopted a Resolution on environmental water requirements at CoP 12, 2015, under lead of Mexico, supported by WWF.
Concept of sustainable water withdrawals incorporated into SDG 6.4 and wetland conservation and restoration in 6.6. Together these provide a trigger debate and action on policies for water allocation at national level.
WIO-Lab programme approved by the GEF, including environmental flows assessment for 5 East African rivers.
Request by Mozambique and Zimbabwe for IUCN support to integrate environmental flows into binational management agreement for the Pungwe river basin
Concept of sustainable water withdrawals incorporated into SDG 6.4 and wetland conservation and restoration in 6.6. Together these provide a trigger debate and action on policies for water allocation at national level.
WIO-Lab programme approved by the GEF, including environmental flows assessment for 5 East African rivers.
Request by Mozambique and Zimbabwe for IUCN support to integrate environmental flows into binational management agreement for the Pungwe river basin
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
Further support in transboundary basins to translation of water law principles into actions with impacts on water allocation to wetlands.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Implementation of environmental flows activities under the GEF WIO-Lab programme
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat