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hiltonc
on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 09:34
General Information
Resolution
43985
IUCN Constituent
Cambridge Office
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Endangered Wildlife Trust ( South Africa )
PROVITA ( Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) )
7D5022D1-B6A3-E011-96D3-002655853524
Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature ( Jordan )
Zoological Society of London ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
IUCN Commissions
4D425C2B-891E-E211-8DEB-002655853524
5B1D7F64-8114-E211-8DEB-002655853524
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CNC Flora Brazil, ArtDataBanken Sweden, and many other individulsl representing national institutions (see: http://www.nationalredlist.org/network/red-list-network/)
II. Implementation
Challenges / obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution
Lack of financial funds
Lack of human resources
Lack of political will
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
The Modes and Modalities paper should help to get greater engagement with all CBD Parties. Fund raising efforts are helping to fund solutions to some of the technological obstacles.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
A number of National Red List training workshops have been held to build capacity and the network of trained Red List Trainers is slowly being expanded to help with this. Tools for Red List work are being improved, a key advance being the development of the Data Uploader to import assessments into SIS from external database systems. This should improve the incorporation of endemics on national Red Lists into the IUCN Red List. The decision by the Red List Committee to allow assessments to be submitted and published in selected other languages will have a significant impact on the whole process. The various stakeholder meetings have helped to identify various issues and barriers to national Red List activities and there has been a general increase in activity as evidenced by the growth of the National Red List database. The Modes and Modalities paper being prepared will help us to engage with all stakeholders. Efforts are underway to look at better mechanisms for providing biodiversity data to policy-related processes like the compilation of NBSAPs, etc.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
The Modes and Modalities document will be made available to the CBD Parties at SBSSTA 19 and a side-event around this will be held (November 2015). The document will be open to comment by the Parties. A revised version will be presented to SBSTTA 20 in 2016 with another side-event planned.
Future action / activity
Fundraising
Description
IUCN and ZSL have submitted a joint funding proposal to a donor to cover some of the activities outlined here, but much more additional fund raising is required
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Develop a pilot project to see if the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) for Conservation can be extended to provide countries with key information on species, key biodiversity areas and protected areas to inform the NBSAP process. ZSL are developing other tools to help with NBSAP development and analysis of biodiversity data for other policy-relevant contexts.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
The National Red List database needs to be redeveloped and the website enhanced; this includes building connectivity between the National Red List website and the IUCN Red List website.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
The SIS Data Uploader functionality made available to all countries with national Red List databases.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
The technical requirements and cost of modifying SIS and the Red List website to accommodate assessments in other languages will be scoped out. Funds for this work have been allocated by the Red List Committee.
III. Additional Information
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat