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WCC 2012 Res 134 - Activity Report

Submitted by SomdaJ on Tue, 10/06/2015 - 17:20
General Information
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
IUCN Constituent: 
West and Central Africa Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2015
Geographic scope: 
Africa
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
I do not know
IUCN Commissions: 
I do not know
IUCN Secretariat: 
I do not know
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
UNEP
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescription
Policy influencing/advocacyThe IUCN secretariat issued a letter (drafted on 20 March 2013) to the chairperson of the African Union to draw her attention on the content of this resolution. The letter emphasizes the need for the AU commission chairperson to (a) devise and promote a campaign to build upon this momentum, to encourage African Union Members States who have not yet done so, to ratify the Convention as soon as...
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
Information is being shared between IUCN and UNEP indicating that countries are moving towards the ratification: Guinea and South Africa (sept. 2013). Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia have planned sensitization workshops for the convention in 2013. Guinea and DRC have nominated focal points for the convention.IUCN was recognised by the AMCEN as influencing organisation that can help countries to understand the need for ratifying the African Convention. As per 2014, four additional countries ratified and deposited the convention (Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, South Africa). As per 07/04/2014, 42 countries have signed, 12 ratified and deposited.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingIt could be good to have such future action to assess the progress effectively made by countries, as most of the time political agenda does not necessarly match with the resolution time frame.