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WCC 2012 Rec 141 - Activity Report

Submitted by saikiaa on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 10:39
General Information
Conservation of Gyps vulture species in South Asia
IUCN Constituent: 
Asia Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2016
Geographic scope: 
South and East Asia
Country/Territory: 
Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Pakistan
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Baanhn Beli / Pakistan
Bird Conservation Nepal/Nepal Panchhi Samrakchyan Sangh ( BCN ) / Nepal
Bombay Natural History Society ( BNHS ) / India
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation ( DNPWC ) / Nepal
Ministry of Environment and Forest ( MoEFCC ) / Bangladesh
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change / India
National Council for Conservation of Wildlife, Ministry of Climate Change ( NCCW ) / Pakistan
WildTeam / Bangladesh
IUCN Commissions: 
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2013-2016 (SSC)
IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescription
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingIUCN Asia Regional Office continues to regularly convene the Regional Steering Committee for the South Asia Vultures Initiative which is currently chaired by the State Member from Nepal and involves the State Members of the other South Asian range countries. In addition, recently an international vulture symposium with a focus on South Asian vulture conservation was successfully conducted in...
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
IUCN Asia regional office through its various country offices is implementing a number of actions in support of the conservation of the gyps vulture species within the overall context of the South Asia Vulture Declaration. In Pakistan, IUCN Pakistan country office is working on establishing vulture safe zones in collaboration with Government and NGO Members; in India, IUCN India country office has worked on valuation of vulture ecosystem services on the lines of a TEEB valuation study; in Bangladesh, the IUCN country office has supported the government of Bangladesh with funding from the World Bank, to implement a wide range of actions for conservation of the gyps vulture species. There is a proposed motion for WCC Hawaii which specifically focuses on banning the use of NSAIDs such as diclofenac for the conservation of vulture species
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingIUCN Asia Regional office will continue to convene the governments and also possibly reach out to other countries with similar vulture populations in Asia including Cambodia, Myanmar and Bhutan