Submitted by
catord
on Tue, 06/28/2016 - 18:20
General Information
Resolution
43993
IUCN Constituent
IUCN SSC Network support team 2013-2016
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2013-2016
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Wetlands International ( The Netherlands )
IUCN Commissions
5B1D7F64-8114-E211-8DEB-002655853524
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
International Waterbird Census
II. Implementation
Challenges / obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution
Lack of financial funds
Lack of human resources
Lack of information on other partners
Other
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Increased networking (more engagement from IUCN Council and Secretariat), continuation of monitoring, additional fundraising.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
See above.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
While stronger mechanisms exist in Africa-Eurasia, the major gap is Asia where more species are in decline and in the Neotropics were local capacity is weakest - this needs to be and is being addressed. More engagement of the IUCN Secretariat and Council is required.
Future action / activity
Fundraising
Description
Additional resources are urgently required from IUCN members and others to strengthen national and regional coordination, fill geographic gaps to extend monitoring of critically important wetlands, improve quality and consistency of monitoring and strengthen reporting by the networks.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Regular outputs of the waterbird monitoring are fundamental to improving estimates and trends of waterbirds and to support the IUCN Red listing. Planning for the “Waterbird Population Estimates 6th edition” is underway and additional resources are required to undertake this work.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2013-2016