Submitted by
stuart.BUTCHART
on Sun, 12/17/2017 - 22:07
General Information
Resolution
46433
IUCN Constituent
BirdLife International
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Zoological Society of London ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
IUCN Commissions
F717E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
• The RLI was included in the 2017 SDG report with data for each country updated in the UN SDG indicator database
• The RLI and various disaggregations were included in the First Order Draft of the IPBES Global Assessment, with the indicators extrapolated to 2020 to assess progress towards the Aichi Targets.
• RLIs, disaggregated to national level, were included in the ‘country profiles’ on the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool, and made available to CBD national focal points, among others
• The RLI and various disaggregations were included in the First Order Draft of the IPBES Global Assessment, with the indicators extrapolated to 2020 to assess progress towards the Aichi Targets.
• RLIs, disaggregated to national level, were included in the ‘country profiles’ on the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool, and made available to CBD national focal points, among others
Status
On-going
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
• A Red List Index for Wild Relatives of domesticated species of birds and mammals was calculated and a paper will soon be submitted for publication (McGowan et al in prep)
• All bird species were reassessed by BirdLife International for the 206 IUCN Red List (the 7th complete assessment), allowed the RLI to be updated to 2016 for birds
• Progress was made towards the 3rd complete assessment for mammals, but its completion has been delayed, again, to 2018
• R code has been developed to calculate national RLIs based on a disaggregation of the global index, with each species weighted by the proportion of its range falling within the country
• Funding was secured from the EU for the INSPIRE4Nature project, led by CNRS, which wil include funding for a PhD to work on RLI methodologies.
• Fields for capturing RLI data are now included in SIS.
• All bird species were reassessed by BirdLife International for the 206 IUCN Red List (the 7th complete assessment), allowed the RLI to be updated to 2016 for birds
• Progress was made towards the 3rd complete assessment for mammals, but its completion has been delayed, again, to 2018
• R code has been developed to calculate national RLIs based on a disaggregation of the global index, with each species weighted by the proportion of its range falling within the country
• Funding was secured from the EU for the INSPIRE4Nature project, led by CNRS, which wil include funding for a PhD to work on RLI methodologies.
• Fields for capturing RLI data are now included in SIS.
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
The lack of priority and funding for reassessments is hindering progress in updating the RLI, with the 2nd amphibian assessment still apparently years away, and the mammal reassessment delayed again.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
The RLI has been reinstated as a Tier 1 indicator for the SDGs, and was included in the 2017 SDG report. The RLI is well profiled in the IPBES Global Assessment, which will in turn feed into the Global Biodiversity Outlook 5.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
Further promotion of the policy uptake of the RLI, including through IPBES, SDGs, GBO5 etc.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Further development of RLI methods and updates to the index.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member