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on Mon, 12/18/2017 - 09:30
General Information
Resolution
46478
IUCN Constituent
IUCN SSC Oil Palm Task Force 2017-2020
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
No other Members are/have been involved
IUCN Commissions
F517E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
F317E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
F717E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Meeting in Cambridge, UK in June 2017 to discuss formation of the Oil Palm Task Force and development of the Situation Analyss
Status
Completed
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Meeting in Gland, Switzerland in December 2017 to update IUCN staff about the progress and plans of the Oil Palm Task Force and the upcoming review of the Situation Analysis
Status
Completed
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Workshop in Chania, Greece in October 2017 to draft individual chapters of the Situation Analysis
Status
Completed
Activity
Fundraising
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The Task Force's current round of funding will run out in June 2018 and we will need to identify new finding sources to continue our activities.
Status
_none
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The development of a Situation Analysis on Oil Palm and Biodiversity as requested in Resolution 061 is ongoing. The report has been drafted by 25 co-authors, including some representatives from IUCN Specialist Groups. The draft report will be distributed for IUCN-wide and external review on December 22nd. Based on that feedback, we will develop a final text of the Situation Analysis by late January 2018. The Situation Analysis should be available online by April 2018.
Status
On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
We have conducted two workshops to discuss the development of the Situation Analysis on Oil Palm and Biodiversity and the formation of the Oil Palm Task Force as requested in Resolution 061. The Situation Analysis has been drafted and will be sent out for IUCN-wide and external review on 22 December 2017. The Oil Palm Task Force has been established, terms of reference for membership and advisory committee agreed, and a website established to disseminate Task Force activities (iucn-optf.org).
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
Before June 18, 2018 the Task Force will convene its third workshop that will build on the finding of the Situation Analysis on Oil Palm and Biodiversity, and set out strategies and key activities for the Task Force in the remainder of the current Quadrennium. Date and location of the workshop remain to be decided.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
We will finalize the Situation Analysis on Oil Palm and Biodiversity based on input from the public review process. The plan is to prepare at least the electronic version of the final report and launch it at the RSPO EU-RT in Paris from 23-25 June 2018. We will also seek additional opportunities to promote the report and its message
III. Additional Information
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External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2017-2020