WCC 2016 Res 017 - Activity Report

-. Participation, as part of UNESCO’s delegation, in the “Trilateral meeting China/United States/Mexico on the combat against illegal traffic of Totoaba fish”, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, between 22nd Aug – 25th Aug. 2017. The IUCN delegation was formed by Silvio Simonit, Operations Coordinator of IUCN Office in Mexico-ORMACC, and Meike Scheidat, member of IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), as part of UNESCO’s delegation headed by Fanny Douvere, Coordinator of the Marine Programme at the World Heritage Centre. Main objectives of the meeting were:
• i) establish an effective tri-national cooperation agenda in the fight against the illegal extraction, trafficking and demand of totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi).
• ii) Elaborate a trilateral strategy to combat Totoaba’s illegal trafficking, and build a reciprocally beneficial partnership.
• Iii) Review the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), on trinational cooperation to combat Totoaba’s illegal trafficking and associated demand; and formalize a timeline to carry out the internal consultation and approval processes of each country.
(For details, below attached the meeting report and the resolution updating report).
-. Participation of the Mexican Government in the Meeting of UNESCO-WHC (Paris, France, June 26-27, 2017) / Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California. (For details, below attached the meeting report and the resolution updating report).