Submitted by
stephen.millington
on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 22:15
General Information
Resolution
46443
IUCN Constituent
IUCN CEM Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Specialist Group 2017-2020
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Country/Territory
China
Korea (DPRK)
Korea (RK)
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ( Australia )
Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association ( Myanmar )
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ( China )
Shan Shui Conservation Center ( China )
Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology ( China )
China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation ( China )
China Mangrove Conservation Network (legal name: Putian Green Sprout Coastal Wetlands Research Center) ( China )
Eco Foundation Global ( China )
Wild Bird Society of Japan ( Japan )
Ministry of the Environment, Japan ( Japan )
World Wide Fund for Nature - Japan ( Japan )
Ramsar Network Japan ( Japan )
Nature Conservation Union of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( Democratic People's Republic of Korea )
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Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea ( Republic of Korea )
Korea Heritage Service ( Republic of Korea )
World Heritage Promotion Team of Korean Tidal Flats ( Republic of Korea )
Wetlands International ( The Netherlands )
Department of Conservation ( New Zealand )
BirdLife International ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Wildlife Conservation Society ( United States of America )
US Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service) ( United States of America )
International Crane Foundation, Inc. ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
F517E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
State Forestry Administration, China; State Oceanic Administration, China; Beijing Forestry University, China; Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea, WWF Korea, Ramsar Secretariat, East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership, University of Queensland, Australia, Nanjing Normal University, Birds Korea, Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea, Common Waddensee Secretariat
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Meeting of the three Yellow Sea counties in Yancheng, China as part of China's World Heritage nomination for Tidal Flats, in Dec 2017 to agree on a joint structure and mechanism for moving forward Resolution 26
Status
Completed
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Resolution approved at COP of Convention of Migratory Species in Philippines in Nov 2017 on conserving coastal wetlands, notably tidal flats and proposal for a similar resolution at upcoming Ramsar COP in 2018
Status
_none
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership is developing communication and education campaigns to support this process, as well as support through its Yellow Sea Task Force
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
China and Republic of Korea have nominated tidal flat areas in each country for World Heritage nomination
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Mainly logistical, in getting all three Yellow Sea countries together
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
A joint task force and TOR agreed by all three Yellow Sea countries to move forward the recommendations of Resolution 26
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
Hold first (formal) workshop of the joint task force
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Advance World Heritage nomination in China, Republic of Korea, and perhaps DPRK
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2017-2020