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WCC 2016 Res 050 - Activity Report

Submitted by FernandesLe on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 21:50
General Information
Increasing marine protected area coverage for effective marine biodiversity conservation
IUCN Constituent: 
Oceania Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2017
Geographic scope: 
Pacific Ocean
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH ( GIZ ) / Germany
Fiji Department of Environment / Fiji
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology / Solomon Islands
Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change & Communications (MEIDECC) ( MEIDECC ) / Tonga
Ministry of Climate Change, Meteorology, Natural Disaster, Environment and Energy / Vanuatu
IUCN Commissions: 
FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
Vava'u Environment Protection Association
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Scientific/technical activitiesMarine Protected Area Placement Guidelines are being adopted by member countries which would realise, if implementated, at least 30% MPAs within their national jurisdications.On-going
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Policy influencing/advocacyIUCN is working with countries to support approval and use of the biophysical guidelines in decision-making about where to locate MPAs within each country's EEZ.