Submitted by
FernandesLe
on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 21:50
General Information
Resolution
46467
IUCN Constituent
Oceania Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Pacific Ocean
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH ( 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) ( 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
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Marine Protected Area Placement Guidelines are being adopted by member countries which would realise, if implementated, at least 30% MPAs within their national jurisdications.
Status
On-going
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
IUCN 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.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2017-2020