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General Information
Resolution
46458
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
| Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec | Activities Overview | Description | Status | Action |
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| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | Module on Key Biodiversity Areas produced for IUCN PAPACO Massive Open Online Course on Species Conservation | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | KBAs identified/updated for the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot according to the global KBA Standard as part of the Criticial Ecosystem Partnership Fund ecosystem profile | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Capacity building | "Guidelines for Using the Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas" drafted by the KBA Standards and Appeals Committee and the KBA Technical Working Group | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Capacity building | Training sessions on the global KBA Standard held in Cartagena, Colombia; Washington, DC; and Quebec City, Canada | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | KBA Committee, the highest level decision-making body of the KBA Partnership, is established and two meetings were held in 2017. | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | KBA Community created to grant a voice and proper recognition to, and foster engagement with, individuals and organisations that actively support the development and implementation of the KBA Programme at the national and local level through providing data, and/or participating in the identification and monitoring of KBAs. | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | KBA Consultative Forum established to provide a mechanism for end-users of KBA Data to provide input and advice to the KBA Committee on the dissemination and use of KBA data, management decisions, marketing, funding, etc. of the KBA Programme, and in turn, be informed about progress and plans in the implementation of the KBA Programme. First meeting of the Forum held in December. | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | KBA National Coordination Group established for Australia | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | KBA National Coordination Group established for South Africa | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | KBA National Coordination Group established for Uganda | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership of 12 international organizations formally launched a KBA Programme to support the identification, monitoring and safeguard of KBAs (BirdLife International IUCN, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Global Wildlife Conservation, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Wildlife Conservation Society and WWF) | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | The KBA Secretariat is responsible for centralized coordination activities (including supporting the KBA Committee, the KBA Consultative Forum and the KBA Community; coordination of joint fundraising and communication activities); management of the KBA Data, development and management of the KBA Database and the KBA Website; coordination of Regional Focal Points; and coordination of the process to confirm sites as KBAs. The Head of the KBA Secretariat was appointed in January 2018. | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | Workshop "Key Biodiversity Areas: Supporting Sustainable Development in Myanmar" held on 28-30 March 2017 in Naypyidaw, Myanmar | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | Workshop "Reporting on Conservation: Key Biodiversity Areas and Ecosystem Services" held on 8-10 Nov 2017 in Quebec City, Canada | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | Article on Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership and Programme published in Biological Conservation | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | Article on Key Biodiversity Areas published in Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | Technical workshop convened to test methods for applying KBA Criterion C for sites of outstanding ecological integrity | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | Symposium "Key Biodiversity Area identification and safeguard: development and application of the new standard" organized at the 28th International Congress for Conservation Biology on 24 July 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | Webinars on the Key Biodiversity Areas Standard, KBA Partnership, Business Guidelines, and KBA Community held for KBA Partners and other organizations | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | "Guidelines on Business and KBAs: Managing Risk to Biodiversity" developed to support the effective management of biodiversity risks to KBAs that may arise from business activities | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | A workshop on Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas was held in December where the link between KBAs and EBSAs was promoted by KBA Partners | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | Side event on KBAs held at meeting of the World Heritage Committee on 4 July 2017 in Krakow, Poland | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | Alliance for Zero Extinction sites (KBAs holding Critically Endangered or Endangered species restricted to single sites globally) updated for comprehensively assessed taxonomic groups globally | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | Freshwater KBAs identified for Canada according to the global KBA Standard | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | Freshwater KBAs identified for Lake Victoria basin according to the global KBA Standard | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | Freshwater KBAs identified for Madagascar according to the global KBA Standard | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | KBA Standards and Appeals Committee, reporting to the Chairs of the IUCN SSC and WCPA, established to ensure that KBA identification is objective, transparent and science‐based | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | KBA Technical Working Group of the KBA Committee established to ensure that the KBA identification, documentation and monitoring efforts of the KBA Partners are implemented in a consistent manner | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | KBAs identified for the Mountains of Central Asia biodiversity hotspot according to the global KBA Standard as part of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund ecosystem profile | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | KBAs identified in Uganda according to the global KBA Standard | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | KBAs identified/updated for the Caribbean biodiversity hotspot according to the global KBA Standard as part of the Criticial Ecosystem Partnership Fund ecosystem profile | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | Creación, registro y operación de Unidades de Manejo para la Conservación y Aprovechamiento Sustentable de la Vida Silvestre (UMA) ante SEMARNAT, incluyendo los Estados de Querétaro (Sierra Gorda) y San Luis Potosí (Zona Altiplano, Zona Media y Huasteca) para protección de ecosistemas vulnerables donde se distribuyen especies de flora y fauna silvestre nativas, endémicas incluidas en alguna categoría de amenaza o riesgo de extinción. Ejecución de actividades extractivas y no extractivas de bajo impacto ecológico que promueven e incentivan el desarrollo rural sostenible de las comunidades locales, algunas de ellas con población indígena. El esquema de UMA permite el usufructuo legal y aprovechamiento sustentable de la vida silvestre contenida en los predios que poseen desalentando el cambio de uso de suelo y promoviendo la conservación de los hábitat naturales y servicios ecosistémicos, aplicando actividades de manejo para el mejoramiento del hábitat que resultan en beneficios ecológicos como servicios ambientales y la conservación de especies nativas, endémicas y catalogadas bajo algún de riesgo de extinción | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | Talleres educativos dirigidos a pobladores locales y personal operativo de las Unidades de Manejo para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre que incluyen enfoques y temas de biodiversidad, biología de la conservación, crisis de extinción, manejo de vida silvestre, técnicas de mejoramiento de hábitat, monitoreo de fauna silvestre, aviturismo, ecoturismo, administración, gestión y legislación de la vida silvestre. | On-going | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
| IUCN Members | IUCN Commissions | IUCN Secretariat | Other non-IUCN related organisations |
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
External link(s)
Report status
Published
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
World Wide Fund for Nature - International ( Switzerland )
BirdLife International ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Conservation International ( United States of America )
Wildlife Conservation Society ( United States of America )
NatureServe ( United States of America )
Re:wild ( United States of America )
Rainforest Trust ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
F717E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Global Environment Facility, American Bird Conservancy, Synchronicity Earth, Unidad de Manejo para la Conservación Guayabos
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Capacity-building
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Field activities
Fundraising
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
A comprehensive report on activities and achievements is provided by the KBA Partnership at https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/47281.
Its also great to hear of the activities underway through the SSC Galliformes SG and Unidad de Manejo para la Conservación Guayabos, with partners, as reported at https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/47251. It would be great to know which KBAs, specifically, these activities are addressing, from http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/site/results?reg=9&cty=137&snm=.
Its also great to hear of the activities underway through the SSC Galliformes SG and Unidad de Manejo para la Conservación Guayabos, with partners, as reported at https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/47251. It would be great to know which KBAs, specifically, these activities are addressing, from http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/site/results?reg=9&cty=137&snm=.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
See https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/47281.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
See https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/47281.
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
On-going: implementation consisting of repetitive, recurrent action (attending meetings, reporting, etc.)