Submitted by
senguptas
on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 09:38
General Information
Resolution
46460
Period covered
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
Wetlands International ( The Netherlands )
The Wildlife Trusts ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
IUCN Commissions
F517E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Newcastle University; United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN FAO); Global Peatlands Initiative/UNEP
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
Implementation of this resolution is being led by the IUCN UK National Committee's Peatland Programme and the CEM Peatland thematic group. As reported in the activity report submitted, it is still at the early stages of its implementation. Two key contributions to date are: (i) the publication of the IUCN issues brief on Peatlands and Climate Change, which was launched at UNFCCC COP23 to draw attention to the key contribution of this ecosystem towards addressing climate change, and (ii) IUCN's joining the Global Peatlands Initiative, a multi-partner initiative led by UNEP to save peatlands as the world’s largest terrestrial organic carbon stock and to prevent it being emitted into the atmosphere.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
Implementation of certain elements will require collaboration with other commissions referred to in the resolution (e.g. WCEL on legal aspects/preparation of draft legislation), the modalities of which will need to be worked out.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
As mentioned in the activity report, putting in place a system to assess progress of countries in relation to national peatland strategies
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
Initiated: first stages of implementation
IV. Additional Information
Report status
Published