WCC 2016 Res 096 - Progress Report

Activities planned and delivered include: an inception meeting to clarify the relative roles and joint work plan with the IUCN WCPA Beyond Aichi Task Force and other parties working on this topic- carried out last year in the Island of Vilm; research to provide a scientific basis for a new strategic plan: the Secretariat & partners have been working extensively on substantiating the knowledge base around target setting, indicators to monitor progress, defining key areas for conservation, etc : information & technical papers have been prepared and published, scientific articles, blogs and media materials; development of indicators and data management systems to monitor progress in implementing the plan at different geographical scales and across different sectors: linked to the previous point; policy influencing and advocacy work: IUCN has been making reference to the Resolution in its policy work including in the Position Paper developed for the last SBSTTA of CBD in December 2017; and a major two-day international symposium at ZSL in Spring 2018, bringing together international scientific and policy experts, alongside policy-makers, business, civil society and donors, to generate greater political awareness of the need for a more ambitious and more effective strategy for safeguarding space for nature: The Space for Nature Symposium will take place in London 27-28 February and will be followed by a 1 day expert workshop that will fine-tune and plan on the delivery of 3 major outcomes: 1) a meeting report that will be presented to the CBD SBSTTA22/SBI2 in July as an information document; 2) a peer-review scientific article on the subject of the Resolution to be published in a scientific journal; 3) a CBD technical series type of publication.