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WCC 2016 Res 016 - Activity Report

Submitted by stuart.BUTCHART on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 11:54
General Information
The IUCN Red List Index for monitoring extinction risk
IUCN Constituent: 
BirdLife International
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Member
Period covered: 
2018
Geographic scope: 
Global
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Zoological Society of London ( ZSL ) / United Kingdom
IUCN Commissions: 
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2013-2016 (SSC)
IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
FundraisingFunding from the EU was secured for the INSPIRE4Nature project, led by CNRS, involving several IUCN Red List Partners, to train 15 PhD students, some of whom will be working on the Red List Index. IUCN Secretariat secured funding from the Swiss Government to develop functionality on the IUCN Red List website to serve up RLIs and various disaggregations of them to users. The IUCN DG has convened calls with the CEOs of the Red List Partners, and after a decade of existence, join-fundraising efforts are finally underway to secure significant funding for the IUCN Red List, allowing the regular production and update of RLIs based on reassessments.- None -
Policy influencing/advocacyThe RLI was included in the 2018 SDG report with data for each country updated in the UN SDG indicator database • The RLI and various disaggregations were included in the Third Order Draft of the IPBES Global Assessment, with the indicators extrapolated to 2020 to assess progress towards the Aichi Targets and 2030 for the SDGs, and in each of the IPBES Regional Assessments. • RLIs, disaggregated to national level, were included in the ‘country profiles’ on the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool, and made available to CBD national focal points, among othersOn-going
Scientific/technical activitiesA Red List Index for Wild Relatives of domesticated species of birds and mammals was calculated and published in McGowan et al 2018 Conservation Letters 2018: e12588. • Progress was made towards the 3rd complete assessment for mammals and 2nd for amphibians, but their completion has been delayed, again, to 2019 and 2020 or later respectively. • An EU-funded INSPIRE4Nature project, led by CNRS, has commenced, including a PhD based at Sapienza University Rome, to work on RLI methodologies. • National RLIs have been produced based on repeated assessments of national extinction risk for multiple taxa in South Africa, and for birds in Colombia.On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
A Red List Index for Wild Relatives of domesticated species of birds and mammals was calculated and published in McGowan et al 2018 Conservation Letters 2018: e12588.
The RLI was included in the 2018 SDG report with data for each country updated in the UN SDG indicator database. The RLI and various disaggregations were included in the Third Order Draft of the IPBES Global Assessment, with the indicators extrapolated to 2020 to assess progress towards the Aichi Targets and 2030 for the SDGs, and in each of the IPBES Regional Assessments. • RLIs, disaggregated to national level, were included in the ‘country profiles’ on the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool, and made available to CBD national focal points, among others
What challenges have you encountered in implementing this Resolution and what measures have you taken to overcome them?: 
The lack of priority and funding for reassessments is hindering progress in updating the RLI, with the 2nd amphibian assessment still apparently years away, and the mammal reassessment delayed again.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
FundraisingContinue to raise funds to support reassessments
Policy influencing/advocacyPromote RLI throyugh SDGs and as an indicator for the new post-2020 framework on biodievrsity to be negotiated through the CBD.
Scientific/technical activitiesContinue to advance methods for production of the RLI. Develop portal on Red List website to serve up RLIs to users.