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General Information
Resolution
46431
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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| Capacity building | The EWT conducted Wildlife Poisoning Response training to 247 learners from the conservation, veterinary and law enforcement sectors in South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya and Botswana. Following the training of trainers in Kenya at the end of 2016 and in September 2018, a further 400+ people have received training in this regard in Kenya during 2018. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | See comments on the Wildlife Poisoning Workshop hosted by DEA in Pretoria in August 2018. A lead poisoning focus group has been established and will focus on addressing the threat of lead poisoning to wildlife and people in southern Africa. the first workshop for this group is scheduled for the 18th and 19th of February 2019. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | We are currently working on awareness materials aimed at all sectors of society with regard to the human health risk associated with the use of wildlife products acquired by means of poisoning which will be dissemenated through our various networks upon completion, probably towards mid-2019. | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Fundraising | The EWT has secured a significant grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service in September 2018. The funding will be used to conduct further Poisoning Response Training in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia working with a range of in-country partners aiming to train at least another 50 individuals per country. We will also identify individuals in these target countries and conduct train-the-trainer workshops to enable them to also conduct training in this regard independently within their areas of operation. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | The EWT has been working in support of the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) towards the implementation of the CMS guidelines for the prevention of poisoning of wildlife in the SADC region. A workshop to discuss implementation and cross-border cooperation in this regard was hosted by DEA in Pretoria in August 2018. DEA has also engaged in the drafting of a National Conservation Action Plan for Vultures based on the CMS Vulture MsAP which includes a significant focus on the combatting of wildlife poisoning which is the most significant threat that impact these birds. Similar discussions have also been engaged with Botswana, Mozambique and Kenya. As a result of the Wildlife Poisoning Response Workshop conducted in Kenya in 2016, the Kenya Wildlife Service in February 2018 has formally adopted a protocol to combat illegal wildlife poisoning within Kenya and all their conservation staff will be trained in this regard. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | Continue the management and maintenance of the African Wildlife Poisoning Database that attempts to capture and collate data on all wildlife poisoning incidents in Africa that are known. The database also has an App that enables people in the field to up-load data directly after registration. Data from this database was instrumental in drafting a range of poisoning risk and maps for incusion in the CMS Vulture MsAP. | On-going | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
Report status
Published
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
Administracao Nacional das Areas de Conservacao ( Mozambique )
Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries & The Environment ( South Africa )
Endangered Wildlife Trust ( South Africa )
SEO/BirdLife, Sociedad Española de Ornitología ( Spain )
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 )
IUCN Commissions
F717E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
The Peregrine Fund, Hawk Conservancy Trust, Raptors Botswana, NARREC, Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Zambia), Zambia Carnivore Project, African Parks, African Lion Working Group, Gorongosa Management Authority
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Capacity-building
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Fundraising
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
The working group for implementation of this resolution comprises of the IUCN Secretariat, the SSC Chair's Office and member-assigned focal points from EWT, SEO and RSPB. The group had a few group calls and many exchanges of emails to focus on the major component of this resolution - a global situation analysis on the impacts of poisons on wildlife.
AS this is a major resolution which was merged from three motions, therefore it has large components. However, members have been working and contributing greatly to implement this resolution from a wide range of activities.
The overall progress of the resolution is going well, and activities are on-going.
Major achievements have been on capacity building. EWT trained more than 2000 individuals in 8 countries in east and southern Africa in Poisoning Response, which led to a number of notabe successes in areas targetd for training with significant reduction in the number of mortalities recorded during incidents where training has been used and effective poisoning strategies have been implemented.
Conducted and completed a desk study on global poisoning of wildlife.
Fundraising: major efforts in convening the working group to develop a project proposal for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative's Collaborative Fund but failed to secure the required partner for the proposal.
AS this is a major resolution which was merged from three motions, therefore it has large components. However, members have been working and contributing greatly to implement this resolution from a wide range of activities.
The overall progress of the resolution is going well, and activities are on-going.
Major achievements have been on capacity building. EWT trained more than 2000 individuals in 8 countries in east and southern Africa in Poisoning Response, which led to a number of notabe successes in areas targetd for training with significant reduction in the number of mortalities recorded during incidents where training has been used and effective poisoning strategies have been implemented.
Conducted and completed a desk study on global poisoning of wildlife.
Fundraising: major efforts in convening the working group to develop a project proposal for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative's Collaborative Fund but failed to secure the required partner for the proposal.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
One of the challenges in 2018 was to raise fund for the Global Situation Analysis which 'REQUESTS the Director General, Commissions and Members to undertake a global situation analysis regarding the impacts of poisons on wild fauna, identifying priorities for conservation action in terms of threatened species, types of poisoning and geographical areas and gathering evidence of successful interventions to prevent poisoning. As reported in the previous year, IUCN Secretariat does not have a programme of work on compatting poisoning of wildlife and there is no budget to carry out this task of the resolution.
The Secretariat focal point together with the SSC's focal point had many conversations with the member-assigned focal points to find ways to fundraise and find experts within the SSC to carry out the work. This issue was also brought up to the Steering Committee of the SSC and was agreed by the Committee that it is an important task to be done and it is necessary to find some donors to fund this. However, there is not a dedicated staff time for implementation of resolutions from the Secretariat to raise fund for this work, it remains a real challenge. It is important to have support from the Council to find ways to allocate funds for activities requested to the DG and Commissions from resolutions.
The Secretariat focal point together with the SSC's focal point had many conversations with the member-assigned focal points to find ways to fundraise and find experts within the SSC to carry out the work. This issue was also brought up to the Steering Committee of the SSC and was agreed by the Committee that it is an important task to be done and it is necessary to find some donors to fund this. However, there is not a dedicated staff time for implementation of resolutions from the Secretariat to raise fund for this work, it remains a real challenge. It is important to have support from the Council to find ways to allocate funds for activities requested to the DG and Commissions from resolutions.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
Continue to try to raise fund for the Global Situation Analysis, support is needed from the Council to find donors who would like to fund this work.
Partners continue to carry out elements of the Resolution
EWT as one of the organisation implementing this resolution will focus on the following activities:
- Capacity building: expanding the network of trainers
- Networking: participating in CMS Wildlife Poisoning Working Group and the southern African Wildlife Poisoning Working Group
- Policy influecning: Engaging at the national level with governments to have more effective enforcement of existing policies and regulations and to implment various resolutions related to wildlife poisoning
- Scientific and techincal activities: improving capacity with regarding to sample collection and analysis; facilitating more effective capture and collation of wildlife poisoning data from all range countries.
Note: It is important to have budget allocated to resolutions which ask the IUCN DG to carry out certain activities, otherwise, it's difficult to implement.
Partners continue to carry out elements of the Resolution
EWT as one of the organisation implementing this resolution will focus on the following activities:
- Capacity building: expanding the network of trainers
- Networking: participating in CMS Wildlife Poisoning Working Group and the southern African Wildlife Poisoning Working Group
- Policy influecning: Engaging at the national level with governments to have more effective enforcement of existing policies and regulations and to implment various resolutions related to wildlife poisoning
- Scientific and techincal activities: improving capacity with regarding to sample collection and analysis; facilitating more effective capture and collation of wildlife poisoning data from all range countries.
Note: It is important to have budget allocated to resolutions which ask the IUCN DG to carry out certain activities, otherwise, it's difficult to implement.
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.)