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senguptas
on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 14:16
General Information
Resolution
46460
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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| Policy influencing/advocacy | The UK Peatland Strategy was launched in 2018. The UK Peatland Strategy aims to drive and co-ordinate action across the UK, supported by country level plans that will establish a course for peatland conservation and management at a more detailed level. It has also been used as an example of peatland strategy and showcased internationally. Preparatory work is underway to develop a reporting spreadsheet to be distributed to IUCN National Committees for monitoring purposes against the Resolutions recommendations for strategic peatland plans. The resolution has been promoted through an IUCN UK Peatland Programme (IUCN UK PP) and Climate Change Briefing, at the IUCN UK PP Conference 2018 as well as several International events including COP24, and through social media. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | A baseline summary of strategic action in peatland nations is being undertaken. This is being delivered in two phases: 1. An initial desktop review of available (English language) information (see “data collection”) from all 175 peatland countries including all IUCN member states will identify which countries have peatland strategies in place or in preparation. 2. More detailed information will be sought via a questionnaire to a sub-set of these countries where peatlands are most extensive, emit most GHGs and/or have the most significant carbon stocks This approach will target both countries with a significant peat resource and also countries with have large emissions arising from damaged peatlands, thus fitting closely with the conserve and protect ethos of the IUCN Resolution 43. A suggested list (amalgamated from the ‘Global Peatland CO2 Picture’ report) is provided in Annex 1. The outputs from this assessment can also feed into the policy sections of the Global Assessment of Peatlands (2018) which is being led by the Global Peatlands Initiative. |
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
Wetlands International ( Netherlands (Kingdom of the) )
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; Ramsar Convention
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, with the support of other IUCN members. In 2018, a key achievement was the successful launch of the UK Peatlands Strategy, which aimed to drive and co-ordinate action across the UK, supported by country level plans. This has also been used as an example of peatland strategy development and showcased internationally. Currently additional data is also being collected from a subset of 175 peatland countries, targeting both countries with a significant peat resource and those that have large emissions arising from damaged peatlands, thus fitting closely with the conserve-and-protect ethos of the IUCN Resolution 43. This can then potentially also feed into the policy sections of the Global Assessment of Peatlands (2018) led by the Global Peatlands Initiative, which IUCN is part of. Simultaneously, the work done here is also aligned with recent Ramsar resolutions to maintain peatland ecosystem services for future generations, whose implementation is being supported by Germany and Denmark, among others, and on which an International Workshop was organised on 'Peatland Conservation and Wise Use in the Context of Climate Change', which was also reported on by Germany in its activity report.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
See report submitted by IUCN CEM Peatland Ecosystems group
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
See report submitted by IUCN CEM Peatland Ecosystems group
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
Initiated: first stages of implementation