WCC 2016 Res 059 - Progress Report

General Information

Resolution
46476
Period covered

I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution

IUCN Members
Fondation d'Entreprise Biotope pour la Biodiversité ( France )
The Nature Conservancy ( United States of America )
Wildlife Conservation Society ( United States of America )
B791DD74-BAA3-E011-96D3-002655853524
International Association for Impact Assessment ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
5B1D7F64-8114-E211-8DEB-002655853524
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
The Biodiversity Consultancy, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Queensland, University of California Santa Barbara

II. Implementation

Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
IUCN and other organizations are part of the SNAPP Compensatory Conservation team (https://snappartnership.net/teams/compensatory-conservation/), further analyzing the role of Biodiversity Offsets. IUCN, along with The Biodiversity Consultancy, have generated an online database of national-level biodiversity offsets policy : https://portals.iucn.org/offsetpolicy/. This work has been presented at the Annual Conference of IAIA in Durban, South Africa, in 2018
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
Limited financial resources to dedicate Secretariat staff time to this work; a coordination cchallenge of supporting national-level policy engagement as this requires sustained presence and local-level capacity.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
Project development and fundraising.
Are these actions/activities planned?
No

III. Status of implementation

Implementation status of this Resolution
Initiated: first stages of implementation
Report status
Published