WCC 2016 Res 096 - Progress Report

General Information

Resolution
46513
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status Action
Education/Communication/Raising awareness At a variety of official fora, at ECO's own conferences, in events and conferences we have advocated for higher aspirations for protected areas, and for other space for nature. On-going Full activity report
Policy influencing/advocacy Submissions on a range of New Zealand and other policy and legislation; at Select Committee Hearings of Parliament, in media, and in submissions to departments in New Zealand, ECO has pressed for space for nature, including in the marine and in the terrestrial environment.
Input to the CBD, SDG processes in New Zealand, and other organisations on the need to press for protected areas and other spatial allocations for nature; our particular but not exclusive focus is the marine environment.
On-going Full activity report
Scientific/technical activities Quality Assurance process for German national parks: Interim reporting for the parks Completed Full activity report
Actors involved from Activity Reports
IUCN Members IUCN Commissions IUCN Secretariat Other non-IUCN related organisations
  • Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand ( New Zealand )
  • Department of Conservation ( New Zealand )
  • Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit ( Germany )
  • Yes
Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
Report status
Published

I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution

IUCN Members
Bundesamt für Naturschutz ( Germany )
Zoological Society of London ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
BirdLife International ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Conservation International ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
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IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity; UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre

II. Implementation

Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
- Workshops and events organised contributing to advance understanding around the process, structure, scope, content of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework- some include: Space for Nature symposium (London, UK- 27-28 Feb.2018), CCI Expert meeting (Cambridge, UK- 10-12 April, 2018), side events during CBD SBSTTA (2-7 July, Montreal),SBI (9-13 July, 2018), COP14 (Egypt, 17-29 November, 2018), etc.
- Developed and released information briefs and position papers on issues related to post-2020 including- Science-based targets, national contributions, synergies across biodiversity-related conventions (BRCs), etc
- Carried out an IUCN Members' survey on capacity building gaps for implementation of the BRCs and the post-2020 framework. The survey results were then analysed and presented in a publication submitted to the CBD Secretariat.
- Carried out consultations across IUCN to gather inputs for submissions on post-2020; everything is being documented and published in an IUCN dedicated webpage on post-2020.
- IUCN Council formed a Task Force on Post-2020 to help drive in a coordinated way, IUCN's evolving position on post-2020.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
Lack of sufficient funding is always a challenge. Ways to overcome this include "tagging" post-2020 activities to ongoing projects and ensuring interlinkages with IUCN's work (at all levels).
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
2019 is a year of preparation for IUCN's Congress in Marseille 2020. It is also a year when many CBD official consultations and meetings on post-2020 will take place. This represents an enormous opportunity for IUCN to gather inputs from Members through its own consultations (e.g. at RCFs) and influence the post-2020 process in a focused and strategic way.
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.)