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Clifton.BAIN
on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 16:11
General Information
Resolution
46460
IUCN Constituent
IUCN CEM Peatland Ecosystems Specialist Group 2017-2020
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Wetlands International ( The Netherlands )
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
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
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.
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.
Status
On-going
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of 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.
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.
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Establishing a baseline of which peatland countries have strategies has been limited. There has been a very limited response from countries to the questionnaire. Support from the IUCN Secretariat to encourage National Committees to feed in would be appreciated.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
To date the above questionnaire has elicited 22 responses. A summary of these responses is attached. Further results will be provided in a Summary report produced by the IUCN CEM Peatlands Group supported by Newcastle University and the Global Peatlands Initiative.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
Reporting spreadsheet to record progress on Countries Strategic peatland plans to be circulated to IUCN National Committees. Summary document to be produced setting out examples of good practice in Peatland Strategies. Promotion of peatlands resolution will continue across international events in 2019.
III. Additional Information
Upload document
Review_questionnaire_IUCN_Res_43.pdf
(642.68 KB)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2017-2020