Submitted by
Xie.YAN
on Thu, 01/31/2019 - 17:44
General Information
Resolution
46455
IUCN Constituent
Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Country/Territory
China
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Commissions
F717E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
No
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Other
Description and results/achievements of activities:
a. Evaluating, selling, and promoting PAF products in China. GPAFS have evaluated over 50 products and over 20 of them meeting PAF criteria. All these products were sold out together over 7 million RMB.
Status
On-going
Activity
Other
Description and results/achievements of activities:
b. We have also evaluated PAF products outside of China and successfully imported the first batch of the PAF products from Europe to China. It is 171kg chocolates produced by the Original Beans. It is a best practice could be promoted in China and other countries as well.
Status
Completed
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
d. On December 6-7th, 2018, the Workshop on Friendly Development in Protected Areas and Their Surroundings was held in Guiyang, Guizhou, China. This workshop was attended by over 160 experts, scholars, frontline staff and public, from governments, universities, scientific research institutions, enterprises, civil organizations and community around PAs. After sharing the research results and their longtime practical experiences, participants agreed that there is urgent need of promoting the Friendly Development in Protected Areas and Their Surroundings (Annex 1: Initiative to Promote Friendly Development in Protected Areas and Their Surroundings).
Status
On-going
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
c. An operation guidelines (in English and Chinese) of “Friendly Development Operation Guide for Protected Areas and their Surroundings” has been issued during the 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Alliance of Protected Areas (IAPA) in Jilin, China.
Status
Completed
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
e. Having conducted desktop researches and communicated with relevant experts by skype or during workshops, we pull together a short report on case studies on Protected Area Friendly Products and Services Around the Globe (Annex 2). While the resolution is proposed recently, the concept and practice of protected area (PA) friendly is not brand-new. In recent decades, we see many products and services being developed around the world in and around various PAs, with both development and conservation in mind. Conservationists around the world could seize this opportunity to better work.
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Need collective actions across the world to promote PAF Development together.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
More and more people and organizations are aware of that there is urgent need of promoting the Friendly Development in Protected Areas and Their Surroundings.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Other
Description
We (GPAFS) would like to call for establishment of a Task Force on ‘Protected Area Friendly System’ along with a collaborative network. This network will be important platforms for PAF providers and other organizations and individuals involved in PAF practices to share best practices and expertise, evaluate and report the conservation and economic impact of PAF products and services, and provide link to funding opportunities and international mar
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
Incorporate "establishing friendly development belts of protected areas and surroundings" into the national strategy of economic development and the reform of the system of national parks and protected areas", to properly handle the contradiction between protected areas and their surrounding social and economic development", and to formulate corresponding guarantee mechanisms in legislation, standards, funds, policies, etc.
III. Additional Information
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GPAFS_WCC_Progress Report 20190131.docx
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Report status
Published