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WCC 2016 Res 087 - Activity Report

Submitted by Gary.TABOR.1 on Fri, 02/01/2019 - 01:01
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Awareness of connectivity conservation definition and guidelines
IUCN Constituent: 
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IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2017-2020
Period covered: 
2018
Geographic scope: 
Global
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Centre Régional de Recherche et d`Education pour un Développement Intégré ( CREDI ) / Benin
Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas ( IPE ) / Brazil
Canadian Council on Ecological Areas ( CCEA ) / Canada
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society ( CPAWS ) / Canada
The Nature Conservancy of Canada ( NCC ) / Canada
China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation ( CBCGDF ) / China
Asociación Centro Científico Tropical ( CCT ) / Costa Rica
Fundación Pro-Bosque ( FPB ) / Ecuador
Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine ( FoProBiM ) / Haiti
The Corbett Foundation ( TCF ) / India
Wildlife Institute of India ( WII ) / India
Wildlife Trust of India ( WTI ) / India
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Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature ( RSCN ) / Jordan
African Wildlife Foundation - Kenya HQ ( AWF ) / Kenya
Nature Kenya - The East Africa Natural History Society ( EANHS ) / Kenya
Hustai National Park Trust / Mongolia
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Sarawak Forestry Corporation Sdn Bhd ( SFCSB ) / Malaysia
Rewilding Europe ( RE ) / The Netherlands
National Trust for Nature Conservation ( NTNC ) / Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ( ICIMOD ) / Nepal
Asociación Peruana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza ( APECO ) / Peru
Fundatia Carpati ( CWF ) / Romania
Endangered Wildlife Trust ( EWT ) / South Africa
Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera / Spain
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Tanzania National Parks ( Tanapa ) / Tanzania
Zoological Society of London ( ZSL ) / United Kingdom
The WILD Foundation ( WILD ) / United States of America
World Wildlife Fund - US ( WWF - US ) / United States of America
Conservation International ( CI ) / United States of America
International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ) / United States of America
Society for Conservation Biology ( SCB ) / United States of America
The Nature Conservancy ( TNC ) / United States of America
US Department of the Interior (National Park Service) / United States of America
George Wright Society ( GWS ) / United States of America
Wildlife Conservation Society ( WCS ) / United States of America
Cornell Botanic Gardens / United States of America
Center for Large Landscape Conservation ( CLLC ) / United States of America
Wilburforce Foundation / United States of America
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative ( Y2Y ) / United States of America
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IUCN Commissions: 
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management 2013-2016 (CEM)
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2013-2016 (CEESP)
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2013-2016 (SSC)
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IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
CBD Secretariat, CMS Secretariat, and 800+ members from 80+ countries representing over 400 institutions, including large, medium, and small nonprofits, universities, government and indigenous agencies, the private sector, and community-based organizations.
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingIn addition to the aforementioned consultations in Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Romania, and Tanzania, CCSG Members were active at the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in November in Egypt. In cooperation with The Center for Large Landscape Conservation (CLLC), the Chinese Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), a side event was held on 19 November 2018 titled “Areas of Connectivity Conservation - A New Conservation Designation for Ecological Networks”. This event amplified the key role that consistently recognizing areas of connectivity conservation can play in better protecting terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments in response to continuing habitat fragmentation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. This was further emphasized in two additional side events: 17 November, “Sustainable Infrastructure Day”; and 21 November, “Likeminded Megadiverse Countries as Leaders for the Ecological Belt and Road Initiative”.On-going
Policy influencing/advocacyFulfillment of IUCN World Conservation Congress Resolution 2016-087 “Awareness of connectivity conservation definition and guidelines” has continued towards establishing consistent global approaches for the development, designation, planning, and management of areas of connectivity conservation as essential to ecological networks. In addition to written comments received following adoption of the resolution, a series of consultations was held around the world in 2018 in Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Romania, and Tanzania. Subsequently, a leadership group produced a second advanced draft of the guidance document in 2018 intended to be published in IUCN WCPA’s “Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series”. Currently titled “Safeguarding Areas of Connectivity Conservation in the Context of Ecological Networks”, the document is now being prepared for a global consultation among approximately 1,000 experts and institutions around the world. Consultations are anticipated to run throughout 2019 with the goal of producing a document that supports communities, protected area agencies, NGOs, private sector partners, and others to elevate the protected status of areas of connectivity conservation for robust ecological networks, and to fulfill existing and future international commitments and national goals. Ongoing development of the guidance document will further inform preparations and contributions of the growing number of partners in the context of IUCN Regional Conservation Fora in 2019, the 14th Meeting of the Convention on Migratory Species (Gandhinagar, February 2020), the 7th IUCN World Conservation Congress (Marseille, June 2020), and the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 15th Conference of the Parties (Beijing, November 2020). On-going
Policy influencing/advocacyInternational developments since adoption of the resolution offer opportunities to fulfill the resolution, including strategic collaboration for implementing: - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Strategic Plan 2016-2024 with the aim in Target 6 to achieve “[…] a significant increase in area, numbers and ecological connectivity in the Ramsar site network […]”; - The Convention on Migratory Species beginning implementation of the 2017 resolution 12.26 “Improving Ways of Addressing Connectivity in the Conservation of Migratory Species”; and - Decision 14/8 “Protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures” adopted by the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2018. On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
Global consultations continue in anticipation of producing a guidance document on “Safeguarding Areas of Connectivity Conservation in the context of Ecological Networks" for eventual publication in IUCN WCPA’s “Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series”. Actions and results include: - In-person consultations with members and interested stakeholders in Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Romania, and Tanzania; and - The second advanced draft and corresponding publication proposal being submitted in November 2018 to the WCPA Publications Committee, and awaiting approval following completion of the global online consultation in 2019. Regarding challenges and measures to overcome: Although there is a growing demand for consistent guidance and practices to accomplish connectivity conservation around the world, other initiatives have matured faster than implementation of IUCN WCC Resolution 2016-087. CBD/CoP-14 Decision 14/8 Protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures approved in November 2018 and the IUCN Draft Guidelines for Recognising and Reporting Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures released in January 2018 both acknowledge the
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
OtherImplement IUCN World Conservation Congress Resolution 2016-087 “Awareness of connectivity conservation definition and guidelines" by operating a global online consultation during 2019 to receive input for producing a guidance document on “Safeguarding Areas of Connectivity Conservation in the context of Ecological Networks” in anticipation of publication in WCPA’s “Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series”. Thereafter, widely disseminate,
OtherThereafter, widely disseminate, and lead the global community of experts to develop projects, implement activities, and demonstrate the application of the guidance document around the world.
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