Submitted by
Anuj.Jain
on Fri, 02/01/2019 - 01:01
General Information
Resolution
46426
IUCN Constituent
IUCN SSC Hornbill Specialist Group 2017-2020
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2017-2020
Period covered
Geographic scope
South and East Asia
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Capacity-building
Description and results/achievements of activities:
BirdLife International and Wildlife Reserves Singapore have been coordinating the IUCN SSC Helmeted Hornbill Working Group (under the IUCN SSC Hornbill Specialist Group). Other capacity building initiatives are also in place. Hornbill Research Foundation organised a field-based hornbill capacity development workshop in May 2018 in Thailand.
Status
On-going
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Development of the range-wide Helmeted Hornbill Action Plan (2018 - 2027). See uploaded PDF
Status
Completed
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The BirdLife partner in Indonesia - Burung Indonesia along with other key experts (Rangkong Indonesia etc) have developed and published a Helmeted Hornbill action plan for Indonesia in 2018.
Status
Completed
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Rapid assessments of new Helmeted Hornbill populations in southern Myanmar (with BANCA - BirdLife partner in Myanmar)
Status
On-going
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Systematic monitoring of Helmeted Hornbills in Malaysia (Belum-Temengor with Malaysian Nature Society) and in Thailand (Khao Sok and Khlong Saeng forest complex with Bird Conservation Society of Thailand) is ongoing. Other field activities in place too.
This project also involves capacity building of the relevant forest departments.
This project also involves capacity building of the relevant forest departments.
Status
On-going
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
BirdLife International is leading a collaborative project to identify the Helmeted Hornbill's population strongholds across the range countries. The project also identifies gap areas where rapid population assessments need to be carried out.
Status
On-going
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
Sarawak Forestry Corporation of Malaysia has called for a meeting of NGOs and governments on 19 - 20 February in Miri Sarawak to decide on our strategy to implement the CITES COP17 resolution conf. 17.11. BirdLife International, Wildlife Conservation Society and other NGOs will be joining this meeting.
Future action / activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description
BirdLife International, TRAFFIC and our collaborators are developing a project to understand the types of Helmeted Hornbill products sold physically and online in Chinese markets. This is to understand the drivers with a view of developing targeted demand-reduction campaigns.
III. Additional Information
Upload document
HelmetedHornbill_actionplan_final_LR.pdf
(3.28 MB)
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2017-2020