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DarwallW
on Mon, 02/18/2019 - 10:28
General Information
Resolution
46516
IUCN Constituent
Cambridge Office
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Zoological Society of London ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
IUCN Commissions
F717E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
No
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Capacity-building
Description and results/achievements of activities:
ZSL is working closely with BFAR, Philippines, to build local capacity in eel management and has developed a number of management plans. ZSL also provided training for BFAR staff.
Status
On-going
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Workshops were conducted over the year as a follow up to CITES Decision 17.186-17.189 in the Dominican Republic and London. A workshop was also held in relation to CMS and European eel conservation with another meeting planned for 2019 to make further progress in relation to how CMS addresses eel migration issues.
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
In terms of Policy reports, ZSL have published two major reports as input to CITES and these were discussed in the Animals Committee. Further discussion will be held in the 2019 CoP.
Status
Completed
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
In November 2018 all Anguillid eels were reassessed for the IUCN Red List, the results will be published in 2019.
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
The IUCN Secretariat has not been directly involved, ZSL is leading through the SSC AESG. The power of commercial interests is also always a challenge in promoting conservation actions for eels given their high commercial value and the requirement to use wild caught eels in the large scale aquaculture industry.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
As reported above, progress is good to date. In the future it would however also be useful to demonstrate progress on-the-ground to improve the conservation status of eel in response to the strong progress in building capacity and awareness. The re-assessment of all species for the IUCN Red List, to be published in 2019, should provide a good first indicator for progress to improve the status of anguilid eels. Where/if progress is shown, it would also be useful to investigate how this has benefited other freshwater species in the system, so demonstrating the value of the eel as a flagship species for wider conservation benefits in freshwater ecosystems.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Capacity-building
Description
ZSL will continue its capacity building efforts and management planning in the Philippines.
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
ZSL will contribute to the 3rd meeting of the European eel Range States under CMS, attend the CITES CoP 18 in Sri Lanka.
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
ZSL will publish the re-assessment of all species of anguilid eels for the IUCN Red List.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat