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WCC 2016 Res 041 - Progress Report

General information
Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas for safeguarding biodiversity
Period covered: 
2019
IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members: 
World Wide Fund for Nature - International ( WWF ) / Switzerland
BirdLife International / United Kingdom
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) / United Kingdom
Conservation International ( CI ) / United States of America
Wildlife Conservation Society ( WCS ) / United States of America
NatureServe / United States of America
Re:wild / United States of America
Rainforest Trust / United States of America
IUCN Commissions: 
275EC7B3-D2A1-E611-B6EC-005056BA6623
4B93ACA6-E1A1-E611-B6EC-005056BA6623
F3634834-C2A3-E011-96D3-002655853524
IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
Other KBA Partners (http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/home) include American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility. In addition, many additional IUCN Members and other organisations are engaged through the KBA Community (http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-partnership/kba-community).
Implementation
Indicate which actions have been carried out to implement this Resolution : 
Capacity-building
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Fundraising
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the actions taken: 
The Key Biodiversity Areas Programme is up and running, further to its launch at the 2016 World Conservation Congress. Full details are available at http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/home. In addition to IUCN's engagement in the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (via the IUCN Secretariat), the Species Survival Commission and World Commission on Protected Areas convene the KBA Standards & Appeals Committee (http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-partnership/kba-standards-and-appeals-committee), to maintain the Standard, develop and maintain the Guidelines, and provide independent adjudication for any appeals.
What challenges/obstacles have been encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and how were they overcome : 
Fundraising for the Programme, and in particular for maintenance of the Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat (http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-partnership/kba-secretariat), is a particular challenge, and is being jointly addressed by the KBA Partnership.
Briefly describe what future actions are needed for the implementation of this Resolution: 
A KBA Strategic Plan has been developed and published at http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-partnership/kba-programme.
Are these actions planned for yet: 
Yes
Status of implementation
Status of implementation for this Resolution: 
Underway: implementation well-advanced
Additional information
External link(s): 
World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas
A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas
Guidelines for using A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas