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General Information
Resolution
46462
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
| Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec | Activities Overview | Description | Status | Action |
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| Policy influencing/advocacy | The valley of Râul Alb, in Retezat Mountains, Romania, was until 2012 an intact forest landscape. It was the objective status, but, due to the lack of interests on conservation of the local PA administrations,it was not officially observed. The valley is split between Retezat National Park (IUCN II) and Hațeg Country Dinosaurs Geopark (IUCN IV). Then a tractor path penetrated the Western slope and, by its aid, the illegal loggers managed to perpetrate small scale logging up, in the national park, in the spruce altitudinal vegetation zone. But still, overall, the valley of Râul Alb is covered mostly with primary forest. In 2015, when the corrupt Romanian system allowed the ABI Automotion company to build a small hydropower plant, another small scale logging occurred, on the lower reaches of the valley. I lodged a criminal complaint on this but the prosecutors in Hunedoara County answered with false data and closed the file. Happily, we managed to stop the building of the hydropower plant in an early stage, so no other trees were cut. The Pin Matra inventory identified many polygons of virgin forests on the valley of Râul Alb and the ridge to the East. But two of theme, on the ridge, were utterly destroyed by the local ”Plai Compossessorate”. Now, when the Romanian National Catalogue of Virgin and Quasi-virgin Forests is developed, WWF managed to introduce a plot of forest, in the middle of the valley, in the Catalogue. Unfortunately, WWF signed a protocol with Romsilva, the huge company with exploits the forests, and it hiders the NGO from asking the protection of all the plots meeting the standards, it forces them to compromise. Lately, 3 forestry plans were illegally approved by Hunedoara Environmental Agency, which is an institution subordinated to an IUCN member. Considering the position on national/nature parks and in overlapping Natura 2000 sites, all the plans should be subjected, inder SEA procedure, to environmental assessment and appropriate assessment. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | After Rio, I participated in Rio +7, in the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable development and in CSDs Where I often collaborated on forestry issues, From 1992 to 1996, I co-taught a course in global issues of sustainable development. In this course I stressed the importance of international law as instrument of change.From 1997-2001, I was the national leader of the Green Party of Canada, and worked on drafting the Platform, including the platform on forests. i also wrote affidavit for court cases where citizens were arrested for protecting old growth forests in BC | On-going | Full activity report |
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Report status
Published
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
Australian Rainforest Conservation Society ( Australia )
B5BB4331-6E79-E311-B052-002655853524
Coordinadora de Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica ( Ecuador )
Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt von 1858 - Hilfe für die bedrohte Tierwelt ( Germany )
Agencia para el Desarrollo de la Mosquitia ( Honduras )
The Samdhana Institute Incorporated ( Indonesia )
Tenkile Conservation Alliance ( Papua New Guinea )
The WILD Foundation ( United States of America )
Conservation International ( United States of America )
Wildlife Conservation Society ( United States of America )
Re:wild ( United States of America )
Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc. ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
A6842ABA-BD24-E711-B6EC-005056BA6623
275EC7B3-D2A1-E611-B6EC-005056BA6623
1799C189-C476-E711-B126-005056BA6623
4B93ACA6-E1A1-E611-B6EC-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Griffith University, Wild Europe, Wild Heritage, Strong Roots Congo, Indigenous Community and Conserved Area Consortium, Government of Costa Rica, Woods Hole Research Center, University of Lausane
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
• April: The draft policy document was circulated by the co-chairs to the task team. Comments were received through mid-June.
• July: IUCN’s FCP and the Co-Chairs of the task force submitted a discussion forum proposal to WCC in Marseille 2020.
• October: comments received from the task team were processed and an updated version of the policy document was sent out for wider consultation amongst IUCN’s Commissions and Secretariat. Comments were received through the end of November.
• December: the FCP consolidated the comments received during the consultation process and is coordinating with the task team co-chairs the way forward for the last stages of the draft policy document, to take place in Q1 and Q2 2020.
• July: IUCN’s FCP and the Co-Chairs of the task force submitted a discussion forum proposal to WCC in Marseille 2020.
• October: comments received from the task team were processed and an updated version of the policy document was sent out for wider consultation amongst IUCN’s Commissions and Secretariat. Comments were received through the end of November.
• December: the FCP consolidated the comments received during the consultation process and is coordinating with the task team co-chairs the way forward for the last stages of the draft policy document, to take place in Q1 and Q2 2020.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
The majority of task team members has actively engaged with the preparation process of the draft policy document, although there are a few members representing the tropics that have not been very active. This might generate some missed opportunities to integrate input and views from experts in these regions.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
Activities in Q1 and Q2 of 2020 include:
i) Processing of comments and update of policy document: Jan 15th,
ii) Presentation at IUCN’s Council: Feb 8th, 2020,
iii) Dissemination and outreach activities pre-Congress via blog and social media on corporate IUCN channels: March – May 2020,
iv) Forum event at Congress and sensitization campaign in the exhibition space: June 2020.
i) Processing of comments and update of policy document: Jan 15th,
ii) Presentation at IUCN’s Council: Feb 8th, 2020,
iii) Dissemination and outreach activities pre-Congress via blog and social media on corporate IUCN channels: March – May 2020,
iv) Forum event at Congress and sensitization campaign in the exhibition space: June 2020.
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
On-going: implementation consisting of repetitive, recurrent action (attending meetings, reporting, etc.)