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WCC 2012 Res 041 - Activity Report

Submitted by Molly.GRACE on Tue, 11/26/2019 - 15:12
General Information
Development of objective criteria for a Green List of species, ecosystems and protected areas
IUCN Constituent: 
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Period covered: 
2019
Geographic scope: 
Global
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Endangered Wildlife Trust ( EWT ) / South Africa
The Wildlife Trusts ( TWT ) / United Kingdom
Zoological Society of London ( ZSL ) / United Kingdom
BirdLife International / United Kingdom
Fauna & Flora International ( FFI ) / United Kingdom
North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo) ( NEZS ) / United Kingdom
Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management ( CIEEM ) / United Kingdom
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA ) / United Kingdom
World Wide Fund for Nature - U.K. ( WWF - UK ) / United Kingdom
Synchronicity Earth ( SE ) / United Kingdom
World Wildlife Fund - US ( WWF - US ) / United States of America
Conservation International ( CI ) / United States of America
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Department of Commerce ( NOAA ) / United States of America
Wildlife Conservation Society ( WCS ) / United States of America
US Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Service) ( FWS ) / United States of America
Re:wild / United States of America
PROVITA / Venezuela
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust ( DWCT ) / Jersey
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IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
University of Oxford, State University of New York- Stony Brook, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Natural England, The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC)
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingThe Task Force completed in-depth consultation and testing of the Green List of Species method (over 3 months in each case) with 2 specific end-users: National Geographic and USFWS.Completed
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingThe Task Force's Communications Working Group commissioned an end-user survey for the Green List of Species to inform its development, conducting in-depth interviews with representatives of the following end-user groups: IUCN , Intergovernmental conventions , Regional, national, and local organizations, International agencies and donors, Communicators, Knowledge-generators, Private sector and industry associations, Zoos and botanic gardens, International Non-governmental organizations On-going
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessIn 2019 Task Force Members have given presentations about the Green List of Species at the following institutions and events with the aim of informing the scientific community about the Green List and inviting comments: International Congress for Conservation Biology 2019 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), University of Oxford Department of Zoology, Red List Technical Working Group, SSC Leader’s Meeting 2019 (Abu Dhabi)On-going
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessThe Task Force held the following workshops in 2019 to invite broader perspectives to contribute to development of the Green List of Species: (1) Workshop with Otter Specialist Group in Tangjiahe, China; (2) Workshop with members of Global Trees, Mangrove, Palm, Cycad, and Conifer Specialist groups, as well as tree experts from FFI, BGCI, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, and Morton Arboretum (US), (3) Knowledge Products Session at SSC Leader's Meeting in Abu Dhabi, held jointly with Red List of Threatened Species, Red List of Ecosystems, Invasive Species Specialist Group, Key Biodiversity Areas Completed
FundraisingIn 2019 the Task Force was awarded the following funding to enhance development and communication of the Green List of Species: (1) Fondation Franklinia grant to hold a workshop in Cambridge to gather input on the Green List of Species from tree experts; (2) Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) Collaborative Fund Grant to work with FFI, BirdLife, and the Cambridge Department of Zoology to complete additional sensitivity testing.On-going
Scientific/technical activitiesThe Task Force has published the following peer-reviewed papers in 2019, each advancing the development of the Green List of Species: (1) Stephenson et al. 2019. Defining the indigenous ranges of species to account for geographic and taxonomic variation in the history of human impacts: reply to Sanderson 2019. Conservation Biology; (2) Akçakaya et al. 2019. Assessing Ecological Function in the Context of Species Recovery. Conservation Biology; (3) Grace et al. 2019. Using historical and paleoecological data to inform ambitious species recovery targets. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences; (4) Stephenson et al. In press. Testing the IUCN Green List of Species: Lessons Learned Across Multiple Taxa. Oryx.Completed
Scientific/technical activitiesThe Task Force met in Oxford in November 2019 to edit the Green List of Species Standard to reflect necessary changes learned from testing with SSC specialist groups, Task Force working groups, conferences, and workshops.Completed
Scientific/technical activitiesThe Task Force's 6 Working Groups (Planning and Benchmarks, Spatial Units, Viability and Functionality, Counterfactuals and Scenarios, Technical Issues, Communications) each held at least 2 meetings in 2019 (in-person or remote) and produced recommendations documents for the Oxford Task Force meeting in November 2019. These working groups remain active.On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
Feedback from test assessments (190 species to date), workshops, and consultations have been incorporated into the Green List of Species Standard and Guidelines documents. These documents will be sent to IUCN members for consultation before the Green List of Species soft launch at WCC 2020.To date (26 November 2019) 90+ IUCN SSC Specialist Groups have engaged with the development of the Green List of Species.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingConduct an online consultation in early 2020 allowing IUCN members to comment on the Green List of Species Standard.
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessSoft launch of the Green List of Species at the World Conservation Congress in June 2020
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessWe will publish a peer-reviewed paper in 2020 describing the lessons learned from the testing process, with all test assessors as co-authors (many from IUCN SSC specialist groups)
Additional Information
External link(s): 
Stephenson et al. 2019: Defining the indigenous ranges of species
Akçakaya et al. 2019. Assessing Ecological Function in the Context of Species Recovery
Grace et al. 2019. Using historical and paleoecological data to inform ambitious species recovery targets
Green List of Species Project Page
Green List of Species Union Portal (documents and reports)