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WCC 2016 Res 020 - Activity Report

Submitted by Hideki.YOSHIKAWA on Sun, 12/01/2019 - 03:00
General Information
Strengthening pathway management of alien species in island ecosystems
IUCN Constituent: 
Save the Dugong Campaign Center
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Member
Period covered: 
2018
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Nature Conservation Society of Japan ( NACS-J ) / Japan
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
Okinawa Environmental Justice Project
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Policy influencing/advocacyIn 2017, the Japanese government nominated the Northern Part of Okinawa Island (NPOI), Japan, for UNESCO World Natural Heritage status. The government's nomination dossier did not provide, in our view, sufficient information on the possibilities that invasive species could be introduced to Okinawa through the use of soil and rocks transported from areas outside Okinawa for the construction of a military base near the NPOI. Thus, in 2017, we provided the IUCN World Heritage Programme additional information on the possibilities. On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
In its 2018 Evaluations report, the World Heritage Programme stated

"The mission also provided the opportunity to consider questions raised on the naval base, and confirmed, in relation to World Heritage considerations, that this development is distant from the nominated property. The key issue in this development of relevance to World Heritage, in common with any other projects involving land-claim in Okinawa, is to ensure a rigorous level of protection from any introductions from IAS resulting from either construction activities or operations. IUCN has indicated, as a separate matter to the World Heritage nomination, the willingness to contribute technical expertise on this matter if so requested by the Government of Japan." (p.46)

We appreciate the IUCN WH Programme's consideration and offer to provide further technical expertise on the IAS issues to the Japanese government.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Policy influencing/advocacyIt is vital that IUCN NGOs together with other civil groups provide the IUCN WH Programme with proper information on the IAS issues in Okinawa, especially ones related to military base construction taking place near the NPOI
Additional Information
External link(s): 
Requests concerning the IUCN field mission of proposed World Heritage sites...