WCC 2020 Res 080 - Progress Report

General Information

Resolution
49219
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status Action
Scientific/technical activities Canada is a globally recognized leader in sustainable forest management. Many of these managed areas can include extensive conservation areas that have undergone rigorous planning, public consultation and are subject to ongoing monitoring and evaluation. Advancing these set asides as potential Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) would have the benefit of building forest sector engagement towards Canada’s target of achieving 25% (Target 1) terrestrial protection while recognizing the significant effort that the sector (and 3rd party certification standards) have made in conserving biodiversity on working lands in recent decades. SFI’s work includes applying a screening tool on specific tenures to identify potential Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs) on managed forests certified to SFI. SFI is working with a variety of partners and engaging a conservation biologist to support our efforts and our goal is to work collaboratively with interested provincial and territorial governments and forest companies. On-going Full activity report
Scientific/technical activities Elaboration d'une étude sur les Autres Mesures de Conservation Efficaces par Zone et leur mise en oeuvre dans le monde, pour élaboration de recommandations sur leur possible déclinaison en France. Focus sur l'implication des Peuples Autochtones et Communautés Locales _none Full activity report
Actors involved from Activity Reports
IUCN Members IUCN Commissions IUCN Secretariat Other non-IUCN related organisations
  • The Nature Conservancy of Canada ( Canada )
  • No IUCN Commissions involved
Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
Report status
Published

I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution

IUCN Members
No other Members are/have been involved
IUCN Commissions
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes

II. Implementation

Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Capacity-building
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Field activities
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
There have been activities are various levels: global, regional, national and local level.

Global level: The Global OECMs programme of work established, including forming of IUCN Secretariat global working group on OECMs with focal points established in 7 IUCN regions. Capacity development programme implemented across all 7 regions and global teams.
WCPA SG on OECMs produced in May 2022, simple and user friendly tool.
Funding received from Ministry of Environment Korea to implement a global, regional and national set of activities.
OECMs and Green List Standard of PCAs Alignment activity underway with a view to presenting findings at CBD COP in Montreal, December.
Consultancies underway on specialised topics: law and policy for OECMs and sustainable landscapes (drylands).
Funding secured to finance a consultant to liaise between IUCN Secretariat and the IUCN WCPA Specialist Group on OECMs
WCMC also engaged via the BIOPAMA programme of work in 4 regions (ESARO, PACO, ORO and ORMACC)
Engagement with the ICCA Consortium on joint areas of work with a view to co-developing a programme of work for 2023
Regional: 2 regional strategies designed and being implemented (ARO and ESARO) with strategies underway in BIOPAMA/ACP countries (PACO, ORO, ORMACC).
EU project secured NARROW to influence EU regional biodiversity policy and seconded staff member from UNIL Lausanne work on global OECMs programme of work until March 2025.
Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) engaged on capacity development programme of work.
IKI ECARO project in proposal design phase of 6 months, law and governance work packages on OECMs being designed for five countries.
National and sub-national level:
Site level tool roll out across 7 regions.
Projects funding work in Korea and DRC.
National dialogues underway in 3 regions (Asia, ESARO, PACO)

Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
Lack of single source funding to ensure smooth implementation of the Res. Rather, funding has been used from several projects and has relied heavily on the in kind staff time contributions from regional IUCN colleagues.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
At CBD COP15, a major launch of the IUCN 30x30 Challenge including the programme of work on OECMs should take place to attract donors and CBD Parties.
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes

III. Status of implementation

Implementation status of this Resolution
Initiated: first stages of implementation