Submitted by
jose.brilha
on Wed, 07/27/2022 - 14:52
General Information
Resolution
49213
IUCN Constituent
International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Sociedad Geológica de España ( Spain )
Sociedad Española para la Defensa del Patrimonio Geológico y Minero ( Spain )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The IUCN members that have proposed this Resolution, in coordination with the IUCN Focal Point for geoheritage topics, Tim Badman, have established a working group to develop a first version of Key Geoheritage Areas Guidelines.
The IUCN WCC 2020 Resolution 074 requests the Director General and WCPA to: “...support the development of a detailed study envisaging the establishment of a future IUCN initiative on Key Geoheritage Areas, as a complement to the existing Key Biodiversity Areas programme, in order to protect geoheritage sites of global conservation significance and move towards more integrated nature conservation”.
The IUCN WCC 2020 Resolution 074 requests the Director General and WCPA to: “...support the development of a detailed study envisaging the establishment of a future IUCN initiative on Key Geoheritage Areas, as a complement to the existing Key Biodiversity Areas programme, in order to protect geoheritage sites of global conservation significance and move towards more integrated nature conservation”.
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
The main challenges will come ahead! Once the guidelines are defined, it will be necessary to engage IUCN in this initiative and invite other relevant organisations to establish a partnership that will assure the KGA's governance.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
The present version of the guidelines is the result of several interactions inside the working group (by e-mail and online meetings) and can be considered a seminal document aiming to get feedback from other geoheritage experts/organisations about this new international conservation initiative, as well as inside IUCN.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
Invite relevant organisations to create a partnership that will be responsible for the governance of this initiative.
Future action / activity
Other
Description
Engage IUCN (WCPA and other Commissions) in this initiative.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member