Submitted by
ian.harrison
on Sat, 10/22/2022 - 08:22
General Information
Resolution
49156
IUCN Constituent
IUCN WCPA Freshwater : Network 2021-2025
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
World Wildlife Fund - US ( United States of America )
Conservation International ( United States of America )
The Nature Conservancy ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
No
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The WCPA Freshwater Specialist Group has been collaborating with colleagues in the SSC and the IUCN membership to address how to develop better guidelines for assessing and tracking the effectiveness of protected area management for inland waters. The current plan is to develop a set of standards that set a baseline for the extent to which inland systems are covered by protected areas, and then look at the effectiveness of management techniques, and suggest an updated set of guidelines.
Status
_none
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Identifying capacity to address this subject. In response we are working with SSC to develop a strong freshwater network across the IUCN Commissions.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
An initial set of guidelines for assessing the effectiveness of protection of wetland systems, including their environmental flows, is in development.
Report status
Published