Submitted by
sorrentinol
on Mon, 10/24/2022 - 11:43
General Information
Resolution
49167
IUCN Constituent
Headquarters
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
IMO - Cambridge office links to international maritime org
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Related to pollution from invasive alien species (IAS) which has been built on our engagement with IMO through the CBD interagency liaison group on IAS. In relation to IAS - IUCN are a ‘strategic partner’ on the IMO GEF funded ‘GloFouling’ project (note this was the same for the GEF GloBallast project – but this was before my time), and through this we have supported them in developing the guidelines on Biofouling Management for Recreational Boating (which was identified as a key gap in IMO guidelines). We unfortunately don’t get any funding to support our engagement with this project but we try and align work where we can. One of my team recently attended the launch of the guidelines at a recent GF R&D event last week, and we will continue to work with IMO on Glofouling and other areas on IAS where we can. FYI – the guidelines are being picked by the IUCN Sports for Nature initiative and will be promoted through this as it gets going. (Update from Kevin SMith on this publication: https://www.glofouling.imo.org/_files/ugd/34a7be_51ddecd95591458fa62e24de2d9e2ba5.pdf
Status
On-going
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat