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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 |
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| Capacity building | The IUCN WCPA OECM Specialist group held a number of webinars, consultations and workshops on OECMs globally in 2023 to develop a common understanding of the OECM criteria established in CBD decision 14/8. |
Completed | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | The IUCN WCPA OECM Specialist Group aimed to broaden the effective global expertise on OECMs to promote IUCN guidance. To that end, regional expert groups for Latin America, Europe and Africa and thematic groups for Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems were established in 2023. In addition, a consultative group for all NGOs to share ideas, tools and expertise was also formed. | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | A significant achievement of the IUCN WCPA OECM Specialist Group in 2023 was the publication of the “Site-level tool for identifying other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs)” (Jonas, H.D., MacKinnon, K., Marnewick, D. and Wood, P., 2023. Site-level tool for identifying other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs). IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature): Gland, Switzerland. https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/51296). This responds to the expressed needs of government, private entities, NGO and Indigenous and community groups for a clear, criteria-based tool to identify OECMs. This responds to a request from the CBD for IUCN to provide additional guidance. This document is now available in English, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Portuguese, and Mandarin. |
Completed | Full activity report | |
| Capacity building | - FEG members participated also in the CBD-FAO-FEG Sustainable Ocean Initiative OECM Capacity-building Workshop for the Wider Caribbean and Central America (online 20-21 April and 27-28 April 2022) OECMs, in Jamaica, FEG made a series of presentations on (1) a global overview on the developments of OECMs; (2) Types of ABFMs and potential benefits; (3) examples of Caribbean Area-Based Fisheries Management Measures (in collaboration with CRFM); (4) OECM criteria; and (5) capacity-building for OECMs. - FEG members participated actively to the CBD-FAO SOI National Workshop for Jamaica OECMs in the marine fishery sector (17-19 may 2023). Organized at the request of the Jamaican Government. The meeting was very successful and agreed to a common way forward by the fisheries and environmental authorities to rapidly identify fishery-OECMs in Jamaica. |
Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | At the Fifteenth round of informal consultations of States Parties (ICSP 15) on the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement (UNFSA), the FEG Chair was invited by the Global Marine Program of IUCN to give a presentation on behalf of IUCN, in a Session on ”Understanding the ecosystems approach to fisheries management in the context of the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement”. The Chair made a presentation on “Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) and the UNFSA relating OECMs to the ecosystem approach already adopted in the UFSA, suggesting it was time for the UNFSA Parties to promote the use of OECMs in RFMOs | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | At the IMPAC 5 meeting (February 2023) FEG organized a symposium on Area-Based management in collaboration with FAO and ICES on the state of OECMs in fisheries. The meeting was chaired by the FEG Vice Chair and the meeting involved panellists from FAO, ICES and FEG. One FEG member made a presentation on FEG activities on OECMs. An ICES Expert presented the results of the 2022 ICES-FEG Workshop on OECMs in the North Atlantic. FAO staff reported on FAO’s efforts in OECMs in capture fisheries. The discussions were very rich and active. | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | FEG collaborated also directly with the Secretariats of RFMOs like NEAFC and GFCM as well as OSPAR to promote a better understanding of these institutions of the duties and responsibilities this might entail for them. FAO and the CBD were very closely associated to these efforts. | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | FEG members led or co-authored, in collaboration with experts from FAO, the CBD, and other institutions, three scientific papers published the following papers: - Garcia, S.M.; Rice, J.; Himes-Cornell, A.; Friedman, K.J.; Charles, A.; Diz, D.; Appiott, J. & Kaiser, M.J. 2022. OECMs in marine capture fisheries: Key implementation issues of governance, management, and biodiversity. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:920051. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.920051 - Himes-Cornell A, Lechuga Sanchez JF, Potter C, McKean C, Rice J, Friedman KJ, Garcia SM and Fluharty DL (2022) Reaching Global Marine Biodiversity Conservation Goals With Area-Based Fisheries Management: A Typology- Based Evaluation. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:932283. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.932283 - Rice, J.; Friedman, K.; Garcia, S.M.; Govan, H.; & Himes-Cornell, A. 2022. A Contrast of Criteria for Special Places Important for Biodiversity Outcomes. Frontiers in Marine Science: 9: 91203: 13 p. Doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.912031 - Petza, D., Anastopoulos A., Kalogirou, S., Coll, M., Garcia, S. M., Kaiser, M., Koukourouvli, N., Lourdi, I., Rice, J., Sciberras, M., & Katsanevakis, S. 2023 (submitted). Contribution of Area-Based Fisheries Management Measures to Fisheries Sustainability and Marine Conservation: a global scoping review. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. In addition, FEG members were also called to review and comment on the draft FAO Handbook on OECMs for fisheries in early 2023. Together, these papers represent a substantial contribution to the understanding of OECMs in fisheries and FAO is not working on the development of guidelines. |
Completed | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | FEG was granted financial support from NCM to prepare a comprehensive review of Area-Based management Tools of relevance to fisheries. This comprehensive paper, prepared by FEG experts and external collaborators is over 300 pages and was published in March 2023. The reference is: Garcia, S.M.; Rice, J.; Link, J.; Sowman, M.; Charles, A.; Augustyn, C.J.; Penas Lado, E.; Morishita, J.; Campbell, D.; Kirkegaard, E.; Govan, H. 2023. Area-based management tools and fisheries: History, definitions, roles, typologies, tensions, synergies, trade-offs, and effectiveness. Brussels, EBCD. Gland, IUCN-CEM-FEG: 316 p. Available at https://ebcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-08-FEG-ABMT-Master-15-1.pdf | Completed | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
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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)
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