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LarbodiereL
on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 20:08
General Information
Resolution
49247
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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| Policy influencing/advocacy | Building on the previous activity report NWC continues to promote the resolution and raise it in relevant fora. As part of NWC's comments to the US State Department request for input on international deforestation and commodity supply chains per a US Presidential Executive Order, , NWC submitted Resolution 108. NWC also shared the State Department request with relevant staff. NWC raised REs 108 and illegal deforestation with the DDG Program during his last visit to DC. NWC has shared the State Department reports to the President on international deforestation including commodities with the IUCN forest and grasslands team, the Res 108 focal point/points and the DDG Porgr | On-going | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
| IUCN Members | IUCN Commissions | IUCN Secretariat | Other non-IUCN related organisations |
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
External link(s)
Report status
Published
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
The Nature Conservancy of Canada ( Canada )
World Resources Institute ( United States of America )
NatureServe ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Policy influencing/advocacy
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
Updated Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) standards, including a new due diligence system for the avoidance of controversial sources. SFI has an Illegal Logging Policy, while the SFI Forest Management Standard has three requirements to safeguard against the negative impacts of deforestation and protect native ecosystem.
The resolution has been circulated widely and is being promoted specifically with natural resource crime and corruption communities. There is now greater recognition of the role that whistle-blowers can play in promoting the legality of supply chains and connections to combating corruption.
Online meeting with members of IUCN Commissions to discuss resolution and needs for implementation.
The resolution has been circulated widely and is being promoted specifically with natural resource crime and corruption communities. There is now greater recognition of the role that whistle-blowers can play in promoting the legality of supply chains and connections to combating corruption.
Online meeting with members of IUCN Commissions to discuss resolution and needs for implementation.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
Not a lot of ongoing work within IUCN on illegal logging. There is no clear lead on natural resource crime and corruption nor on whistle-blowers.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
Task force with Members, Commissions and Secretariat to develop roadmap on implementation of resolution.
Involvement of IUCN CEESP Green Criminology Specialist Group.
Further collaboration with private companies on monitoring deforestation in supply chains and the importance of restoration.
Development of whistleblower policy (beyond this resolution).
Secretariat and IUCN Commissions to increase work with FAO, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), and other members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to contribute to combating illegal timber trade and promoting legal and transparent supply chains; and
The Secretariat and the Commissions, especially the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), to find ways to better assess and make recommendations on the adverse impacts of agricultural, mining (extractive minerals) and fossil-fuel subsidies on deforestation, ecosystem conversion
and degradation and biodiversity loss, and the lives of indigenous peoples, as well as their incentivisation of
corruption
Involvement of IUCN CEESP Green Criminology Specialist Group.
Further collaboration with private companies on monitoring deforestation in supply chains and the importance of restoration.
Development of whistleblower policy (beyond this resolution).
Secretariat and IUCN Commissions to increase work with FAO, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), and other members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to contribute to combating illegal timber trade and promoting legal and transparent supply chains; and
The Secretariat and the Commissions, especially the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), to find ways to better assess and make recommendations on the adverse impacts of agricultural, mining (extractive minerals) and fossil-fuel subsidies on deforestation, ecosystem conversion
and degradation and biodiversity loss, and the lives of indigenous peoples, as well as their incentivisation of
corruption
Are these actions/activities planned?
No
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
Initiated: first stages of implementation