WCC 2020 Res 018 - Activity Report

Conservation International co-coordinates with TNC the Inland Fisheries Alliance (IFA), a collaborative group of individuals representing several different organizations (https://www.inlandfisheriesalliance.org/), with a focus on 'valuing and protecting inland fisheries', including promoting more explicit inclusion of inland fisheries in global policies, and enhancing the collection of data to document the status and trends of inland fisheries.

Conservation International is leading on the preparation of an inland fisheries related session for the 2024 World Fisheries Congress on 'Assessing the Status of Inland Fisheries for Policy'

The following is in reference to operative statement 1a (to support more explicit inclusion of inland fisheries in the post-2020 biodiversity framework, especially through the post-2020 zero draft target 5 and through reference to inland fisheries in SDG Targets 14.4, and 14.6, or in 15.1 (sustainable use of freshwater ecosystems). Conservation International helped lead the development of a document submitted to the CBD COP 15, calling for an inland fisheries threat indicator (developed by USGS and FAO) to be included as a component or complementary for Global Biodiversity Framework Target 5. The document was submitted through collaboration with the European Bureau for Conservation and Development, IUCN-CEM's Fisheries Expert Group, InFish, and the Inland Fisheries Alliance. A copy of the document is available on the Inland Fisheries Alliance webpage for 'Resources' (https://www.inlandfisheriesalliance.org/resources).

Conservation International is contributing to paper on a global threat assessment of inland fisheries, being led by colleagues in USGS. The paper will examine the use of the inland fisheries threat indicator (developed by USGS and FAO) and proposed as an indicator for Global Biodiversity Framework Target 5. This work therefore supports operative statement 1a (to support more explicit inclusion of inland fisheries in the post-2020 biodiversity framework, especially through the post-2020 zero draft target 5 and through reference to inland fisheries in SDG Targets 14.4, and 14.6, or in 15.1 (sustainable use of freshwater ecosystems) and operative statement 1c (enhance the collection of data to document the status and trends of inland fisheries).