Submitted by
MugoA
on Thu, 06/15/2023 - 12:18
General Information
Resolution
49230
Period covered
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
Wildlife Conservation Society ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Fundraising
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
SSC SSG Chair fundraising successfully secured 2.7M USD from Shark Conservation Fund to begin delineation of Important Shark And Ray areas globally and hired a team of 10+ scientists to do these workshops.
Paper link is https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.968853/full - nearly 10K views of the ISRA paper - moving conservation for sharks and rays and chimearas forward
Paper link is https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.968853/full - nearly 10K views of the ISRA paper - moving conservation for sharks and rays and chimearas forward
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
No information is available
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
CMS CMS ISRA documentation is linked here https://www.cms.int/sites/default/files/document/cms_cop14_doc.27.4.2_isra_e.pdf At the 4th Meeting of the Signatories to the Sharks MOU (MOS4), Signatories welcomed the Initiative and progress made by the IUCN SSC SSG in developing robust selection and review criteria for identifying ISRAs and acknowledged the criteria and identification process posted on the ISRA website (sharkrayareas.org)
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
Underway: implementation well-advanced
Report status
Published