Submitted by
CraciunA
on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 11:49
General Information
Resolution
49161
IUCN Constituent
European Representative Office Brussels
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Atlantic Ocean
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Fundación Biodiversidad ( Argentina )
European Association of Zoos and Aquaria ( The Netherlands )
Asociación Guyra Paraguay Conservación de Aves ( Paraguay )
Loro Parque Fundación ( Spain )
Centro de Extensión Universitaria e Divulgación Ambiental de Galicia ( Spain )
Vice Consejería Sostenibilidad Ambiental, Gobierno Vasco ( Spain )
Asociación Herpetológica Española ( Spain )
Sociedad Española para la Defensa del Patrimonio Geológico y Minero ( Spain )
PROVITA ( Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) )
IUCN Commissions
No Commissions are/have been involved
IUCN Secretariat
No
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
As the actual MoU which puts in place the Moratorium includes a clause to extend it in case that the presence of Cuvier’s beaked whales is detected out of the actual zone (50 miles off the Canary Islands), a mission with an oceanic glider is being conducted to record with Passive Acoustic Monitoring the presence of cetaceans 60 miles west off the Canaries. The glider will return by the end of July to El Hierro and one of the priorities in the data analysis will be trying to find the presence of Cuvier’s beaked whales and present the results In October in the parallel events at the European Parliament. The extension of the SONAR moratorium which is the goal of the resolution will be promoted at the Exhibition in the European Parliament with the proposal to create a Marine Biodiversity Sanctuary in the Macaronesia.
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
- Addressed the Spanish Minister of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge who expressed her support for the proposal and mentioned that it would be interesting when the UN’s Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction;
- Addressed by letter the Spanish Minister of Defence who declined the idea of expanding the SONAR moratorium.
- Addressed by letter the Spanish Minister of Defence who declined the idea of expanding the SONAR moratorium.
Status
On-going
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description
An exhibition and several side events in the European Parliament are being prepared in October (23rd-27th). One of the questions to be raised in the exhibition is the extension of the SONAR moratorium. It might be also an opportunity to convey the Resolution to all states with EEZs in the region, as well as to the European Parliament. The exhibition will be focused on the SSC’s Reverse the Red program in Macaronesia.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat