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WCC 2020 Res 022 - Activity Report

Submitted by CraciunA on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 11:49
General Information
Establishment of a mid-frequency active (MFA – 1 to 10 KHz) sonar moratorium for maritime military exercises conducted in Macaronesia
IUCN Constituent: 
European Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2023
Geographic scope: 
Atlantic Ocean
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Fundación Biodiversidad ( FB ) / Argentina
European Association of Zoos and Aquaria ( EAZA ) / The Netherlands
Asociación Guyra Paraguay Conservación de Aves / Paraguay
Loro Parque Fundación ( LPF ) / Spain
Centro de Extensión Universitaria e Divulgación Ambiental de Galicia ( CEIDA ) / Spain
Vice Consejería Sostenibilidad Ambiental, Gobierno Vasco / Spain
Asociación Herpetológica Española ( AHE ) / Spain
Sociedad Española para la Defensa del Patrimonio Geológico y Minero ( SEDPGYM ) / Spain
PROVITA / Venezuela
IUCN Commissions: 
No Commissions are/have been involved
IUCN Secretariat: 
No
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Field activitiesAs 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.On-going
Policy influencing/advocacy- 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.On-going
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessAn 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.