Submitted by
david.keith
on Sat, 05/11/2024 - 00:33
General Information
Resolution
49200
IUCN Constituent
IUCN CEM Red List of Ecosystems Thematic Group 2021-2025
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ( Australia )
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, SA ( Australia )
Asociación para la Conservación, Investigación de la Biodiversidad y el Desarrollo Sostenible ( Bolivia (Plurinational State of) )
Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada ( Canada )
Biodiversity Committee, Chinese Academy of Sciences ( China )
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt ( Colombia )
Ministry of the Environment of Finland ( Finland )
Wildlife Trust of India ( India )
Norwegian Environment Agency ( Norway )
Society for Conservation Biology ( United States of America )
EcoHealth Alliance ( United States of America )
Wildlife Conservation Society ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Capacity-building
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Support for developing National Red Lists of Ecosystems to support ecosystem management continued, with release of RLE for Mozambique (led by Wildlife Conservation Society), progress on global RLEs for mangove and coral reef ecosystems, and national RLEs in various stages of development in India, Malaysia, Bolivia, Venezuela and Canada.
Status
On-going
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Provita continued to maintain the Red List of Ecosystems website, with contemporary news stories and an increasing library of RLE resources
Prof Keith and Dr Ferrer attended the African Proetected Area Congress and convened a session on contributions of the RLE to design and management of African Protected Areas. A paper was subsequently published https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cobi.14169
Prof Keith and Dr Ferrer attended the African Proetected Area Congress and convened a session on contributions of the RLE to design and management of African Protected Areas. A paper was subsequently published https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cobi.14169
Status
On-going
Activity
Fundraising
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Multiple fundraising activities underway including concept notes submitted to GEF. Successful funding for projects for global mangrove RLE (IUCN secretariat), GEO Ecosystem Atlas (CEM) and Australian ecosystem inventory (CEM, Aust Research Council)
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Prof Nicholson represented IUCN on the UN Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity Indicators for the Global Biodiversity Monitoring Frameowrk. RLE was adopted as Headline Indicator A1 of the GBF monitoring framework and the recommendations of AHTEG for implementation are currently before SBSTA.
Prof Keith was invited to prepare a proposal for adoption of the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology into the UN Family of Statistical Classifications, providing a standard frameowrk for countries to report on the status of their ecosystems. The UN Statistics Commission adpoted the GET into the Family in March 2024.
Prof Keith was invited to prepare a proposal for adoption of the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology into the UN Family of Statistical Classifications, providing a standard frameowrk for countries to report on the status of their ecosystems. The UN Statistics Commission adpoted the GET into the Family in March 2024.
Status
Completed
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
IUCN has partnered with GEO in a major new initiative to develop the Global Ecosystem Atlas. This will serve the spatial data required for countries to implement their contributions to the Global Biodiversity Framework. The RLE Thematic Group has highly influential roles on the scientific development of the Atlas, with Dr Nick Murray the scientific lead for development of the Atlas prototype and Prof David Keith colead of the Atlas Science and Technical Committee.
Status
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Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The RLE Committee for Scientific Standards was convened to undertake an update of the technical guidelines for the application of the Red List of Ecosystems categories and criteria. The revision is complete and publication of Guidelines v2.0 is in progress.
Prof Emily Nicholson led a review of the role of the RLE in implementing the UN Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02320-5
Prof Emily Nicholson led a review of the role of the RLE in implementing the UN Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02320-5
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
Ongoing resourcing limitations to red listing activities. Several opportunities currently being explored through UN programs and the private sector.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
IUCN CEM and secretariat are having a major impact on global ecosystem conservation policy, which is cataysing action at the national level across a growing suite of countries, leading to improvements in sustainable ecosystem management
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Capacity-building
Description
Continue to support and engage in development of RLEs at national and global levels
Future action / activity
Fundraising
Description
Explore new funding opportunities as they arise in the public and private sectors
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025