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WCC 2020 Res 061 - Activity Report

Submitted by david.keith on Sat, 05/11/2024 - 00:33
General Information
Partnerships and further development of a Global Ecosystem Typology
IUCN Constituent: 
IUCN CEM Red List of Ecosystems Thematic Group 2021-2025
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
Period covered: 
2024
Geographic scope: 
Global
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ( DCCEEW ) / Australia
Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, SA / Australia
Asociación para la Conservación, Investigación de la Biodiversidad y el Desarrollo Sostenible ( SAVIA ) / Bolivia
Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada ( CWS ) / Canada
Biodiversity Committee, Chinese Academy of Sciences ( BC, CAS ) / China
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt ( IAvH ) / Colombia
Ministry of the Environment of Finland / Finland
Wildlife Trust of India ( WTI ) / India
Norwegian Environment Agency / Norway
Society for Conservation Biology ( SCB ) / United States of America
EcoHealth Alliance / United States of America
Wildlife Conservation Society ( WCS ) / United States of America
IUCN Commissions: 
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025 (CEM)
IUCN Secretariat: 
Yes
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Capacity-buildingSupport 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.On-going
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessProvita 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 On-going
FundraisingMultiple 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)On-going
Policy influencing/advocacyProf 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.Completed
Scientific/technical activitiesIUCN 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.- None -
Scientific/technical activitiesThe 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 On-going
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
What challenges have you encountered in implementing this Resolution and what measures have you taken to overcome them?: 
Ongoing resourcing limitations to red listing activities. Several opportunities currently being explored through UN programs and the private sector.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Capacity-buildingContinue to support and engage in development of RLEs at national and global levels
FundraisingExplore new funding opportunities as they arise in the public and private sectors