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mariaeugenia.periago
on Tue, 10/22/2024 - 14:55
General Information
Resolution
49148
IUCN Constituent
Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
Country
Country/Territory
Argentina
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Fondo Mundial Para la Naturaleza (WWF Colombia) ( Colombia )
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
WWF Paraguay, WWF Germany, IUCN, Agribenchmark, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
This is Year 1 of a 5 year IKI project entitled: Safeguarding overlooked Ecosystems: Protect, Manage and Restore Grasslands and Savannahs in Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay through multisectoral engagement and knowledge-sharing
The goals of the project for Argentina are:
37,000 additional hectares of savanna and grassland ecosystems under (improved) protection, sustainable management or under restoration within the intervention areas (Bahia Samborombón in Buenos Aires province, and Bajos Submeridionales in Santa Fe province).
-20,000 ha. Protection
-16,000 ha. Management
-1,000 ha. under restoration processes.
The goals of the project for Argentina are:
37,000 additional hectares of savanna and grassland ecosystems under (improved) protection, sustainable management or under restoration within the intervention areas (Bahia Samborombón in Buenos Aires province, and Bajos Submeridionales in Santa Fe province).
-20,000 ha. Protection
-16,000 ha. Management
-1,000 ha. under restoration processes.
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
In collaboration with our partner IUCN, we are promoting elevating the profile of grasslands and savannas at the (inter)national political level and communicated. Target: 10 proposals submitted to international conventions and/or national authorities.
To this end, we co-organized a side event at COP16 in Cali, Colombia.
To this end, we co-organized a side event at COP16 in Cali, Colombia.
Status
_none
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
In collaboration with our partner Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), we are supporting the production of scientific evidence on the importance of grasslands and savannas for biodiversity conservation that is used by relevant stakeholders. Target: 24 publications accepted or published
Status
On-going
III. Additional Information
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member