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badmant
on Tue, 11/05/2024 - 19:28
General Information
Resolution
49203
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
| Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec | Activities Overview | Description | Status | Action |
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| Convene stakeholders/Networking | The #NatureForAll initiative continues to play an important role in effectively engaging all sectors of society in implementing strategies that will inspire action to reverse biodiversity loss and address climate change. This growing community of more than 600 interested organisations and individuals, led by WCPA, IUCN's Commission on Education and Communication, the Alana Institute, the Children and Nature Network, Parks Canada, and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, continued to expand global constituencies for conservation in 2024. This included hosting a second Love Fest, a two-week-long online global celebration of love and action for nature, and a #NatureForAll Youth Oasis (pavilion) at the World Wilderness Congress. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | • In the 2024 financial year, the Center for Behavior & the Environment (BE.Center) has continued to build capacity through learn.rare.org: the BE.Center's virtual learning platform. The platform hosts self-paced content for learners to access at their own time and pace, in addition to supporting materials for attendees of its virtual and in-person trainings. This has included through translating it’s self-paced introductory course into Mandarin. • A new self-paced course focussed on ‘Assessing Behavior Change Solutions’ was launched on learn.rare.org. • Rare’s self-paced content is available for free on Learning For Nature, with the course launching on 1 July 2023. To date, 1993 individuals are enrolled • The BE.Center has continued to offer additional trainings through it’s 3-day BCD offer in both English and Spanish, running this twice per year. • Individual workshops have also been delivered for partners such as UNDP, Panthera, WCS, Maya Forest Trust, The Recycling Partnership and Faith Climate Action. • Rare uploaded 15 new-case studies on behavior.rare.org. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Convene stakeholders/Networking | • The BE.Center participated in a number of events targeting different stakeholders and discussing different aspects of behavior-centered solutions. Events ranged from presentations at the UNDP Nature for Life Hub Conference, joining CIMFAUNA, to contributing to the GEF Technical Guidance Document Advisory Panel. • Rare hosted its flagship conference, BE.Hive. This years conference looked at ‘Behavioral Insights to Environmental Impacts’, with over 300 registrants. • At the CBD COP Rare is hosting an event focussed on ‘People-Centered Solutions’. Full details will be provided in the 2025 activity report. • Rare’s behavior.rare.org platform acts as a hub for behavioral science tools, resources, trainings, and webinars. As of 24 October 2024, it has convened 4,258 members. An additional 1000+ members are accessing materials on a separate platform in China, hosted on WeChat. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | • Following on from the CBD COP, Rare is planning to host a follow-on webinar that will be practitioner oriented. The session will explore how people-centered solutions can help deliver the Global Biodiversity Framework. • Rare’s BE.Hour webinars are aimed at gathering practitioners to learn the intricacies of Behavior-Centered Design from Rare staff and external behavioral science champions. They have convened 1,437 attendees in the 2024 financial year. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Field activities | • Since October 2023, the Center for Behavior & the Environment at Rare (BE.Center) has continued to partner with environmental NGOs on behavior-centered design projects. Examples of partner organizations include WCS, Panthera, UNDP and WWF China. • In addition to partnering with external organizations, the BE.Center has continued to work with it’s Fish Forever, Lands for Life and Climate Culture program teams. |
On-going | Full activity report | |
| Fundraising | • The BE.Center has submitted a number of concepts to further integrate People-Centered Solutions into large, multi-year projects. In addition, we have continued to partner with external organizations to integrate People-Centered Solutions into existing projects (funded through a multitude of mechanisms). | On-going | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | The BE.Center has published and contributed to a number of articles and reports including: • Levers of Behavior Change: A Guide to the Science and Applications • International Public Opinion on Climate Change • Reducing Food Loss & Waste: A Roadmap for Philanthropy • Changing Community Climate Change Attitudes: Evidence from a Community Exhibit Intervention |
On-going | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
| IUCN Members | IUCN Commissions | IUCN Secretariat | Other non-IUCN related organisations |
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
External link(s)
Report status
Published
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
Association Les Eco Maires ( France )
North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo) ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Rare ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Capacity-building
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Field activities
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
Rare's Center for Behavior & the Environment is working with many of the world’s largest conservation organizations to incorporate best practices of behavioral designs in several major projects. While the BE.Center continues to provide direct-to-practitioner training and other services, it has also adopted an influential role as a subgrantee directing behavioral design on large, multi-year programs, helping other organizations promote conservation through behaviour-centered solutions.
The BE.Center has focused its efforts on demonstrating the evidence for behavioral science in the environmental field, building demand for BCD, and increasing the ability of practitioners to implement behaviorally informed solutions.
Association Les Eco Maires has contributed to implementing the Resolution through meetings with local communities and joint participation in public conferences in France.
The PANORAMA initiative, which is co-led by the IUCN Secretariat and IUCN Member GIZ, contributes to the Resolution by promoting specific solution case studies that illustrate good practice and impacts of integrating BCD into conservation initiatives.
CEC is exploring establishment of a Task Force on behavior change.
The BE.Center has focused its efforts on demonstrating the evidence for behavioral science in the environmental field, building demand for BCD, and increasing the ability of practitioners to implement behaviorally informed solutions.
Association Les Eco Maires has contributed to implementing the Resolution through meetings with local communities and joint participation in public conferences in France.
The PANORAMA initiative, which is co-led by the IUCN Secretariat and IUCN Member GIZ, contributes to the Resolution by promoting specific solution case studies that illustrate good practice and impacts of integrating BCD into conservation initiatives.
CEC is exploring establishment of a Task Force on behavior change.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
none reported
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
As noted by those reporting, there is both action from the proposing members, and strategic action underway or proposed by IUCN CEC and IUCN Panorama. A CEC Specialist Group would give significant additional impetus to this work.
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
Initiated: first stages of implementation