Submitted by
Mitali.SHARMA
on Thu, 04/17/2025 - 11:19
General Information
Resolution
49156
IUCN Constituent
IUCN WCPA Biodiversity and Protected Areas : Network 2021-2025
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Period covered
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
WPCA's Freshwater Specialist Group published a WCPA Technical Report "Designing and managing protected and conserved areas to support inland water ecosystems and biodiversity", which includes points on free-flowing rivers.
https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/51774
Additionally, WCPA's Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) Task Force published "IUCN WCPA Technical Note No.19 Renewable energy and implications for protected and conserved area downgrading, downsizing, degazettement, and delisting: guidance to address climate change and biodiversity loss synergistically", which includes a discussion on the impacts of hydropower and restoring free-flowing rivers. https://iucn.org/resources/other-brief/iucn-wcpa-technical-note-no19-renewable-energy-and-implications-protected-and
https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/51774
Additionally, WCPA's Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) Task Force published "IUCN WCPA Technical Note No.19 Renewable energy and implications for protected and conserved area downgrading, downsizing, degazettement, and delisting: guidance to address climate change and biodiversity loss synergistically", which includes a discussion on the impacts of hydropower and restoring free-flowing rivers. https://iucn.org/resources/other-brief/iucn-wcpa-technical-note-no19-renewable-energy-and-implications-protected-and
Status
On-going
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025