Submitted by
Mitali.SHARMA
on Fri, 04/25/2025 - 04:56
General Information
Resolution
49212
IUCN Constituent
IUCN WCPA Biodiversity and Protected Areas : Network 2021-2025
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Period covered
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Center for Large Landscape Conservation ( United States of America )
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
WCPA is a member of the new Global
Partnership on Ecological Connectivity, which will help implement key recommendations of
the State of the World’s Migratory Species—the flagship report of the Convention—which
calls for increased actions to identify, protect, connect, and effectively manage important
sites for migratory species.
Partnership on Ecological Connectivity, which will help implement key recommendations of
the State of the World’s Migratory Species—the flagship report of the Convention—which
calls for increased actions to identify, protect, connect, and effectively manage important
sites for migratory species.
Status
On-going
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group and partners released a MOOC on connectivity in 2024 (https://www.learningfornature.org/en/courses/connectivity-101-ecological-connectivity-for-people-and-planet/).
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Leadership and members of the WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group participated in the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species in Samarkand, Uzbekistan to promote and mainstream ecological connectivity as a central focus of the convention and its activities. Members also participated in and organised other events in 2024, including one at CBD COP16.
Status
On-going
Activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Memebers of the WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group and partners published several publications on connectivity in 2024 (see Appendix I https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/52268).
Status
On-going
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025