WCC-2025-Rec-044 - Progress Report submission form

Submitted by asanter on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 08:20
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
Actors involved from Activity Reports
IUCN Members IUCN Commissions IUCN Secretariat Other non-IUCN related organisations
  • Bat Conservation International, Inc ( United States of America )
  • UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Energy Task Force (ETF)
Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports

WCC-2025-Res-006 - Progress Report submission form

Submitted by badmant on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 05:12
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status Action
2 Policy influencing/advocacy We advocated for and helped establish a legal mechanism for creating protection zones around populations of rare species. The mechanism is analogous to IUCN Protected Area Management Category III, providing site-based protection for specific natural features and biodiversity. Since 2023, 86 protection zones covering 3,514 ha have been established. This strengthens Ukraine’s network of protected and conserved areas and provides a scalable model for area-based conservation. Completed Full activity report
Scientific/technical activities We engage biologists and conservation specialists from across Ukraine (approximately 65 UNCG members and up to 30 regional activists) in designing protected areas. Between 2021 and 2025, we submitted 49 proposals for protected areas designated at the regional and local levels, covering more than 22,834 ha. Completed Full activity report
Actors involved from Activity Reports
IUCN Members IUCN Commissions IUCN Secretariat Other non-IUCN related organisations
  • Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group ( Ukraine )
  • No
Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
Challenges / lessons learned Description Action
Insufficient / lack of resources Full activity report
Other (please specify)

Nature conservation is often deprioritised in favour of economic, infrastructure and security interests, making it challenging to secure support for new protected areas and effective biodiversity conservation.

 Full activity report

WCC-2025-Res-060 - Progress Report submission form

Submitted by jarad on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 00:29
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status Action
All Convene stakeholders/Networking We undertook preliminary discussions with Stop Ecocide International to produce the Scoping Report On-going Full activity report
1 Scientific/technical activities We study cases of ecocide during the full-scale russian-Ukrainian war. We have established a group of scientists conducting field-based research into the consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka Reservoir in Ukraine, which represents one of the largest known examples of ecocide. On-going Full activity report
5 Policy influencing/advocacy We update field-based data on the environmental consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant every three months and publish the results in scientific articles. We also study war-related destruction of ecosystems and protected areas. This evidence contributes to documenting ecocide in armed conflicts and may support the international application of Ukraine’s experience, where ecocide is recognised in criminal law. On-going Full activity report
Actors involved from Activity Reports
IUCN Members IUCN Commissions IUCN Secretariat Other non-IUCN related organisations
  • Environment-People-Law ( Ukraine )
  • Stop Ecocide International Ltd ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
  • Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group ( Ukraine )
  • IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2026-2029
  • No
Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
Challenges / lessons learned Description Action
Other (please specify)

early stages of figuring out the logistics

 Full activity report
Monitoring and accountability issues Full activity report
Insufficient / lack of resources Full activity report

WCC-2025-Res-075 - Progress Report submission form

Submitted by nellot on Tue, 10/13/2026 - 00:29
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec Activities Overview Description Status Action
1 Convene stakeholders/Networking TAPAS maintains standing collaboration with UNESCO and the IUCN World Heritage Programme on tourism and visitor management in World Heritage sites. This is established as a continuing line of work in the TAPAS 2026-2029 strategy, completed in 2026. On-going Full activity report
2 Education/Communication/Raising awareness TAPAS continues to work with the #NatureForAll initiative on visitation as a route to building conservation constituencies, and on communicating responsible visitor behaviour in protected areas. On-going Full activity report
3 Convene stakeholders/Networking Stream 1.2 of the 2027 IUCN World Protected and Conserved Areas Congress, "Integrating PCA systems into sectoral strategies, governance and policies", is led by the TAPAS Chair and includes dedicated sessions on the tourism-protected areas interface. It provides a structured multi-stakeholder venue for exchange on preventing and mitigating overtourism. On-going Full activity report
4 Scientific/technical activities A stocktaking paper on tourism and visitor management in protected and conserved areas is in preparation for the 2027 Congress, co-led by Ante Mandić and Thiago Beraldo Souza. It reviews current management practice and the available evidence base on measuring visitor pressure, and will serve as the evidence baseline for the update of the IUCN tourism guidelines. Planned Full activity report
5 Scientific/technical activities Scoping is under way within TAPAS for the update of IUCN Best Practice Guidelines No. 27 (2018), mandated by Resolution 8.129 OP2. The revision addresses carrying capacity and limits of acceptable change, overtourism and visitor pressure, and climate change. It is the main vehicle for delivering the assessment tools referred to in OP2a of this Resolution. On-going Full activity report
6 Scientific/technical activities TAPAS is reconciling terminology across existing tourism assessment tools and guides, so that assessment approaches can be applied consistently by protected area managers and tourism operators across different national contexts. On-going Full activity report
7 Fundraising TAPAS will submit a proposal to the Commission for a resourced work plan covering Resolutions 8.075 and 8.129, including the drafting group, review process and publication budget required to deliver the guidelines update in time for the 2027 Congress. Planned Full activity report
1 Convene stakeholders/Networking TAPAS maintains standing collaboration with UNESCO and the IUCN World Heritage Programme on tourism and visitor management in World Heritage sites. This is established as a continuing line of work in the TAPAS 2026-2029 strategy, completed in 2026. On-going Full activity report
Actors involved from Activity Reports
IUCN Members IUCN Commissions IUCN Secretariat Other non-IUCN related organisations
  • IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2026-2029
  • Yes
  • UNESCO
Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
Challenges / lessons learned Description Action
Insufficient / lack of resources

Implementation depends entirely on volunteer time. No dedicated funding has been secured and no Secretariat counterpart has been designated for this Resolution.

 Full activity report
Monitoring and accountability issues

Quantifying the local environmental impacts of overtourism, as requested by OP3b, implies sustained site-level data collection across a wide range of protected areas. This is beyond what a volunteer specialist group can carry without an institutional research partner. Identifying such a partner is a priority for the next reporting period.

 Full activity report
Coordination issues

Resolutions 8.075 and 8.129 overlap substantially and converge on the same instruction to WCPA: the update of Best Practice Guidelines No. 27. TAPAS is implementing them as a single work package rather than as separate streams. An explanatory note on this arrangement is attached to both Activity Reports.

 Full activity report
Insufficient / lack of resources

Implementation depends entirely on volunteer time. No dedicated funding has been secured and no Secretariat counterpart has been designated for this Resolution.

 Full activity report
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