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5. make a commitment; and 6. share some success stories on species conservation (not compulsory). The partnership comprises 25 environmental organizations, conventions, funding organizations and governmental agencies. To know more about Friends of Target 12 please visit this link. Activities of the partnership, working with the CBD Secretariat and with Parties, may include: • Synthesize and share experience, initiatives, guidelines and recommendations to enable countries to achieve Target 12 • Promote synergies (at national, regional or global level) between organizations and institutions working on species conservation including governments, NGOs, convention secretariats and business to achieve Target 12 • Promote the integration of species action plans, strategies and activities into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) • Identify important issues related to species conservation that might be addressed via decisions of the CBD or other conventions • Support the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) to develop indicators and methods to monitor progress towards the achievement of Target 12 • Develop shared strategies for collaborative efforts to achieve Target 12 including capacity building and tool development. Friends of Target 12 is supported by the Convention on Biological Diversity and a response to the convention’s call for Biodiversity Champions. Fostering conservation on land and in water (Conservation supported through existing and novel funding mechanisms) During 2013, SOS – Save Our Species has continued to support, or has started funding, a total of 54 projects focusing on threatened species conservation in more than 30 countries and more than 30 additional ones expected to be funded by early 2014. With a total amount of USD 6 million already committed to 54 projects around the world and another USD 3 million expected to be allocated by early 2014, SOS is well on route to meet the expected targets set in the IUCN Species Strategic Plan 2013–2016. A total of more than 100 threatened species are benefitting from the two types of grant that SOS offers. Public outreach and marketing activities have proceeded well during 2013 with quarterly issues of the SOS newsletter – “A Call from the Wild” – being sent to about 10,000 subscribers, a new social media campaign being launched and reaching Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) – Near Threatened. This species has been successfully bred through a project led by the Saint Louis Zoo, the Missouri Department of Conservation, Arkansas Fish & Game Commission and US Fish and Wildlife Service. © Brian Gratwicke 18 IUCN species Annual Report 2013
more than 25,000 followers through Facebook and Twitter. A photographic exhibition was organized in Geneva to promote SOS and IUCN. Fundraising efforts have intensified in order to ensure the SOS fund will continue to operate after 2015 once its initial five-year funding will have been all committed. While strictly speaking not falling under SOS, a new initiative called the “Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme” based on the same structure and principles directing SOS, commences in 2014. Special initiatives to tackle major conservation crises (Focused attention brought to resolving major crises in biodiversity conservation) GSP worked with the African Elephant Specialist Group on the organization of the African Elephant Summit that was held in Gaborone, Botswana in December 2013. We have been supporting the Amphibian Survival Alliance, Action Asia (now known as ASAP), bear farming and action on Asian rhinos. Staff have engaged with the Mangrove SG and work to increase linkages with the ARO Mangroves For the Future. Understanding and communicating sustainable use (Greater common understanding achieved of the theory and practice of sustainable use of biodiversity, and key linkages to human livelihoods) GSP has been working with the Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, for example to explore indigenous / local community contributions to IUCN Red List assessments and trade / use information being captured in IUCN Red List assessments. Staff have been liaising with the International Trade Centre which does joint work with SSC Specialist Groups (e.g. on Asian snake trade). Enabling and implementing strategies for sustainable use (The use of living natural resources is sustainable and recognized as a positive tool for achieving longterm conservation) The GSP has engaged considerably with the Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group. Freshwater Biodiversity Unit, HighARCS project: The last year of this EC-funded four-year project is focusing on the implementation and monitoring of action plans at five sites across Asia, which are all aiming to improve the sustainable use and conservation of aquatic resources and biodiversity. The major output of the project is an online Wetland Resources Action Planning (WRAP) toolkit which will provide the practical guidance, processes and tools needed to better understand the issues related to aquatic biodiversity; value them in terms of biodiversity, livelihoods, ecosystem services and policy, and work with stakeholders to develop and implement action plans. This builds directly on the Integrated Wetland Assessment Toolkit previously developed by the FBU. See this link. Biodiversity and climate change understanding (Impacts of climate change on species and the response of species to climate change documented, analysed and better understood) Climate Change Unit (CCU): In 2013 the CCU has successfully developed and applied their new Species Vulnerability to Climate Change Assessment Framework, including to global amphibians, birds and reef-forming corals, as well as to a number of other taxa at a regional level. This marks an important step towards showing how IUCN Red List information and information on species vulnerability to climate change can be mutually informative when developing conservation and adaptation strategies. New assessments have begun in 2013, including consideration of new taxa and application of refined methods, and many more are anticipated for 2014. Much of the CCU’s time in 2013 has been devoted to assisting development of the new SSC Climate Change Specialist Group, whose diverse aims include, among others, development and implementation of best practice guidelines for assessing species vulnerability to climate change. Biodiversity and climate change policy (Biodiversity considerations taken into account in public and private sector adaptation and mitigation policies and practices at global and regional levels) CCU: In recognition that species assessments can and should form the biodiversity knowledge-basis of climate change adaptation and mitigation, in 2013 the CCU has also been developing a system to inform national-level stakeholders and decision makers of the ways that our results can be used to inform adaptation policies and practices. To date, this has been trialled at workshops in Sierra Leone and The Gambia, and further workshops considering the species of Mali, Chad and Togo took place in November. CCU has also worked with the SSC Climate Change Specialist Group in engaging with policymakers and planners at multiple levels. Maintaining genetic diversity of wild relatives of crops and domesticated animals (The long-term supply of food resources secured through the conservation of wild relatives of crops (CWR) and domesticated animals) Discussions have taken place with the Crop Wild Relative SG with a view to establishing links for in-situ conservation of CWR and on-farm management of crop landraces and IUCN Key Biodiversity Areas. Other updates: SSC Membership registration and the IUCN Union Portal: Report of the Global Species Programme Director 19
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