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the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) to
biodiversity outcomes, examining the management elements
that result in positive biodiversity outcomes.
• The Task Force has partnered with a new group of marine
scientists with funding under the SESYNC program (National
Socio-Environmental Synthesis Centre) at the University of
Maryland. We held two global meetings in 2013 to develop a
model of effectiveness of marine protected areas. The
SESYNC group has become a part of the Task Force and we
are aiming at producing results in time for the World Parks
Congress.
• The Task Force is working with the evaluation units of the
Global Environmental Facility and the United Nations
Development Program. We were funded to assist with an
initial analysis of the effectiveness of GEF/UNDF supported
protected areas in conserving biodiversity. We are currently
negotiating a significantly larger analysis of projects.
Objective 2 links directly to Species Strategic Plan Target 16:
Setting global standards for the identification of sites of
biodiversity conservation significance. Following the
recommendations from the Framing workshop in Cambridge
last year, we organized several technical workshops and
regional consultations this year:
• The Criteria and Delineation workshop (March 2013, Front
Royal, USA) defined the criteria of the new Key Biodiversity
Area (KBA) standard and agreed on key considerations for
delineating KBAs.
• Interviews were conducted with various stakeholders and
end-users (e.g. donors, NGOs, Indigenous people, local
communities) on their needs and potential use of the KBA
methodology.
• A Joint Marine Working Group was created with the Global
Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI) to strengthen synergies
between the identification of Ecologically and Biologically
Significant Areas (EBSAs) and the KBA process. A workshop
was held during the International Marine Protected Areas
Congress 3 (October 2013, Marseilles) to discuss how KBAs
could provide a list of potential sites to be considered for
EBSAs adopted by the Convention on Biological Diversity.
• The Governance workshop (Nov 2013, Brasilia) focused on
the governance mechanisms of the new KBA standard, in
particular the role of the different stakeholders, relationships
between national and global processes, and process to
nominate, validate and endorse KBAs.
• The Thresholds workshop (Dec 2013, Rome) established
thresholds for measures of biodiversity significance, in other
words, for defining how “key” a site needs to be for it to be
considered a “Key Biodiversity Area”.
• A number of presentations and consultations were organized
during existing regional meetings.
Wild Pig Specialist Group
The Wild Pig Specialist Group (WPSG) is concerned with the
survival in the wild of all 17 presently recognized species as
well as threatened subspecies of wild pig. Wild pigs play
important ecological as well as socio-economic and cultural
roles in many countries in Asia and Africa. Some taxa are
highly threatened; especially those in Indonesia, the Philippines
and India being of conservation concern.
The WPSG uses a combination of strategies to try and
reverse population declines. Our work includes: 1) research on
taxonomy and distribution; 2) management of captive and wild
populations to prevent the extinction of the most endangered
species; and 3) facilitation of any conservation actions that
benefit threatened wild pig populations.
We have made some excellent progress in 2013; a
workshop was held in Indonesia in November, which focused
on the south and southeast Asian pig species, this was a great
opportunity to update our conservation strategies and plan our
next moves. Important decisions were made about the in-situ
and ex-situ management of Javan Warty Pig (Sus verrucosus).
We agreed to implement studies of the little known Bawean
Pig and small island populations of babirusas, and also to
address hunting and wildlife trade on Sulawesi. Furthermore,
the workshop has improved the coordination between the
breeding programs for Pygmy Hog, Visayan Warty Pig, and
Javan Warty Pig.
Further updates about our work on wild pigs can be found
in the twice-yearly Suiform Soundings, the newsletter for the
IUCN SSC Specialist Groups for Wild Pigs, Peccaries and
Hippos. You can also find us on our website.
Dr Erik Meijaard
Chair, Wild Pig Specialist Group
Javan Warty Pig (Sus verrucosus). © Florian Richter
The results of these technical workshops will be integrated into a
draft methodology available for comment, before publication
and launch in November 2014 at the World Parks Congress.
The Joint Task Force on Biodiversity and Protected Areas
would like to thank Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, Cambridge
Conservation Fund, MAVA Foundation, John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation, Ministério do Meio Ambiente do Brasil,
Rio Tinto and Shell.
Penny Langhammer and Stephen Woodley
Co-chairs, WCPA/SSC Joint Task Force on Biodiversity and
Protected Areas
92 IUCN species Annual Report 2013