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INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE

IUCNCommission on Ecosystem Management

West Asia Regional Conservation ForumAmman, 10-12, Oct. 2015


MissionTo provide expert guidance on the integrated approaches to the management of natural and modified ecosystems, in order to promote effective biodiversity conservation and sustainable development

Promote the adoption of, and provide guidance for, ecosystem approaches to the management of landscapes and seascapes and build resilience of socio-ecological systems to address global changes

Objectives


• Lead by the Chair & Dep. Chair • Steering Committee (6) • Supported by secretariat (EMP)

• Regional Chairs (15) • Thematic Groups & Task Forces (25) • National Focal Points (4)• Special Advisors • Commission representatives in IUCN-programmes

Structure and Governance


• Red List of Ecosystems

• Disaster Risk Reduction

• Ecosystem Restoration

• Ecosystem Services

• Climate Change Adaptation

• Coastal Ecosystems Group

• Holarctic Steppes

• Landscape Management

• Arctic Ecosystems

• Sustainable Use

• Young Professionals

• Urban Ecosystems

• Ecosystems and Private Sector

Thematic Groups• Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems

• Ecosystèmes Oasiens

• Ecosystems and Invasive Species

• Peatland Ecosystems

• Wetland Ecosystems

• Mountain Ecosystems

• Dryland Ecosystems

• Island Ecosystems

• Resilience

• Nanomaterials

Task Forces• Systemic Pesticides

• Fisheries Expert Group

• Ecosystem Based Aquaculture

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Membership per CEM-regionCEM Western Europe 291CEM North America & English Speaking Caribbean 152CEM South Asia 118CEM South America 71CEM Oceania 67CEM Meso America & Spanish Speaking Caribbean 43CEM West Africa 42CEM West/Central Asia 41CEM Southern Africa 41CEM South East Asia 41CEM North Africa 39CEM Eastern Europe 35CEM East Africa 33CEM North East Asia 28CEM Central Africa 14Grand Total 1056


• Clearing house mechanisms

• Workshops, conferences

• Manuals, guidelines

• Scientific publications

• General advice: “serving the membership”

Commission Activities

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CEM-products

A. Virtually all CEM-products are the results of cooperation with other partners. Cooperation and collaboration is actively promoted for reasons of (in particular) synergy and outreach

B. For each “product” some eye-catching examples are given only.


North AmericaCEM SC and Workshop on resilience in Idaho

South AmericaCEM SC and Workshop in Salta

Meso America:Workshop and training on Red List on Ecosystems in Costa Rica, planned SC meeting in

Carribean in 2015

Western Europe:Meetings in Gland, IUCN-Netherlands, European Regional Office

Eastern Europe and Central Asia:SC meeting and Workshop in Mongolia

South Asia Region:Workshop on “promoting ecosystem-based adaptation approaches in Nepal

West Asia region:Conference on spirituality and ecosystems with special emphasis on Islam

CEM in the Regions (1)


North/East AsiaWCC Jeju and planned 1st World Forum on Ecosystem Governance in October

North AfrikaWorkshop on Oasis

East/South AfricaCEM SC meeting and Workshops in Kenya

West/Central AfricaSC + Workshop in Guinea Bissau and workshops in Ghana and Togo

Oceania:CEM meetings in Fiji and Cook Islands

Some Highlights of CEM in the Regions (2)


Ecosystem Services TG: IUCN-office in Washington DC has built a data base of 92 case studies Contributions to Ecosystem Services Partnership

Disaster Risk Reduction TG:Case study book about role of Protected Areas in DRR, was launched at WPC

Ecosystem RestorationWillem Ferwerda (Commonland Foundation): Assessment of cases for portfolio of projects for ecosystem restoration

Clearing House Mechanisms


Disaster Risk ReductionMassive Open Online Course (MOOC) Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate is a massive success

ResilienceNew blog on the role of Resilience in development of Drylands in Africa

Red List of Ecosystems TG:Article accepted for publication in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of BritainMultiple Training sessions on RLE Assessment

Task Force on Systemic Pesticides:Worldwide integrated assessment of the impact of neonicotinoids: Series of publications in international scientific journals

Fisheries Expert Group:Book on Governance of Fisheries, launched in Oslo on the occasion of the Norwegian Fisheries Forum Seminar

Lessons learned, guidelines, manuals


West Africa:Workshop on establishment of a trans boundary Biosphere reserve in Togo and Ghana

Ecosystem Services TG:Emmanuelle Cohen-Shachan, Dolf de Groot, Sasha Alexander, Bernal Herrera: 2 sessions at in Costa Rica

Fisheries Expert Group:FEG leads organised a workshop in Gland on mitigation of fisheries impact on biodiversity. Publication will follow.

Coastal ecosystems:Virtual conference on Marine Protected Areas in Argentina by RC Andrea Michelson

Conferences, workshops, seminars(Co-organised by CEM)


Private Sector & Ecosystems Group:

Fisheries Expert Group:CBS/SBSTTA in Montreal in relation to Aichi target 6 (sustainable fisheries)

Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change TGParticipation of Angela Andrade in several high-level meetings and conferences, e.g. on Mountain Ecosystems (UNESCO), UNFCCC.Input WPC coordinated by Angela Andrade: Streamline 2: responding to Climate Change and coordination of NBS Pavilion.Bernal Herrera Symposia on connectivity and climate change (Costa Rica).

Disaster Risk Reduction/ Ecosystem Services-TGKey contributions at DRR and CCA workshop

Ecosystem Restoration:Presentation by Piet Wit at Conference in Washington DC: How large scale restoration can stimulate sustainable development

Advocacy & Policy Development


Ecosystem Services TG: Frequently called upon notably for IUCN’s work . Coordinated by Group Lead Emmanuelle Cohen-Shachan

Fisheries Expert Group:Serge Garcia, Kjartan Hoydal and Despina Symons in IUCN-delegation for FAO/Committee of Fisheries event in Rome (Italy)

Regional Chairs South Asia and South-East Asia:RC Madhav Karki: a/o 2014 Human Development Report and key-note presentation on living with Climate Change (Nepal), Co-Chair of the “Regional Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific regionSansanee Choowaew & Tran Triet: Mekong wetlands

Ecosystem Restoration TG:Keith Bowers leading advisor for the restoration of the Hainon Crater (Korea)

CEM as sounding board and pool of expertise


Deep-sea mining brochure

New thematic groups:Arctic ecosystems led by Jean ThieNanotechnology led by Khara GriegerAquaculture under the guidance of François Simard (IUCN-HQ)Sustainable Use, led by Robert Kenward

1st CEM Young Professional Award in 2014 (Winner Shalini Dhyani)2nd Luc Hoffmann Award at WFEG, 20152nd CEM Young Professional Award in 2016, at WCC

Documentaries by CEM member John Liu:• Short video-introduction on spirituality and ecosystem management• Documentary “Regreening the planet”

Emerging issues in conservation and project development


SSCWorking together on Red List of Ecosystems and Systemic Pesticides

CEESPCollaboration in Young Professionals Network

WCELCollaboration around the legal aspects of the Red List of Ecosystems

CECPlanned meeting on behavior change design for resilience

WCPAJoint session at WPC, working together on the Green List resolution

Working together with Secretariat:Ecosystem Management Programme (see next slide), Marine programme (aquaculture group), Business (Aluminium Stewardship, ICMM), Restoration (CEM Restoration TG), Regional Offices (most Steering Committee meetings linked to IUCN Regional Offices)

Working together

Nature Based Solutions Group CEM support &

joint work

Ecosystem Management Programme Red List of

Ecosystems

Drylands Initiative

Ecosystem based

Adaptation

World Initiative on Sustainable Pastoralism

Islands (Initiative)

drylands Projects, UNCCD

UNEP/UNDP/IUCN Mountain adaptation; UNCCC & NWP; Union

wide EbA Learning Framework

Ecosystem livelihood

Adaptation Network (ELAN)

GLISPA

Islands/Invasives, EC Western

Indian Ocean

Disaster Risk Reduction

PEDRR, Training, Global Platform;

EPIC, KNCF

EMP Structure


1st World Forum on Ecosystem Governance

• Partners: IUCN (CEM, China office, EMP, Regional Office Bangkok), State ForestryAdministration - P.R.China, Academy of Science of China, Beijing University

The Forum explored alternative approaches to govern the worlds ecosystems specifically in relation to: • The effects that globalization has on management of ecosystems;• Mitigation and/or adaptation to address the impacts of climate change;• The role technologies could contribute to helping sustain ecosystem capacities; and• Effective means to promote interdisciplinary stakeholder involvement in management

of ecosystems. (more information: https://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/cem/cem_about/the_world_forum_on_ecosystem_governance/)

https://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/cem/cem_about/the_world_forum_on_ecosystem_governance/

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Nature Based Solutions – NBS Pavilion

• Major importance for IUCN and CEM that a Pavilion on Nature-based Solutions (NBS) would be established at WCC

• Allow people from CEM and the Secretariat - especially those that work on different types of NBS concepts - to gather, organize meetings and coordinate their activities and present issues to a wider audience.

• Present case studies and experiences from different areas of the world, that are related to NBS such as EbA, Restoration, Eco-DRR, Ecosystem Services.

• Host events related to the NBS Journey proposed by CEM/GEMP;• Provide a place for new NBS publications to be launched, and for

publications related to the different types of NBS approaches to be available for the public.


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