Report on the implementation of the Message from Reunion Island

Update on progress25 September 2014

Status of document

• Final draft being prepared with comments, additions and corrections received, will be ready 30 September

• Main changes:– more examples and illustrations– a balance between the need to reflect issues and

respect policy– new language on energy

• Case studies prepared

Case studies prepared

• Biodiversity protection in Ascension Island (2 pages)• BIONATURA project, Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores (1

page)• Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute (1 page)• Codes de l’Environnement in New Caledonia (1 page)• Implications of the European presence in the Caribbean on

regional fisheries management (4 pages)• Life+ Cap DOM project (2 pages)• Marine protected areas in New Caledonia (1½ page)• Saba’s approach to marine biodiversity conservation (1 page)• South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (¾ page)

Status of case studies

• Reviewed and validated by the main actors• Except the one on fisheries in the Caribbean,

which requires more consultation and additional information

• Need at least two more:– Greenland– Guadeloupe

Items for considerationItem Recommendations

editing and proof-reading, approval of final text

Conference co-organisers given one week from 1 October to give final corrections

translation/abstract One-page abstract in French

formatting Simple, similar to that of Reunion Message

authorship No named author

credits to sources and informants No names, but preface to thank all contributors

publisher(s) IUCN

logos To be confirmed

additional case studies, especially from Greenland and Guadeloupe

Finalised by 8 October