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ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE

CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Eleventh meeting

Hyderabad, India 8-19 October 2012

REPORT ON HOW THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE IS

SUPPORTING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BIODIVERSITY

2011-2020 AND THE AICHI BIODIVERSITY TARGETS

Note by the Executive Secretary

INTRODUCTION

1. The Executive Secretary is circulating herewith a report prepared by the International Union for

Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on how this organization is supporting the achievement of the Strategic

Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

2. The report is being circulated in the form and language in which it was received by the

Secretariat.

How IUCN is supporting the achievement of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (2011-2020) and its 20 Aichi Targets Information paper submitted to CBD COP11, Hyderabad, 8-19 October 2012 The adoption of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 in 2010 at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CBD COP10), including its Strategic Goals and Aichi Targets represented a major step forward for biodiversity conservation to support life on earth. The world now has a unified agenda to tackle biodiversity loss, a loss which is continuing at unprecedented rates. In IUCN’s view the Strategic Plan represents an unparalleled opportunity to galvanise all parts of society to work to tackle the crisis of ongoing biodiversity loss, on which the life on this planet depends.

IUCN (its Members, Commission Members and Secretariat) played a significant role in the development and adoption of the Strategic Plan. Following its adoption, our position is that it is imperative that the world works to urgently implement the necessary action to achieve the Aichi Targets. IUCN is supporting implementation of the targets in number of ways described in this information paper.

IUCN’s knowledge

IUCN has considerable knowledge to support implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the Aichi Targets and is making concerted efforts to use this to support implementation. IUCN’s knowledge is made available through its knowledge products and services as well as the through globally distributed expert networks of Commissions, Members and Secretariat. In particular, IUCN’s ‘flagship’ knowledge products, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™; IUCN / UNEP-WCMC World Database on Protected Areas and ProtectedPlanet.net (its web based interface); IUCN Key Biodiversity Areas; IUCN Red List of Ecosystems and the IUCN Global Invasive Species Database support the achievement of the targets by:

Building capacity to implement the targets

Providing information to support implementation

Monitoring progress towards achievement (through the development of indicators)

The knowledge products are underpinned by science and governance mechanisms which ensure their independence. The contribution of each product can be seen in the following table which details precisely how each product supports work to achieve all 20 Aichi targets: https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/iucn_knowledge_for_implementation_of_aichi_targets_30_july_2012__2_.pdf

IUCN flagship knowledge products are utilized for many of the indicators to be adopted by the CBD for monitoring progress towards the achievement of the targets. For instance, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is relevant to monitoring progress towards at least 15 of the 20 Aichi Targets. Two new knowledge products are under development: The Natural Resource Governance Framework (which will consider the governance of nature’s use from the perspective of effectiveness, rights, equity and benefits) and the Human Dependency on Nature Index (to value nature’s contribution to people’s livelihoods). These will likewise support the achievement of the targets. We are also working to integrate our knowledge products (in particular the spatial data) with a view to providing a decision support tool to enable optimal planning of the land and the oceans – for nature and people.

https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/iucn_knowledge_for_implementation_of_aichi_targets_30_july_2012__2_.pdf

https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/iucn_knowledge_for_implementation_of_aichi_targets_30_july_2012__2_.pdf

IUCN Programme 2013-2016 The Aichi Targets underpin the entire new IUCN Programme 2013-2016 adopted at the World Conservation Congress, Jeju, South Korea. The Programme builds upon IUCN’s niche as the world’s authority on biodiversity conservation, nature-based solutions and related environmental governance. It has three Programme Areas:

Valuing and Conserving Nature enhances IUCN’s heartland work on biodiversity conservation, emphasizing both tangible and intangible values of nature.

Effective and Equitable Governance of Nature’s Use consolidates IUCN’s work on people-nature relations, rights and responsibilities, and the political economy of nature.

Deploying Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges in Climate, Food and Development expands IUCN’s work on nature’s contribution to tackling problems of sustainable development, particularly in climate change, food security and social and economic development. http://portals.iucn.org/docs/2012congress/docs_april/en/WCC-2012-9.2-1%20IUCN%20Programme%202013-16.pdf

The direct contribution of the Programme to the achievement of the Strategic Goals and Aichi Targets is explained in the Programme document. IUCN has identified ‘lead champions’ for each of the Aichi Targets who help to facilitate their achievement by providing technical advice, working to influence policy, and facilitating action on the ground. In addition the ‘champions’ help by communicating and explaining the importance of the Aichi Targets.

IUCN World Conservation Congress, 6 – 15 September 2012, Jeju, South Korea The following table (Annex 1) has been compiled following the Congress to show how the Congress Forum sessions contributed to the achievement of the Aichi Targets. This has been prepared in consultation with Forum workshop organisers. This illustrates how the Congress showcased work to support achievement of the targets, often explaining how positive action can lead to implementation ‘on the ground’. All the Forum workshops are

http://portals.iucn.org/docs/2012congress/docs_april/en/WCC-2012-9.2-1%20IUCN%20Programme%202013-16.pdf

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linked to implementation of at least one Aichi target and almost half of the workshops (49%) dealt with issues related to at least 4 targets.

183 Resolutions and Recommendations were adopted at the Congress. Several of these related directly to specific Aichi Targets (e.g. Resolutions on targets 9, 11 and 12 plus one on the Strategic Plan as a whole). Many others referenced specific targets, their contents calling attention to specific issues and challenges concerned with implementation. See http://portals.iucn.org/2012motions/?q=motions1

Other supporting work Rio + 20: The fundamental underpinning of biodiversity to the economy and daily life on this planet was explained by showing the relevance of the Aichi Targets to the green economy agenda of the Rio + 20 conference held in June, 2012. It illustrates how a truly sustainable future will be possible only if the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and its Aichi Targets are achieved.

See https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/policy_brief_rio_20_and_the_aichi_targets_3.pdf.

On the Rio Outcome Document The Future We Want, IUCN feels that it is essential that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be developed to succeed the MDGs are linked to the achievement of the Aichi Targets.

IUCN is working with the business community to support delivery of the Aichi Targets. Specifically we are developing a biodiversity impact indicator framework. This aims to provide businesses with a practical and scientifically underpinned framework (key

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requirements and workable steps) for measuring their impacts on biodiversity (and hence managing them). By integrating data and expertise from IUCN and its constituency, the framework will improve the way businesses measure and manage impacts on biodiversity. In so doing it will support the implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. In response to a request from the Scientific Authorities of the Biodiversity – related Conventions (CSAB), IUCN has mapped the Aichi Targets to the programmes, plans and action plans of these conventions. This is promoting greater synergy and cohesion between the conventions as well as a more streamlined approach to achieving the targets. IUCN has signed an agreement with the SCBD that aims at establishing areas of specific cooperation with the Convention. IUCN has been engaged in several of the national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) and capacity development workshops organized by the SCBD since COP10. In several countries, IUCN has been called upon to provide technical advice for the revision of NBSAPs as a whole, or of specific components (e.g. invasive alien species). For more detail on the substantial work carried out to support implementation of the Aichi Targets please see IUCN’s position papers for CBC COP11: http://iucn.org/news_homepage/events/cbd/meetings/hyderabad_2012/position_papers/ IUCN’s vast network of Members (both government and NGO), Commission Members and globally distributed Secretariat are highly committed to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. IUCN looks forward to continuous collaboration with Parties, the Secretariat and others in the ongoing urgent work to make its achievement a reality by 2020.

http://iucn.org/news_homepage/events/cbd/meetings/hyderabad_2012/position_papers/

Annex 1: WCC Forum sessions' contribution to the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

ID Title Target 1 Target 2 Target 3 Target 4 Target 5 Target 6 Target 7 Target 8 Target 9 Target 10 Target 11 Target 12 Target 13 Target 14 Target 15 Target 16 Target 17 Target 18 Target 19 Target 20

5

Myth of invincibility shattered:

evaluation of current trends in the

conservation status of marine species X X X X

6

How can companies assess their

performance in relation to

biodiversity?X X X x X

17Peatland restoration: a nature-based

solution to climate change X X X X X X X X

20

From Good Intentions to Action:

National Implementation on Gender

and Climate ChangeX X X X

38World National Parks CEOs Forum

X X

52

What role will the implementation of

TEEB play in conservation efforts? X X X

65

Progress in the implementation of the

Amazon ecosystem-based

conservation visionX X X

75

Island Biocultural Diversity Initiative

for Strengthening Biocultural Diversity

and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

in Asia-Pacific Island RegionsX X X X X X X X X

116

Soluciones al cambio climático:

experiencias de adaptación basada en

ecosistemas en cuencas

transfronterizas de MesoaméricaX X X X X

121

Access and Benefit Sharing and

Protected Areas: how are they linked? X X X

129

Earth Democracy and the Biosphere

Ethics Initiative: ethical arguments in

biodiversity conservation (CEL official

session)X X X X X X X X X X X

141

Collaborating with Local and Sub-

National Authorities to achieve the

Aichi targets X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

150

Our Protected Planet: Achieving Aichi

biodiversity targets through

constituency building, science and

action (WCPA official session)X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

166

International cooperation for

waterbird monitoring to support

sound management X X X



181

Leveraging Markets for Conservation:

Removing the Roadblocks to Scaling

up.X X X X X

185

Beyond Jargon II The Next Generation

of Communication Strategies for a

Sustainable World X X

217

Food and Ecological Security: The Role

of Public and Private Sector in

Supporting Ecosystem Resilience X X X X X

228

Actions for Biodiversity: global

implementation of the Strategic Plan

for Biodiversity and Aichi Targets X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

241

The Environment and Natural

Resources During and After Armed

Conflict: Lessons and Way Forward

(CEL official session)

X X

245The IUCN Green List of Well-Managed

Protected Areas X X X274

A Global Soil Convention (CEL official

session) X X X X

292

Promoting sustainable farming

practices: the use of a high nature

value index (HNVI)X X X X X

305

Whakatane Mechanism: a multi-

stakeholder approach to solving

human rights issues in protected

areas? (CEESP official session)X X X X

306Fisheries, biodiversity conservation,

and food security X X X

315

Towards Mediterranean resilience: An

adaptative model of governance X X X X

318Integrating biodiversity into supply

chains X X

321Valuing ecosystems – can it help

business make better decisions? X X X

323

How to develop a regional monitoring

system to influence conservation and

development decision making? X X X

333

Beyond the Tuna Trap: Coastal States

and the possibility of a new future for

tunaX X X X



334

Facilitating Collaborative Responses to

Environmental Crime through a Global

Network of Environmental

Prosecutors (CEL official event)X X X X

336

Understanding biodiversity risk - the

role and value of IBAT, the Integrated

Biodiversity Assessment Tool X X X X

337The Business and Ecosystems Think

Tank – Part A X X338

The Business and Ecosystems Think

Tank – Part B X X

349

Economic Policies and Sustainability at

a Time of Crisis (CEESP official session) X X X

351

Business and IUCN join forces: lessons

learned from western gray whale

conservationX X X X

358

GEF- Investing in Our Planet:

Sustainable financing for biodiversity X X

363Landscape Governance Mapping: A

Tool for Social Resilience X X

392What constitutes a resilient food

system? X X X

396

Net Positive Impact on Biodiversity – a

conservation mechanism for the

private sectorX X X

400How IPBES can bring us further in

conserving world´s biodiversity? X X X X X X

459

Marine World Heritage: Protecting The

Crown Jewels of the Ocean X X X

463

Cara y cruz de los agrocombustibles:

impacto ambiental y seguridad

alimentaria en países en desarrollo X X

464A global strategy of "green growth and

nature+" X X X

479

Financiamiento de la gestión de áreas

protegidas: solventando el costo de la

prevención / Financing Protected

Areas: Addressing the costs of

prevention

X X X X X X X X

512

Integrating ecosystem service value

assessment into environmental

assessmentX X X



524

Plaidoyer pour la conservation des

cétacés et la promotion de

l´écotourisme baleinier (Whale

watching) en Afrique

X X X

538Restoration, preservation and

utilization of Hanon Crater X X X

544

Promoting a New Conservation Ethic

Based on Respect for Indigenous

Peoples (CEESP official event) X X

560

Wiser discussion about ethical and

responsible engagement with the

private sector to promote change

(CEESP official session)X X

561

Find and Restore the Forgotten Acres:

A World of Opportunity for Forest and

Landscape Restoration X X X X X

571

A Proposal for Management for

Secondary Environmental Damages by

Natural DisastersX X X

594

An International Workshop to Develop

Key Strategies for the Establishment

and Promotion of the Asia-Pacific

Biodiversity Observation Network (AP-

BON) at Local, National, and Regional

Levels

X X X

596The Role and Conservation Plan of

Gotjawal in Jeju X X X X

648

Making biodiversity conservation

"Climate Smart": adapting approaches

for a changing climate X X X

658

Council Workshop ´A Union Working

Together to Engage Socitey for the

Future´X

666

The Biodiversity and Climate

Imperative to Protect Primary Forests:

Implications for Climate Policy X X X X X

735

Connectivity Conservation, Law and

Beyond: for an environmentally and

socially resilient planet X X X X X

736

Preserving nature for both

conservation and human health

outcomesX X X

738

Conservation Finance: gaps,

comparative analysis and alternatives

in a dynamic debateX X



740

Tools and capacity building for

addressing benefits and risks of

REDD+ in Asia X X

741

The World Heritage Convention at 40:

Engaging the IUCN constituency for

conservation and communities X X X

744Energy, Resource Competition and

Resilient Ecosystems X X X X

745

Transforming Agriculture,

Transforming Conservation: New

partnerships for global environmental

resilience and food sovereigntyX X X X X X

746

Youth Engagement and

Intergenerational Partnership for

Sustainability: Toward an IUCN-wide

Action Plan

X X

747

Adopting Green Practices in Response

to Oil Spills in 3 Regions X X X X

749

Identification of Sites of Global

Biodiversity Conservation Significance:

defining global standards and

mobilizing standardized biodiversity

data - Real-World Applications

X X X

750

Putting Natural Solutions to Work:

Mainstreaming protected areas into

climate change responses X X X X

751

Empowering rural stewardship to

conserve biodiversity and enhance

ecosystem servicesX X X X

752

International and national legality

frameworks for logging and timber

trade: in support of forest ecosystem

resilience and legal prohibition of

illegal timber in trade

X X X X X

753

Conserving and Restoring Coastal

Wetlands Globally: Identifying

Opportunities and Constraints X X X X X

754

Participatory governance

arrangements for important

conservation areas: common

principles, diverse realities and

complexity in Latin-American and the

Caribbean

X X X X



755

Sustaining freshwater ecosystem

services in wilderness, protected areas

and general use landscapes X X X X X X X X

756

Conservation and Poverty, Landscapes

and Livelihoods - What have we learnt

about the links? X X X

757

Locally managed marine areas,

towards a global learning network X X X

758

Sustainable marine and coastal

resource management in the Asia-

Pacific in the context of international

conservation targetsX X X X X

759

Aportes de los pueblos indígenas de

Abya Yala a la conservación, el uso

sostenible de la biodiversidad y

adaptación climática en el marco del

fin de la Cuenta Larga Maya

X X X X

760

Biospheres and World Heritage:

engagement with extractive industries X X X X

761Managing Wild Species and Systems

for Food Security X X X X X X

762

Sustainable practices and approaches:

good conservation outcomes from

tourism and visitation to protected

and environmentally sensitive areas.X X X

763

Mainstreaming Environmental

Sustainability, Disaster Risk Reduction

and Climate ChangeX X X X

764Sharing benefits and efforts from

transboundary conservation X X X

765

Building a Global Coalition for

Landscapes for People, Food, and

NatureX X X X X X

770

Enhancing Resilience with Nature:

Translating the Science and Practice of

Ecosystem Restoration into Policy X X X X

771

Investing in Natural Infrastructure as

an Element of Green Economies X X X X X X

772

Towards a global learning network on

ecosystem services assessment,

valuation and management X X X



773

Addressing the Global Amphibian

Crisis by Integrating Policy, Planning,

and ResearchX X X

774Forest Partnerships, big and small,

that really work! X X X

775

Rights for REDD+ or REDD+ for rights?:

successful experiences and remaining

challengesX X X

776

Using Ecosystems and Traditional

Knowledge to Help People Adapt to

Climate Change: Building the Evidence

Base

X X X

777

Health and Ecosystems –

Understanding Linkages to Advance

Public Health and Conservation

Outcomes in Policy and PracticeX X X

778Climate Change Adaption Tools for

Island Communities X X X X X X779 Ocean + X X X X X

780

High Seas Conservation: how can we

manage our common oceans

responsibly? X X X X X X X

781

Policy tools and instruments emerging

from TEEB with case studies from

island ecosystemsX X X

782Island Leadership on Global Challenges

X X X X

783

Rethinking Protected Areas Systems:

evidence-based solutions for a

positive conservation future X X X X X

785

Species and ecosystem conservation:

streamlining planning, management,

and assessment of progress X X x X X X

786

Stakeholder engagement and social

safeguards to support indigenous

peoples and forest communities in

REDD+ processes: cases, lessons and

ways forward

X X X X

787

Approaches to enhance social and

gender equity and value indigenous

knowledge through integrated

ecosystem-based planningX X X

789

The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity:

supporting its achievement though

species conservation (SSC official

session)X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X



790Urban Dimensions of Nature

Conservation: Roles for IUCN X X X X

791

Reducing Environmental Risks –

Naturally! Developing guidance for

IUCN´s future work on Disaster Risk

Reduction (CEM official session)X X X

792

Communicating Change: How to use

the power of communication to drive

conservation actionX X

795

Shaping the Future of IUCN´s

Protected Area Capacity Development

Programme (WCPA official session) X X X X X

796

Regional Sea Approaches to Marine

Conservation: the positive experience

from the Mediterranean and Yellow

Seas

X X X

797

Restoring Hope: Building capacity for

ecological restoration of protected

areasX X X

799Conserving Arctic and Antarctic

Marine Biodiversity X X X X X

800

Establishing the IUCN Red List as the

Foundation for Species Conservation

(SSC official session) X X X X X

801

Re-developing IUCN´s work on

Sustainable Use (SSC official session) X X X X

803

The 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress:

moving beyond targets, for protected

areas that help address global

challenges (WCPA official session)X X X X X X

807

Progress towards establishment of the

IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (CEM

official event)X X X X X

808

Marine Conservation in Asia and the

Pacific: Scoping Pathways for

International DialogueX X X X X

809Agriculture/Food Security and

Biodiversity (CEC official event) X X X X

812

Building Resilience to climate change

through Ecosystem Based Adaptation.

(CEM official session)X X X

813

Trends, Priorities and Actions in

Ecosystem Management: Key

conclusions from CEM’s Journeys X X X

814Funding species conservation (SSC

official session) X X



815

Initiative for Ecological Conservation

and Peaceful Utilization of DMZ X X

816

Low Carbon Green Growth Paradigm

and Urban Environmental Policy (KOC

official session) X X X X

817

Climate Change Adaptation Policy in

Korea (KOC official session) X X X X X

818Biodiversity and the Corporate Role

(KOC official session) X

819

Korea´s initiative for water

environment conservation - World

Water Forum, World Conservation

Congress (KOC official session)X X

820

The Promotion of World

Environmental Hub as a Model City in

Jeju (KOC official session)X X X

821

Experience with environmental

cooperation between ASEAN and

Korea towards a sustainable green

growth (KOC official session)X X X X X

822

Successful Management and

Utilization of World Heritage in

UNESCO International Protected Areas X

823

The Experience of the National Trust

Act in Korea and its Suggestions

toward Developing Countries (KOC

official session)

X X X X

824

Sharing Awareness on Sustainable

Conservation and Management of

Island-Coastal Ecosystems in Jeonnam

Province (KOC official event)X X X

825

France-UICN : un partenariat global

(IUCN Framework Partners Event) X X X

826

Supporting the mainstreaming of the

Pro Poor Approach as a sustainability

mechanism for REDD+ policies and

projects. (IUCN Framework Partner

Event)

X X X X

827

International River Basins as a

common good: The role of the Civil

Society (CS) and the Private Sector in

Transboundary Water Cooperation in

the Mekong River Basin

X X X X X



833

Conserver les écosystèmes et

aménager les territoires littoraux pour

réduire les risques de catastrophes

naturellesX X X

834

More Effective and Equitable Nature

Conservation: Lessons on Governance

of Diverse Protected Areas X X X X

835

The way forward after Rio+20 -

Greening the economy through

collective action for sustainability X X X

836Applying the Red List to Earth´s

Surface X X

837

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples

and a New Role for Conservation

Organizations in Nature´s Governance X X X

838

Green Growth and Gender: Woman’s

Role in Sustainable Production and

ConsumptionX X

839 DMZ´s biodiversity and its future X X X X

840

GSPC(Global Strategy for Plant

Conservation) 2020 and Conservation

Strategy of Arboretum and Botanical

GardenX X X X X X

841

The Role of Partnerships and Size in

Scaling Up Marine Protection Efforts

Across the Globe X X X X X X X X

849

A Dialogue Among Philanthropic

Leaders on Emerging Environmental

TrendsX X

909

From Competition to Collaboration

between Agriculture and

Conservation: moving toward

convergence between agro-ecology

and conservation biology

X X X X X X X X

979 The Elders X

980

The Connectors; The Systems in

Ecosystems: How can Conservation

Benefit from Collaboration between

IUCN and major Systems-based

Networks?

X X



981

The Inheritors: Responsible Citizens

for Tomorrow: Transferring

Ownership for Saving Biodiversity to

the Next GenerationX X

982Biodiversity offsets: the conservation

debate X X X X983

Communications in the Dragon’s DenX X

984

Religious leaders: faith, ethics and

human behaviour – the role of religion

and values in conservation and climate

advocacyX X X

1148

National Red Lists: establishing the

foundation for national biodiversity

conservationX X X X

1243

New Models for Engaging Local

Communities in Stewardship of

Protected Areas: Lessons from World

Heritage

X X X X

1244

Reaching and surpassing Aichi Target

11 through the appropriate

recognition of ICCAs X X

Total matches 56 29 13 46 53 16 28 11 8 24 59 33 14 54 51 9 18 35 57 12

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