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Future Directions for, and Applications of IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems

Future Directions for, and Applications of IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems. Edmund Barrow (EMP) Workshop 807, WCC Jeju, Sept. 2012. Achieving global coverage of assessments. Current : terrestrial (& freshwater) ecosystems of the Americas (Moore F).

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Future Directions for, and Applications of IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems

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  1. Future Directions for, and Applications of IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems Edmund Barrow (EMP) Workshop 807, WCC Jeju, Sept. 2012

  2. Achieving global coverage of assessments • Current : terrestrial (& freshwater) ecosystems of the Americas (Moore F). • Australasia – with Univ New S. Wales – potential funding for (ARC) • Lake Victoria Baisin (+ESARO) – part of USAID RFP • Mava II – build on Senegal lessons • Future: replicate model in other continents & biological realms (e.g. marine, subterranean). It’s a process & wont happen overnight!! + needs $$s

  3. To do this we need to strengthen technical & scientific capacity • Two parallel strategies: 1) periodic global assessments & 2) support national/regional assessments. • Global: one staff person in Cambridge, another part-time in Gland. • National/regional: Red List Taskforce – flexible, decentralized deployable team of assessors, able to lead workshops in at least the three IUCN official languages. • Also need to integrate RLE & other products (Species, PA’s etc.)

  4. Together with Quality control • Technical group based in IUCN member in Caracas • Some core RLE staff on SSC committees • RLE SC • To establish peer review process (?? c.f. species but broader) • RLE staff in Cambridge & Gland (Mava II) • Case (at least 12 so far) study formats and peer review for publication

  5. Lessons & Demands from Existing Use • If remote sensing & capacity available, can be done quickly • Senegal est. – 2 workshops, 3 months (4 people) yielded draft national RLE; cost approx $60K + easy to do at sub-national levels (catchment, district, mountain) • Interest in IUCN regions – RLE to action • Huge potential to realize – perhaps the glue between conservation & land/water use • Interest from Banks, Insurance (“risk”) for standard set of criteria applicable globally

  6. RLE - Opportunities “outside” Conservation • Internationally recognized standard to prioritize & justify Conservation Action & Land Use Management (& investment) at national level. • Criteria for assessment & performance – a decision support approach, basis for negotiated outcomes. • Simple robust way to measure performance, make links with conservation & land use, & reward. • But need to engage with other – more powerful – bodies (land use, planning, development, Macro-economic planning, political, finance). • Link to good/bad governance & nature dependency.

  7. Importance of Ecosystem Services In relation to environmental stewardship How are conservation & land use actions used, & rewarded? Links to economy, to market & to Finance

  8. A Recent Example - Senegal Are there potential KBA’s here, or should be? + potential locus for species assessments + links to Conservation action RLE a basis for spatial overlays of products & links to land use Are there PAs here, CCA’s – management effectiveness – so conservation action

  9. Indicative Overlays with Protected Areas

  10. From +ve governance perspective what are the attributes in LC; and what are the –ve attributes in EN – so what action needed to improve?? Zooming in On Barkedji District, Senegal From food dependency perspective what are the ecosystem services people depend on, and what is potentially being lost – why? What action needed (by whom, how) to improve Restoration (FLR), management (river, land), agro-forestry, soil conservation, governance, institutions, markets, enhance resilience, all = district + societal choice Are there potential KBA’s here, CCAs – how does this link to district planning and land use? Make case for Con. in district land and water management?

  11. Conclusion - RLE a Powerful tool to • Have an international set of criteria for Red Listing Ecosystems, & highlight good ecosystem management. • Support Red List of Species, World Data Base on Protected areas, Key Biodiversity Areas, (Conservation Action Support). • Be one of few approaches to (potentially) make linkages with productive land (water) use based on internationally recognized criteria (Land Use support) • Embrace ecosystem services & human inhabited ecosystems– “Green List” • Highlight need for ecosystem restoration, but equally to be able to reward good ecosystem management. • Be a great example of Members, Commissions & Secretariat at different levels (global-national) working together!

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