IUCN World Conservation Congress, Marseille, 11-19 June 2020
Motions –– timeframe and guidance on engagement for IUCN’s UK Members
Contents of this briefing:
- Accessing the draft Motions
- Timeframe to add in comments and or suggested amendments to the current version of each Motion
- Motions submitted by Members
- IUCN Council-sponsored Motions
- List of Motions for amendments to the IUCN Statutes
Accessing the draft Motions:
All the 128 Member sponsored Motions are available here: https://www.iucncongress2020.org/event/members-assembly/motions. You need to login using your IUCN Member login details to be able to view all the comments from other Members or to add your own comments / revisions to the text. Once you have logged in you can also ‘subscribe’ to any of the Motions so that you receive updates by email when any comments re posted by any IUCN Member.
With associated guidance:
- Introductory guidance to the Motions process: https://www.iucncongress2020.org/sites/www.iucncongress2020.org/files/iucn_staff/pages/1._iucn_2020_-_introduction_to_the_motions_process_en_1.pdf
- Introduction to the online discussion of the Motions: https://www.iucncongress2020.org/sites/www.iucncongress2020.org/files/iucn_staff/pages/3._iucn_2020_-_introduction_to_the_online_discussion_en.pdf
Timeframe to add in comments and or suggested amendments to the current version of each motion
There are three weeks left in the ‘second reading’ stage of all the Member sponsored Motions, so it is important that if you have any comments or revisions to suggest to any of the Motions you do that by 26th February. There is then one further week to provide comments between 4th-11th March (following a week of revision by the ‘facilitators’ of the Motions) but it is probably advisable to provide any substantive comments by 26th February. Once the Motions are finalised, the Motions Working Group will then decide which will go to vote electronically before Congress and which will be tabled at Congress (those usually requiring further discussion/work or of strategic importance)
- Second reading of Motions: 22 January – 26 February (key remaining timeframe to comment)
- Facilitator revision: 26 February – 4 March (no opportunity to comment)
- Final edits 4 – 11 March (final edits possible but unlikely to be able to accommodate any substantive changes at this stage)
There are 128 Motions that were submitted by Members that have been accepted by the Motions Working Group to be voted on. The following list provides the title (only) of each Motion. You can use this list to decide which Motions are relevant to you and which you want to look at. A key consideration is to comment on the Motions in a constructive way in order to try to increase the chances of adoption of each Motion, based on robust and sensible text.
Motions submitted by Members
001 Archiving Resolutions and Recommendations meeting retirement criteria, consolidating policy and future reviews
002 Strengthened institutional inclusion concerning indigenous peoples
003 Establishing a Climate Change Commission
004 Transforming global food systems through sustainable land management that is aligned to the UN SDGs
005 Urgent action against the grass Cortaderia selloana outside of its natural distribution range
006 Promoting harmony between cranes – flagships for biodiversity – and agriculture
007 Declaration of priority for the conservation of tropical dry forests in South America
008 Developing agroecological practices as nature-based solutions
009 Protecting rivers as corridors in a changing climate
010 Protecting and restoring endangered grassland and savannah ecosystems
011 Preventing conflicts of interest related to chemicals and plant protection products
012 The fight against imported deforestation
013 Protection of the Marañón and other free-flowing rivers of Peru
014 Aquatic biodiversity conservation of shallow marine and freshwater systems
015 Supporting the Lower Mekong Basin countries with the transboundary management of water resources, ecosystems and biodiversity
016 The importance of a cross-border approach to prioritise biodiversity conservation, adaptation to climate change and risk management in the Río de la Plata Basin
017 Cooperation on transboundary fresh waters to ensure ecosystem conservation, climate resilience and sustainable development
018 Conservation of spring ecosystems in the Mediterranean region
019 Protection of natural flows of water for the conservation of wetlands
020 Valuing and protecting inland fisheries
021 Planning of maritime areas and biodiversity conservation
022 Stopping the global plastic pollution crisis in marine environments by 2030
023 Protection of herbivorous fish for improved coral community
024 Restoring a peaceful and quiet ocean
025 Halting biodiversity loss in the insular Caribbean
026 Establishment of a mid-frequency active (MFA– 1 to 10 KHz) sonar moratorium for naval exercises [(i.e. not including security operations)] conducted in Macaronesia
027 Reducing impacts of incidental capture on threatened marine species
028 For an improved management of drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs)
029 Ecosystem conservation, restoration and remediation in the ocean
030 International cooperation on marine pollution from sunken vessels
031 Seascapes working for biodiversity conservation
032 Updating of the legislation to stop the pollution of oceans caused by the discharging of wastewater by ships
033 For the urgent global management of marine and coastal sand resources
034 Climate change and biodiversity crisis
035 Enhancing the resilience of coastal areas in the face of climate change
036 The implementation of nature-based solutions in the Mediterranean Basin
037 Ocean impacts of climate change
038 Promoting biodiversity preservation through energy transformation measures
039 Protecting environmental human and peoples’ rights defenders and whistleblowers
040 Develop and implement a transformational and effective Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
041 Ecological integrity in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
042 Promoting IUCN leadership in the implementation of the UN Decade on Restoration 2021–2030
043 Declaration of global priority for conservation in the Amazon Biome
044 Actions to strengthen food sovereignty and security of indigenous peoples and peasant communities
045 Recognising and supporting indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights and roles in conservation
046 Strengthening the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment and the Global Institute of Prosecutors for the Environment
047 Treating transnational organized crime having an impact on the environment as a serious crime
048 Rediscovering the care of Mother Earth from the vision of indigenous peoples
049 Australia’s extinction crisis and national environmental law reform
050 Implementing international efforts to combat the [sale of illegal wildlife products online]
051 Ensuring funding to secure rights and secure ecologies
052 Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict
053 Enhancing implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity through National Voluntary Commitments
054 Climate crisis legal toolkit
055 Global Indigenous Network for Aquaculture (GINA)
056 Creation of the Ombudsperson for Future Generations
057 Law enforcement regarding commercial trade in tigers and tiger parts
058 Contributions of the Conservation Hierarchy to the post-2020 CBD framework
059 Mainstreaming the Cerrado in international cooperation and global environmental funds
060 Measuring the effectiveness of environmental law thanks to legal indicators
061 Regional agreement on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean
062 Towards a Policy on Natural Capital
063 Dams in the Alto Paraguay River Basin, the Pantanal and the Paraná-Paraguay Wetland System
064 Promoting sustainable and ethical mining practices in Africa
065 Engaging the private sector to combat wildlife trafficking
066 Guidance to identify industrial fishing incompatible with protected areas
067 Reducing the impacts of the mining industry on biodiversity
068 Biodiversity financing
069 Protection of deep-ocean ecosystems and biodiversity through a moratorium on seabed mining
070 Accounting for biodiversity: encompassing ecosystems, species and genetic diversity
071 Safeguarding coral reefs from harmful chemicals in sunscreen
072 Combatting the illegal trade in lion body parts
073 Adoption of a standard approach to implement Nature-based Solutions for societal challenges
074 Partnerships and adoption of a Global Ecosystem Typology
075 IUCN Principles on Synthetic Biology and Biodiversity Conservation
076 Role of children and youth in nature conservation
077 Urgent call to share and use primary biodiversity in-situ data through emerging [biodiversity – see comment proposing to delete this word] data platforms at local, national and global scales
078 Promoting conservation through behaviour-centred solutions
079 Enhancing knowledge of natural resource conservation and alternative sustainable energy models through faith-based organisation networks
080 Generalising alternative techniques to the use of pesticides
081 Calling for Nature in Cities Agendas and strengthening the IUCN Urban Alliance
082 Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
083 Eliminate plastic pollution in protected areas, with priority action on single-use plastic products
084 Taking action to reduce light pollution
085 Combatting soil artificialisation
086 Wildlife-friendly linear infrastructure
087 Importance for the nature conservation of removing barriers to voluntary family planning
088 Ecological connectivity conservation in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework: From local to international levels
089 Geoheritage and protected areas
090 Transboundary cooperation for conservation of big cats in Northeast Asia
091 Building and strengthening wildlife economies in Eastern and Southern Africa
092 Effects of the increase in the use of paper as a substitute for plastic on plantations of timber species
093 Conservation, restoration and sustainable management of mangrove ecosystems
094 Linking in situ and ex situ efforts to save threatened species
095 Recognising, reporting and supporting other effective area-based conservation measures
096 Strengthening national spatial planning to ensure the global persistence of biodiversity
097 Reducing marine turtle bycatch: the important role of regulatory mechanisms in the global roll-out of Turtle Excluder Devices
098 Ensuring the compatibility of human activities with conservation objectives in protected areas
099 Global response to protected area downgrading, downsizing and degazettement (PADDD)
100 Rewilding
101 Setting area-based conservation targets based on evidence of what nature and people need to thrive
102 Strengthening mutual benefits of mobile pastoralism and wildlife in shared landscapes
103 Urgent measures to safeguard the globally important Atewa Forest, Ghana
104 The conservation of natural diversity and the natural heritage in mining environments
105 Preventing the extinction of the Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) in India
106 Continental conservation priority for the jaguar (Panthera onca)
107 Global Conservation of rhino rays (Rhinidae, Glaucostegidae, Rhinobatidae)
108 Adapting traditional medicine to fulfill the vision of ecocivilisation
109 A call for increased consideration of genetic diversity in IUCN planning and actions
110 Safeguarding the Endangered narrow-ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) off the Korean Peninsula
111 Conservation of seahorses, pipefishes and seadragons (family Syngnathidae)
112 Maximising return on conservation investments and sustainable development: eradicating invasive alien species (IAS) to conserve island biodiversity and benefit society
113 National Plan for the Sustainable Management of the Guanaco in Argentina
114 Saving the world’s otters
115 Strengthening great ape conservation across countries, in and outside of protected areas, involving local actors
116 Building Madagascar’s capacity to counter the threat from invasive species
117 Addressing human-wildlife conflict: fostering a safe and beneficial coexistence of people and wildlife
118 Reinforcing the protection of marine mammals through regional cooperation
119 Improving process and action to identify and recover ‘Extinct in the Wild’ species
120 Action against Asian songbird trafficking
121 Next IUCN World Parks Congress
122 Conserving and protecting coral reefs through the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
123 Protection of Kakadu World Heritage site and rehabilitation of the Ranger uranium mine and Ranger Project Area
124 Reducing the impact of fisheries on marine biodiversity
125 Strengthening the protection of old-growth forests in Europe and facilitating their restoration where possible
126 Advancing conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in the ocean beyond national jurisdiction
127 Deforestation and agricultural commodity supply chains
128 Increasing funding for biodiversity in developing countries
Council-sponsored Motions
In addition to those Motions submitted by Members, the IUCN Council proposed Motions for the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020 are as follows, which deemed to be of strategic importance for the Union:
- IUCN Policy on Synthetic Biology
- Retirement of Obsolete Resolutions
- Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
- Red List of Ecosystems
- Nature-based Solutions Standard
- UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration
- Urban-Nature Agenda
- IUCN Policy on Natural Capital
- Conservation and Human Rights
- Climate Change and Biodiversity
The texts of these 10 Motions are not yet available. These are all likely to be debated and voted on at Congress.
List of Motions for amendments to the IUCN Statutes
Please note that there are currently no Motions presented as amendments to the IUCN Statutes and Rules of Procedure.
Stephen Grady and Chris Mahon, IUCN NCUK
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