IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Motions passed

13 October 2008 | News story

The following motions were passed at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona on Saturday, October 11.

• Cooperation between members and committees from Latin America and the Mediterranean.
• Open access to biodiversity data and information.
• Funding programmes for small-scale civil society projects for global biodiversity conservation.
• Minimising trade in wild caught African cranes.
• Protection of rangers within and in areas adjacent to protected areas.
• Protected areas and biological diversity management programmes: Steps towards ensuring effective management.
• Increasing the pace and scale of conservation in the Mediterranean Biome.
• World Heritage nomination for Ningaloo Reef.
• Coordination of the IUCN Programme.
• Transparency of the IUCN Council.
• IUCN policy and strategy for the management of biodiversity data and information.
• Development of climate change guidelines for Red List assessments.
• Stopping the amphibian crisis.
• Increased participation of scientists from relevant countries in the preparation of the IUCN Red List.
• Quantitative thresholds for categories and criteria of threatened ecosystems.
• Conservation of the habitat of the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus).
• Trust building for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in line with the European Charter on Hunting and Biodiversity.
• Conservation and sustainable use of fish in the river plate basin.
• Best practice protected area guideline for ecological restoration.
• Conservation of geodiversity and geological heritage.
• Following up on actions called for by the 2nd Latin American Congress on Protected Areas and Other Protected Areas (Bariloche, 2007).
• Protection of the peatlands of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
• Environmental and social suitability of the Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA).
• Actions to conserve the Pampas and Campos of South America.
• Strengthening the integrated management of coastal areas.
• Conservation of the Western Iberian Peninsula.
• Conservation of the River Ebro.
• World appeal to prevent the loss of Lake Chapala and Lake Cocibolca, the largest wetlands in Mesoamerica.
• Responding to deforestation and land degradation related to climate change and desertification.
• Mangrove conservation in Mesoamerica.
• Establishing the IUCN Extractive Industry Responsibility Initiative.
• Strategic environmental assessment of public policies, plans and programmes as an instrument for conserving biodiversity.
• Maintenance of ECOLEX: the gateway to environmental law.
• Establishing citizens’ advisory councils for large-scale extractive industry projects.
• Forest Fire Recovery & National Park Protection.