IUCN CEESP Newsletter Spring 2020

Note from the IUCN CEESP Chair

CEESP and COVID19: A Call to Action

Kristen Walker Painemilla, IUCN CEESP Chair

I hope that you and your loved ones are safe during this unprecedented crisis we are facing around the world with COVID-19. We are all learning to manage in this new paradigm.

This is a critical moment. Some are in a position of privilege with respect to this pandemic - being able to work from home albeit with some challenges - and may personally feel relatively little impact. Many of us feel or have seen the impacts of COVID-19 directly, on friends, and on family; many face dire economic hardship. We must not forget those directly on the frontlines of the pandemic; the doctors, nurses and critical personnel. The stress, strain and vulnerability are beyond our comprehension. The loss has and continues to be great, and it will take time to recover. We must take our own time to reflect and to grieve. Through reflection, we all are looking at life differently, in ways big and small.

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La CEESP et le COVID-19: un appel à l'action

Présidente de la CEESP de l'UICN : par Kristen Walker Painemilla

J'espère que vos proches et vous-même êtes en sécurité pendant cette crise sans précédent à laquelle nous sommes confrontés dans le monde entier avec le COVID-19. Nous sommes tous en train d'apprendre à nous adapter à ce nouveau paradigme.

C'est un moment critique. Certains sont dans une position privilégiée par rapport à cette pandémie – ayant la possibilité de travailler depuis chez eux, même si cela présente certaines difficultés – et peuvent personnellement ressentir un impact relativement limité. Beaucoup d'entre nous ressentent ou ont pu observer les effets directs du COVID-19, sur leurs amis et sur leur famille ; beaucoup sont confrontés à de graves difficultés économiques. Nous ne devons pas oublier ceux qui sont directement en première ligne de la pandémie, à savoir les médecins, les infirmières et le personnel essentiel. Les niveaux de stress, de pression et de vulnérabilité dépassent notre entendement. Les pertes ont été et continuent d'être importantes, et il va nous falloir du temps pour nous en remettre. Nous devons prendre du temps pour la réflexion et le deuil. La réflexion nous permet à tous d'envisager la vie différemment, dans les grandes comme les petites choses.

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Business, Best Practice and Accountability Theme

Exploring private investments in conservation, conceptually and in concrete settings

Masego Madzwamuse (Chair) and Caroline Seagle (Deputy Chair),

The terms “private investments” and “conservation” seem to exist at opposite ends of the spectrum, though we have seen the growth of business and conservation alliances in recent years. The Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation (CPIC), launched at the World Conservation Congress in 2016, joined together finance companies such as Credit Suisse, academic institutions like Cornell University, as well as conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy, BirdLife International, Conservation International, and IUCN itself.

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Explorer les possibilités d’investissements privés dans la conservation, sur le plan conceptuel et dans des contextes concrets

Masego Madzwamuse (Présidente) et Caroline Seagle (Vice-présidente), Thème de la CEESP sur les entreprises, la responsabilisation et les meilleures pratiques (TBBPA)

Les termes « investissements privés » et « conservation » semblent diamétralement opposés, même si l'on a pu observer une croissance du nombre d'alliances entre entreprises et conservation ces dernières années. La Coalition pour l'investissement privé dans la conservation (CPIC), lancée lors du Congrès mondial de la nature en 2016, a réuni des sociétés financières telles que le Crédit Suisse, des institutions universitaires comme l'université Cornell, ainsi que des groupes de conservation tels que The Nature Conservancy, BirdLife International, Conservation International et l'UICN elle-même.

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Explorando inversiones privadas en la conservación, conceptualmente y en entornos concretos

Masego Madzwamuse (Presidenta) y Caroline Seagle (Vicepresidenta), Tema de la CPAES sobre negocios, mejores prácticas y responsabilidad (TBBPA)

Los términos "inversiones privadas" y "conservación" parecen existir en extremos opuestos del espectro, aunque hemos visto el crecimiento de las alianzas empresariales y de conservación en los últimos años. La Coalición para la Inversión Privada en Conservación (CPIC), lanzada en el Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza de 2016, reunió a empresas financieras como Credit Suisse, instituciones académicas como la Universidad de Cornell, así como grupos de conservación como The Nature Conservancy, BirdLife International, Conservation International y la propia UICN.

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Private Initiatives in Conserving Nature

Learning Community for the effective management of Private Protected Areas in Central Chile

WCS-Chile and the Ministry of Environment developed the first Learning Community on protected areas planning in Central Chile. Public and private managers built capacities and knowledge regarding the elaboration of Management Plans for their areas in a unique space of shared learning and exchange of experiences.

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Comunidad de Aprendizaje para la Gestión de la Biodiversidad en Áreas Protegidas Privadas de Chile Central

WCS-Chile y el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente conformaron la primera Comunidad de Aprendizaje sobre Planificación en áreas protegidas privadas de Chile Central. Gestores públicos y privados adquirieron conocimientos y capacidades para la elaboración de Planes de Manejo en un espacio único de intercambio de experiencias y aprendizajes.

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Ecosystem restoration project in a private (not “privately”) protected area in Chilean Patagonia

John Whitelaw and Elena Sobakina, Proyecto Pichimahuida

A strictly private project of ecosystem restoration, the main feature of which is a successful rebuilt of native forest by active reforestation, complemented by a variety of restorative and protective measures, located in Region XI, Chile, where ecosystems were severely degraded by deliberate fires and further agriculture in the mid-XX century.

Public-Private Sector collaboration to protect and restore ecologically significant tropical peat-swamp forest in Sumatra

Nyoman Iswarayoga, Director of External Affairs of Restorasi Ekosistem Riau

The importance of partnerships between the public and private sectors to support forest conservation and restoration was recognized earlier this year, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Heads of state and multinational leaders repeatedly highlighted the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration to address pressing global sustainability challenges.

Encouraging policy development and best practices for privately protected areas

A contribution from the IUCN WCPA Privately Protected Areas and Nature Stewardship Specialist Group

Often missing from policy discussions, privately protected areas (PPAs) could play an important role in achieving global targets. The PPA and Nature Stewardship Specialist Group of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas recently published guidance on PPAs and is encouraging greater involvement of the private sector engagement in conservation.

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Private Sector Engagement and Conservation in West Bengal:
monitoring Compensatory Afforestation

Sudeep Budhaditya Deb, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, West Bengal Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority, Government of West Bengal, India

Regulations, incentives or collaborations are three major modes for involving the private sector in the conservation paradigm.

Activities of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) in India conform to the Regulations parameter in the afore-mentioned list. It enforces user agencies (including Private Sector entities) to comply with Compensatory Afforestation (CA) related statutory provisions of providing equal quantum of non-forest land for plantation raising purpose and the cost of such against every parcel of forest land diverted. Thus, raising the cost of demand over forest land for non-forestry purposes that dis-incentivises the process.

Health and Environment

An integrative approach to assess and mitigate the social impacts of a disaster

Renata Bennet, Communication Officer at IUCN, on behalf of the Rio Doce Panel

A new publication released by the Rio Doce Panel recommends the adoption of an integrative approach to human and ecosystem health for a sustainable recovery of the Rio Doce Basin in the context post-disaster of the Fundão tailings dam failure that occurred in Brazil in 2015. An integrative approach to health and environment into recovery efforts is fundamental to assess and mitigate the social impacts of a disaster.

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New publications by Members

Adopting rights-based approaches to enable cost-effective conservation and climate action

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz (a), Janis Alcorn (b), Augusta Molnar (c),⇑, Christina Healy (d), Edmund Barrow (e) **

A new publication " Cornered by PAs: Adopting rights-based approaches to enable cost-effective conservation and climate action" in the academic journal World Development analyze how governments and the international community expand protected areas (PAs) to reduce biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation at a cost to indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in terms of rights and conflict.

IUCN World Conservation Congress

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the safety of participants and visitors, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the French government have decided to postpone the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020. Previously scheduled for 11 to 19 June 2020, it will now take place from 7 to 15 January 2021 in Marseille.

Images

Image 1: Kristen Walker-Painemilla, IUCN CEESP Chair
Image 2: Ancestral mountain of the Antanosy people of Southeast Madagascar; villagers were displaced due to blasting for a rock quarry to build an international port for Rio Tinto/QMM's ilmenite mine. Rio Tinto has formed partnerships with IUCN and several conservation NGOs, and is engaging in controversial biodiversity offsets in Madagascar (see video). Photo copyright C. Seagle, 2009
Image 3: Field trip with the "Comunidad de Aprendizaje" to a Private Reserve in the Central Andes. In the picture we can see one of the members of the management team of the Private Reserve showing the map and some of the risk points of the area to the rest of the participants. Photo by Misque Hoare
Image 4: A mountain wetland, restored by the project, with bare rock on the background - result of acute soil loss due to massive reforestation in mid-XX century, in Leones valley of Aysén region, Chile. John Whitelaw
Image 5: Restorasi Ekosistem Riau implements Production-Protection Landscape Approach that not only ensures the program’s sustainability but also protects it from anthropogenic disturbances. (Photo by Caine Delacy)
Image 6: Private initiatives have been responsible for conserving nature for centuries. Yet recent global conservation has focused on the actions of States. As signatories to agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), it is nations whose conservation actions are being encouraged, publicized and criticized.
Image 7: West Bengal - the Sunderban landscape
Image 8: A new publication released by the Rio Doce Panel recommends the adoption of an integrative appro ach to human and ecosystem health for a sustainable recovery of the Rio Doce Basin in the context post-disaster of the Fundão tailings dam failure that occurred in Brazil in 2015.
Image 9: RAISG map of Indigenous territories and PAs in the Amazon Basin, 2017

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