IUCN MEMBERS IN OCEANIA STATE MEMBERS Australia New Zealand GOVERNMENT AGENCY MEMBERS Department of Conservation, New Zealand Department for Environment and Heritage, SA Department of Conservation and Land Management, WA Department of Primary Industries, NSW Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria Dept. of Environment and Water Resources, Australia Department of Environment and Conservation, NSW Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia New Zealand Conservation Authority, Australia Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Wet Tropics Management Authority, Australia NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES Association pour la Sauvegarde de la Nature Néo-Calédonienne Addressing threats to coastal livelihoods through better conservation Australian Centre for Environmental Law practices is one of the priorities of the Oceania Regional Programme Australian Conservation Foundation (2) The Pacific 2020 Ocean Challenge - mobilising global Australian Marine Conservation Society action to conserve the world’s largest natural resource, the Pacific Australian Rainforest Conservation Society Ocean. Conservation Volunteers Australia The Pacific Ocean Challenge 2020 seeks to focus global attention, Environment and Conservation Organizations, NZ build new partnerships, and generate the necessary commitments, Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand to address threats to the world’s largest natural resource – the Institute of Foresters of Australia Pacific Ocean – by 2020. Lincoln University, Environmental Management Division (3) Climate Change Adaptation and the Pacific Mangrove Macquarie University Centre for Environmental Law Initiative – managing coastal ecosystems for sustainable National Environmental Law Association livelihoods and resilience to disasters and climate change. National Trust of Fiji Islands The Pacific Mangrove Initiative will promote sustainable National Parks Association, New South Wales management of mangroves and coastal ecosystems, and raise National Parks Association, Queensland awareness of the value of coastal ecosystem goods and services, National Parks Australia Council including enhanced resilience to climate change and natural Nature Conservation Council, NSW disasters (including tsunami and cyclones). This initiative will work New Zealand Ecological Society with existing initiatives, such as WANI and the Coral Reef Initiative for the South Pacific (CRISP), to promote a ‘ridge to reef’ approach Parks and Wildlife Commission, Northern Territory to catchment management. Project Jonah, Australia Queensland Conservation Council Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, NZ The Environment Centre, Northern Territory The Wilderness Society, Australia University of Canberra, School of Environmental Sciences University of the South Pacific World Wide Fund for Nature, Australia World Wide Fund for Nature, New Zealand www.iucn.org www.iucn.org/oceania [email protected] IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network. IUCN is a democratic membership union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organisations and some 10,000 volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by 1,100 professional staff in 62 Providing Strategic Input Energy: IUCN’s regional energy project, the Energy, offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private Ecosystems and Sustainable Livelihoods Initiative (EESLI), is sectors around the world. IUCN’s headquarters are located The goal of IUCN is to provide scientific advice and support supporting Pacific countries in developing and implementing in Gland, near Geneva, in Switzerland. to efforts in conservation and development of sustainable environmentally sustainable energy policies. The project is livelihoods. Often this means supplementing ongoing efforts also helping to establish a number of renewable energy pilot IUCN in the Pacific and/or providing input to development of policy at national projects focusing on ecosystem conservation and livelihood and international level. The emphasis is on strategic planning enhancement. IUCN’s Oceania region incorporates Australia, New Zealand and implementation of conservation and sustainable livelihood and the Pacific islands region. The Pacific islands comprise initiatives. IUCN recognises that in the Pacific islands there are Innovative Initiatives thousands of islands totalling approximately 550,000 sq km many ongoing initiatives through the work of governments, of land, roughly the size of France, in a vast 30 million sq km inter-governmental organisations and national, regional and In addition to its priority areas, IUCN is developing three of the Pacific Ocean. Over-harvesting of natural resources, international NGOs. National and regional priorities have also cross-cutting initiatives that will initiate new partnerships rapid population growth, invasive species and climate change been identified through various strategic documents, including and help address important implementation gaps in current are posing huge environmental challenges to Pacific island the Pacific Plan; the Action Strategy for Nature Conservation conservation work. The initiatives are: countries, hampered by lack of funding and resources, gaps in in the Pacific Islands; the Pacific Islands Framework for Action (1) The Pacific Centre for Environmental Governance – legislation and limited access to knowledge and information. on Climate Change; the Pacific Islands Regional Ocean promoting and supporting effective environmental governance Policy; the Invasive Species Strategy for the Pacific; and the IUCN has been active in the Oceania region for many years, through technical assistance and capacity building. Pacific Action Plan on Sustainable Water Management. The through the work of the volunteers from its six scientific strategic priorities of the IUCN programme in Oceania have Commissions in the Pacific islands, Australia and New The IUCN Pacific Centre for Environmental Governance will been developed to reflect and best serve these priorities. Zealand. play a leading role in promoting and supporting effective environmental governance in the Pacific islands. The Centre IUCN’s Programme of Work in the Pacific With the establishment of its regional programme office in will provide cost effective access to expertise in environmental Suva, IUCN has become better placed to work more closely IUCN has identified four key areas for its work in the region. governance and play a leadership role in the development with Pacific island nations and ensure targeted actions in line These complement IUCN’s Global Programme 2009 – 2012 and delivery of environmental governance programmes in the with national and regional priorities. IUCN’s vast network of and are aligned with regional priorities and initiatives. region. governments, non-government organisations, scientists and other experts provides Pacific islands with opportunities to Building resilience and adapting to climate change; improving identify and establish new partnerships and collaborative livelihoods; and addressing economic and development relationships to better manage the region’s natural resources policies will be key principles applied in all of these areas. and secure more sustainable livelihoods for its people. Species: IUCN is developing a regional partnership of key Membership biodiversity-focused organisations to develop a regional Red List for Oceania and to support Pacific island countries and IUCN currently has 41 members in the Oceania region. Most territories in using this information effectively. members are based in Australia and New Zealand which are also State members. IUCN is actively recruiting state and Marine: IUCN is providing technical and policy support in the NGO members in the Pacific Islands region. sustainable management of coastal and oceanic resources. Water: The IUCN Regional Office for Oceania is working with the global IUCN Water Programme to implement the second phase of the IUCN Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) in the Pacific islands region. .