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I U C N WA S H I N G T O N D C O F F I C E

Annual Report 2015 IUCN Washington DC Office

Published by: IUCN Washington DC Office in Washington DC, United States of America

The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

Copyright: © 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

ISBN: 978-2-8317-1792-0

Photos: Cover: John McCloy/Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 Page 5: Frank Hawkins Page 6: Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) Page 7: IUCN Washington DC Page 8: Alex Guerrero/Flickr CC BY 2.0

Available from: IUCN Washington DC Office 1630 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20009 USA www/iucn.org/usa www.iucn.org/publications

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Table of contents

Message from the Regional Director ......................................................... 4

IUCN at a Glance ..................................................................................... 5

Strategic Orientation ................................................................................ 6

Programme Work and Achievements ....................................................... 8

One Programme ................................................................................... 8

Significant events ................................................................................ 10

Strategic Partnerships ............................................................................ 11

Members and Commissions ................................................................... 12

Regional Financial Summary .................................................................. 13

Annex 1: US members as of December 31, 2015 ................................... 14

Civil Society and Affiliate Members ...................................................... 14

US Government Members ................................................................... 15

Annex 2: Canadian members as of December 31, 2015 ......................... 16

Civil Society and Affiliate Members ...................................................... 16

Canadian Government Members ......................................................... 16

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Message from the Regional Director This year delivered two major environmental milestones. First, the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations General Assembly in September has placed the core aims of the conservation movement at the center of the development agenda – for all countries, not just the developing world. Second, the agreement at the Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC in Paris in December showed that the UN multilateral system was still able to deliver a wide-ranging agreement on climate issues, which included measures recognizing the importance of nature in delivering climate resilience. Stark realisations of our urgent need to invest in nature also marked 2015 as a year of achievement. We have come closer to implementing the mechanisms required for this investment to happen at a large scale: banks are increasingly interested in evaluating and pricing natural capital-related risk, and major agricultural, insurance, and infrastructure companies are realizing that the subsidies nature provides to their businesses must be incorporated in their financing models. IUCN is in the thick of this, globally and in North America. The recognition in Paris that nature is key to climate change resilience has been a central policy platform of IUCN for years. The upcoming launch of the report “Conservation Finance: An Investable Proposition” will identify the substantial funding gap for conservation and put forth a blueprint for filling it. In North America, IUCN has been working closely with key financial institutions to build partnerships and common interest. We also contribute to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Key Biodiversity Areas, and the World Database on Protected Areas, essential resources for all, including members of the corporate and finance sectors.

2016 will bring us the IUCN World Conservation Congress, to be hosted for the first time ever in the United States. Given the strong leadership President Obama’s administration has demonstrated in many environmental arenas, expectations for this event are high. Shaping up to be the largest environmental event ever held in the US, we envision that the Congress will provide a turning point in humanity’s relationship to nature. Our US Members will be a central part of that; work began in 2015 to create IUCN’s first US National Committee. In the Washington DC Office we work closely with US Members, who make tremendous contributions to IUCN and to conservation in general. Our relationships with US Government Members and US-based philanthropies are flourishing, and our partner organisation IUCN-US has provided IUCN with support throughout 2015.

Dr. Frank Hawkins Director Washington DC Office IUCN

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IUCN at a Glance IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of 1,300 Member organisations and some 15,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards. IUCN provides a neutral space in which diverse stakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together to forge and implement solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and supporters, IUCN implements a large and diverse portfolio of conservation projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects work to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems and improve people’s well-being.

Our Vision

A just world that values and conserves nature.

Our Mission

To influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural

resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

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Strategic Orientation The IUCN Washington DC Office is an outpost of the IUCN Secretariat headquartered in Gland, Switzerland, and houses core regional activities (i.e. those directly related to members, partners, and initiatives in North America and Washington DC) as well as a collection of IUCN and partner programs with scopes beyond North America. The latter — including staff that share Washington DC Office space but are not involved in core regional activities — comprise the following programmes and entities. Their 2015 activities are reported elsewhere. Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is

a process that aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well-being in deforested or degraded forest landscapes. IUCN takes a facilitative approach to FLR, working with partners to gather knowledge, develop and package tools, build capacity, and support policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and landowners to restore degraded and deforested lands around the world.1

In 2014 IUCN established a Global

Economics and Social Science Programme (GESSP) to contribute cutting-edge knowledge, products and approaches from the social sciences to conservation outcomes. GESSP is currently constituted by four programmatic areas, including the Global Gender Office, Economics, Social Policy, and a recently-established Social Science for Conservation Fellowship Programme.2

IUCN’s Global Gender Office (GGO)

provides innovative approaches, technical support, policy development

1 www.iucn.org/theme/forests/our-work/forest-landscape-restoration 2 www.iucn.org/regions/washington-dc-office/our-work/economics-and-social-science 3 genderandenvironment.org

and capacity building to ensure gender equality is central to sustainable global environmental solutions. Until early 2013, GGO was based in Costa Rica, out of the IUCN Mesoamerica (ORMA) office. GGO is now based in Washington DC, however the team is most often found on missions all over the world.3

The Sargasso Sea Commission

promotes international awareness and scientific research of the Sargasso Sea, and is the result of three years of work by the Sargasso Sea Alliance. The Commission operates as a stand-alone legal entity established by Bermudian and US law. Operating in a largely virtual setting, Commissioners are supported by a small Secretariat based at the IUCN Washington DC office.4

The IUCN–CI Biodiversity Assessment

Unit (BAU), established in 2001, is a collaborative project between IUCN and Conservation International with the mandate of expanding the taxonomic and geographic coverage of the IUCN Red List.5

The Global Island Partnership (GLISPA)

assists islands in addressing one of the world's greatest challenges — to conserve and sustainably utilise invaluable island natural resources that support people, cultures and livelihoods in their island homes around the world.6

Global Marine Community: Americas

(an initiative under IUCN’s Global Marine and Polar Programme) fosters an informal and non-partisan platform to promote understanding of key issues and challenges while building

4 www.sargassoseacommission.org 5 www.iucn.org/regions/washington-dc-office/our-work/biodiversity-assessment-unit 6 glispa.org

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partnerships across an increasingly diverse group of marine conservation stakeholders. The main products of the project are to build and maintain a community through our weekly newsletter, social media presence, promote the ongoing work of partners in conservation, and to host and/or co-host Washington DC based events.7

Ecosystem based Adaptation provides

policy and technical guidance for employing nature based solutions to enhance human resilience against climate change. Functioning globally through IUCN Country Offices, Members, and partners, IUCN promotes the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as a part of an overall climate adaptation strategy both at the policy and practice level.8

Also hosted by the Washington DC Office, the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT)9 is a multi-institutional programme of work involving BirdLife International, Conservation International, IUCN, and UNEP-WCMC. IBAT helps businesses incorporate biodiversity considerations into project planning and management decisions such as screening potential investments, siting an operation in a given region, developing action plans to manage for biodiversity impacts, and reporting on corporate biodiversity performance.

7 www.iucn.org/regions/washington-dc-office/our-work/global-marine-community

Several activities make up the work of Washington DC Office core staff, including membership coordination, development, grants management, and engagement with US-based financial institutions, including the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, and Steering Committee of the Natural Capital Declaration. The Washington DC Office administers and serves US and Canadian Member organisations, and also serves as a liaison resource to IUCN Commissions. As of December 2015, IUCN has 118 Members in North America, and nearly 3,200 individual Commission Members are based in the US and Canada. The US Government and US-based philanthropies and civil society organisations are critical contributors to global nature conservation and sustainable development. A major function of the Washington DC Office is developing strategic partnerships with US-based charitable foundations and US Government agencies. In fact, several of IUCN’s Members are also donors. In preparation for the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Washington DC Office has focused much of its capacity in 2015 on raising awareness and cultivating support among IUCN members and funders in the US. The Washington DC Office also plays a critical role in managing grants awarded by US-based institutions.

8 www.iucn.org/theme/ecosystem-management/our-work/ecosystem-based-adaptation-and-climate-change 9 www.ibatforbusiness.org

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Programme Work and Achievements

One Programme Through strong partnerships with US institutions and the staff’s role in grants management, the Washington DC Office facilitates work and supports results obtained by IUCN programmes and partner projects around the world. Thus the office contributes indirectly to results achieved across IUCN’s One Programme. Other work, related directly to the region in which the Washington DC Office is located, contributes to the valuing and conserving of nature. Through the delivery of knowledge products, the raising of funds for IUCN Red List assessments, convening of US members for joint consultations, etc., the Washington DC Office generates, supports, and advances credible and trusted knowledge. IUCN in Washington DC has throughout 2015 supported the work of the Expert Group on Biodiversity that is contributing input to the World Bank Safeguards Review.10 Members of this group include The Nature Conservancy, World Resources Institute, BirdLife International, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bat Conservation International, NatureServe, and the World Wildlife Fund. The Review will close in March 2016 at which point IUCN will summarise the inputs from the different contributors and submit them to the World Bank. The Washington DC Office is working closely with the World Bank on a range of other issues related to finance and biodiversity. In order to consolidate this collaboration, IUCN Director General Inger Andersen signed a Memorandum of Understanding with World Bank President Jim Kim at the Paris UNFCCC conference of parties in December. The MoU covers collaboration on general issues to do with biodiversity, for

10 consultations.worldbank.org/consultation/review-and-update-world-bank-safeguard-policies 11 www.naturalcapitaldeclaration.org/scoping-study-on-risk

instance flagship species conservation efforts, use of IUCN-convened data sets for biodiversity risk screening, and collaboration on analysis of the benefits of nature to humanity, with a focus on costs and benefits of different development approaches.

A wider collaboration with components of the finance industry is pursuing some of the same themes. The Washington DC Office Director, Frank Hawkins, is a member of the Steering Committee of the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD), a body that unites the financial sector around identification and management of risks and opportunities in natural capital, summarised in a recent report.11 The Steering Committee is working on developing means to increase use and uptake of existing risk assessment tools developed by the NCD, including Soft Commodities12 and the Corporate Bonds Water Credit Risk Tool.13 The Washington DC Office has also contributed to a report (to be launched in early 2016) on the opportunities for building a more vibrant conservation investing sector, launched by IUCN, Credit Suisse, and the McKinsey

12 www.naturalcapitaldeclaration.org/softcommoditytool 13 www.naturalcapitaldeclaration.org/bonds-water-scarcity

The Short-legged ground-roller Brachypteracias leptosomus is a member of the endemic Malagasy bird family of the Ground-rollers, four out of five of which are threatened. The Short-legged is found in low- and mid-altitude rainforest and is threatened by habitat destruction caused by illegal logging and artisanal mining, as well as hunting.

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Center for Business and Environment: “Conservation Finance. From Niche to Mainstream: The Building of an Institutional Asset Class”. The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) went from strength to strength with an increase in subscribers and the launch of new reports and modules specifically adapted to the World Bank. The IBAT programme had a highly successful 2015, exceeding all financial targets. A completely upgraded version of IBAT for Business was launched early in the year, and IBAT for IFC was rebranded IBAT for World Bank Group, reflecting the successful promotion of IBAT to International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (noting that this version will continue to be available to Equator Principles Financial Institutions and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Export Credit Agencies). A new PS6-related report, developed in close consultation with environmental specialists at IFC, was included in a totally new version of IBAT for the World Bank Group. Initial work was begun on understanding how IBAT can be of increased value to the process of formulating National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans, and this will conclude with the launch of an upgraded version of IBAT for Research and Conservation Planning in 2016. Support was also provided to the GEF on their Knowledge Management Initiative, and this close engagement will develop in 2016. A great deal of time and energy during 2015 was spent building support for the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016. Given that it will be held in the US for the first time, and will likely be the largest environmental meeting ever in the US, it is crucial that the event generate the maximum possible momentum for change. Now that the world has aligned around a global climate change agreement following the successful UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Paris in

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December, there is a need to follow up strongly with commitment to deliver nature-based solutions to climate-related risks. The development of these solutions can benefit enormously from the powerful IUCN delivery mechanism of standards and data, being tested through nature-based approaches on the ground, to amplification through policy influence. The assembled power of IUCN members in the US is a substantial extra contribution to the potential impact of the Union. Following extended consultation with US Government partners and colleagues from influential US members, the Washington DC Office has assisted in aligning around a series of key themes of Congress focus: (1) Resilience, i.e. improving the ability of nature to support people under climate change; (2) Involving young people in nature and conservation; (3) Investing in known successes for species conservation; and (4) Supporting ocean conservation and management. In cooperation with IUCN’s World Heritage Programme and UNESCO, the Washington DC Office Director took part in 2015 in a monitoring mission and contributed insights to a review and analysis of illegal logging activities in the rainforests of Atsinanana in eastern Madagascar, a region designated by World Heritage status and six national parks. The analysis includes recommendations for better interventions in the region against illegal logging and timber trafficking.14

Sixty experts attended the IFC event from governments, multilateral bodies, leading companies and financial institutions, conservation organizations, academia, and international initiatives and NGOs.

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Significant events In April 2015, Office Director Frank Hawkins hosted a two-day event on natural capital accounting at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) that laid out a pathway to align the natural capital accounting perspectives of the corporate, public and finance communities.15 As part of Union-wide preparation for the IUCN World Conservation Congress, three North American Regional Conservation Forums (RCFs) took place in 2015: one US RCF in Washington DC on June 19; the Canadian RCF in Ottawa on September 10; and a second US, “West Coast” RCF in San Francisco on September 14. These important events convened IUCN Members from across North America. Presenters and panelists disseminated information regarding Congress and the draft IUCN Programme for 2017-2020, and Members gave input on the One Programme Commitment statement, global and national/regional priorities for resolutions, member contributions to the Programme, linkages to broader environmental and sustainable development, and other topics. Secretariat staff led the US Forums, at which major points of discussion included youth and private sector engagement, plans for a US National Committee, and Union coordination leading up to Congress. The Washington DC16 and San Francisco17 reports list Forum participants and provide a summary of presentations and events. The Canadian National Committee for IUCN hosted the Canadian RCF, where Membership of indigenous and local communities and youth engagement were discussed, among other issues.18,19

15 www.wavespartnership.org/en/government-business-and-finance-groups-begin-align-work-nca 16 cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/rcf_report.pdf 17 cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/rcf_san_francisco_report_2015.pdf

18 cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/cciucn_facilitator_key_messages_report.pdf 19 cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/canadian_rcf_2015_participants.pdf

The Regional Conservation Forum held in Washington DC included informative presentations, lively panel discussions, and engaging breakout sessions.

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Strategic Partnerships The Washington DC Office, in partnership with IUCN’s Strategic Partnership Unit, manages IUCN’s interface with US donors, including the US Government, US foundations and philanthropic individuals. Our engagement with US institutions is critical for IUCN’s work around the world.

IUCN works closely with the US State Department, a Member since 1990, on a number of nature-based sustainable development and conservation objectives. In 2015 this partnership supported IUCN Species Survival Commission Specialist Groups, the Global Islands Partnership, Traffic International, forest conservation, integrated ecosystem management, and other projects. USAID, or the United States Agency for International Development, is also an IUCN Member and partner. Using its Public International Organisation status with USAID, IUCN partners with USAID to design

programs and develop scopes of work of mutual interest to both institutions. GECCO, led by IUCN’s Global Gender Office based in Washington DC, is one such partnership, advancing women’s leadership and gender equality within national responses to climate change in Peru, Zambia, Uganda, Ghana, and Cameroon. IUCN in partnership with USAID also supports the work of Traffic International in strengthening stakeholder cooperation in tackling wildlife trafficking between Africa and Asia. In the Lake Victoria Basin of East Africa, IUCN and USAID concluded a project in 2015 that has contributed significantly to building regional climate change resilience. An important partnership in Washington DC is that with International Union for Conservation of Nature – United States (IUCN-US), a 501(c)(3) organisation that is legally distinct from IUCN. For over 25 years IUCN-US has been supporting IUCN and its global network of members and partners. Because it is a charity registered in the US, IUCN-US is often indispensable to IUCN and its partners in engaging with other US-based institutions. For a list of IUCN donors in 2015, please see the IUCN 2015 Annual Report.

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Members and Commissions IUCN has robust membership in North America. In the United States this network comprises 94 Members, including the State Member, six Government Agency Members, and NGO and Affiliate Members (see Annex 1). In Canada IUCN has a membership network of 24 Members, including the State Member, three Government Agency Members, and NGO and Affiliate Members (see Annex 2). Several Canadian Member organisations make up the Canadian National Committee (CCIUCN). These leading conservation organisations, private companies, government agencies, Aboriginal organisations, and individuals act collectively as the Canadian “arm” of IUCN. CCIUCN serves also as a platform to improve knowledge on IUCN and its initiatives among Members. United States Members, however, do not have a National Committee in place. Discussions in 2015 - at Regional Conservation Forums and elsewhere - contributed to a strategy that may mobilise Members to form a US National Committee in coming years.

IUCN Commissions and the individual experts who volunteer their time as Commission Members work globally, although some streams of work have a particular focus in North America, and several Commissions have a regional network in North America and the Caribbean (see links below for details). Over 2,700 Commission Members are based in the US, and over 490 are based in Canada. In 2015 the Washington DC Office strengthened regional Membership and Commission networks by facilitating and taking part in three Regional Conservation Forums, partnering with the IUCN Red List Unit and SSC Specialist Groups to raise funds for bumblebee and carnivorous plant assessments, developing a long-term campaign for engaging youth

with nature alongside CEC and CEESP, and laying the groundwork for an impactful IUCN World Conservation Congress by promoting and expanding Membership among US organisations and agencies, including those working in Hawaii and on Pacific conservation issues. Additionally in October, the Washington DC Office signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Member institution the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, solidifying an agreement to promote enriching exchanges on academic and professional levels.

IUCN Commissions

The Commission for Education and Communications (CEC) drives change for the co-creation of sustainable solutions through leading communication, learning and knowledge management in IUCN and the wider conservation community. Read more

The Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) provides expertise and policy advice on economic and social factors for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Read more

The World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) advances environmental law by developing new legal concepts and instruments, and by building the capacity of societies to employ environmental law for conservation and sustainable development. Read more

The Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) provides expert guidance on integrated ecosystem approaches to the management of natural and modified ecosystems. Read more

The Species Survival Commission (SSC) advises the Union on the technical aspects of species conservation and mobilises action for those species that are threatened with extinction. Read more

The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) promotes the establishment and effective management of a worldwide representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas. Read more

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Regional Financial Summary Income and Expenditure Statement for the Period January 1–December 31, 2015 (US$): Unrestricted Project

Agreement Total

EXTERNAL OPERATING INCOME Membership dues – – – Retention of staff income tax – – – Agreements income 65,390 8,387,484 8,452,874 Other operating income 143,494 137,183 280,676 TOTAL EXTERNAL OPERATING INCOME 208,884 8 ,524,666 8 ,733,550 INTERNAL ALLOCATIONS Framework allocations 1,410,694 – 1 ,410,694 Cross charges from projects 2,507,165 (2,668,293) (161,128) Other internal allocations 365,295 (779,942) (414,647) Revaluation of internal allocations balances – – – NET ALLOCATION 4,283,154 (3,448,235) 834,919 OPERATING EXPENDITURE Personnel costs and consultancies 3,779,256 3 ,325,206 7 ,104,462 Travel and communications 238,147 1 ,036,274 1 ,274,421 Vehicles & equipment – costs & maintenance 41,566 7,365 48,932 Office and general administrative costs 313,724 251,790 565,515 Publications and printing costs 11,642 201,362 213,003 Workshops and grants to partners 3,288 37,386 40,674 Other operating expenditure 35,521 61,550 97,071 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE 4,423,144 4 ,920,933 9 ,344,078 NET OPERATING SURPLUS (DEFICIT) 68,893 155,498 224,392 OTHER INCOME (EXPENDITURE) Interest income 485 – 485 Financial charges (7,889) (6,521) (14,410) Capital gains (losses) – – – Net gains (losses) on foreign exchange (648) (4,586) (5,233) Net movements in provision and write-offs – – – TOTAL OTHER INCOME (EXPENDITURE) (8,052) (11,107) (19,159) NET SURPLUS (DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR 60,842 144,391 205,233

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Annex 1: US members as of December 31, 2015

Civil Society and Affiliate Members

Name Category Name Category

American Public Gardens Association National NGO EcoHealth Alliance International NGO

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

National NGO Environmental Defense Fund National NGO

American Society of Primatologists National NGO Environmental Law Institute National NGO

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition International NGO Environmental Law Program at the William S. Richardson School of Law

National NGO

Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation

International NGO Forest Trends International NGO

Association of Zoos and Aquariums National NGO Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability

National NGO

Bat Conservation International, Inc. National NGO George Wright Society National NGO

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Affiliate Global Footprint Network International NGO

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History - New York

National NGO Global Land Cover Facility National NGO

Center for Environmental Legal Studies National NGO Global Wildlife Conservation National NGO

Center for Humans and Nature, NFP National NGO Gregory C. Carr Foundation National NGO

Center for International Environmental Law National NGO Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, of the University of Hawaii

National NGO

Center for Plant Conservation National NGO Hawai'i Conservation Alliance National NGO

Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park National NGO Hawai'i Pacific University Affiliate

Chicago Botanic Garden Affiliate InterEnvironment Institute National NGO

Chicago Zoological Society National NGO International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

International NGO

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo National NGO International Crane Foundation, Inc. International NGO

Conservation Council for Hawai'i National NGO International Primate Protection League International NGO

Conservation Force, Inc. International NGO International Species Information System International NGO

Conservation International International NGO Island Conservation International NGO

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity National NGO Kamehameha Schools Affiliate

Counterpart International, Inc.

International NGO Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

National NGO

Dallas Safari Club National NGO Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability

National NGO

Earth Day Network National NGO Lincoln Park Zoo National NGO

Name Category Name Category

Ecoagriculture Partners International NGO Los Angeles Zoo National NGO

Marine Conservation Biology Institute National NGO Solar Household Energy National NGO

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National Geographic Society International NGO St. Louis Zoological Park National NGO

National Tropical Botanical Garden Affiliate The Christensen Fund International NGO

National Wildlife Federation Affiliate The Garrison Institute National NGO

Natural Resources Defense Council National NGO The International Ecotourism Society International NGO

NatureServe International NGO The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Affiliate

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Affiliate The Nature Conservancy National NGO

Pacific Seabird Group International NGO The Pew Charitable Trusts National NGO

PCI-Media Impact, Inc. National NGO The WILD Foundation National NGO

Polynesian Voyaging Society Affiliate Tibet Justice Center National NGO

Project AWARE Foundation International NGO Turtle Survival Alliance National NGO

Rainforest Alliance International NGO Wildlife Alliance National NGO

Rainforest Trust National NGO Wildlife Conservation Society International NGO

Rare International NGO Woodland Park Zoological Society Affiliate

Sierra Club International NGO World Environment Center International NGO

Smithsonian Institution National NGO World Resources Institute National NGO

Society for Conservation Biology International NGO World Wildlife Fund - US National NGO

Society for Ecological Restoration International NGO Zoological Society of San Diego National NGO

US Government Members

Name Category

US Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs State Member

US Agency for International Development (USAID) Government Agency

US Department of Agriculture – Forest Service Government Agency

US Department of the Interior – National Park Service (USNPS) Government Agency

US Department of the Interior – Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Government Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Government Agency

US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Government Agency

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Annex 2: Canadian members as of December 31, 2015

Civil Society and Affiliate Members

Name Category Name Category

Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums National NGO Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami National NGO

Canadian Association for Humane Trapping National NGO Living Oceans Society National NGO

Canadian Council on Ecological Area National NGO Nature Canada National NGO

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society National NGO Nature Québec National NGO

Canadian Wildlife Federation National NGO Ontario Nature National NGO

Cree Nation Government Affiliate Regroupement national des conseils régionaux de l`environnement du Québec

National NGO

Department of Environment and Natural Resources Government of the Northwest Territories

Affiliate Toronto Zoo National NGO

Fur Institute of Canada National NGO World Wildlife Fund Canada National NGO

Hydro-Quebec Institute for Environment, Development, and Society

National NGO SPM Frag'îles National NGO

Institute of the Environment, University of Ottawa

National NGO Calgary Zoological Society National NGO

Canadian Government Members

Name Category

Parks Canada Agency State

Canadian Museum of Nature Government Agency with State Member

Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada Government Agency with State Member

Ministère du Développement durable, Environnement et Lutte contre les changements climatiques (Québec)

Government Agency with State Member

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