Summary
On Sunday, participants attended the Forum for the third day, engaging with a variety of conservation issues, including an update on the IUCN’s Red List, managing ecosystems to reduce risks to disasters, managing conflicts between business and civil society over the use of natural resources, discovering the ways in which indigenous values and health indicators are helping management of invasive species, and finding nature-based solutions for sustainable development.
In the afternoon, during a high-level event on actions required for a sustainable ocean, two panels discussed potential ways to address management of oceans, such as legislation, research and monitoring, and combatting pollution and illegal fishing.
Other afternoon events included a launch of guidelines on climate change best practices, the place of the law in the future of conservation, how to manage transboundary ecosystems through experiences in “hydro-diplomacy” and governance of shared waters, and ways of transforming Africa’s development through Chinese investments.
In the evening participants attended events on gender-responsive financing for the global environment and the IUCN Green List that aims to raise the standard for new generation of protected and conserved areas.
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Nature Protects Us: Managing Ecosystems for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Participants during the session
Fabiola Monty, IUCN
Camille Buyck, IUCN
Glenn Dolcemascolo, US Office
for Disaster Risk Reduction
Shalini Dhyani, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI)
Ahmed Senhoury, IUCN
Naoya Furuta, IUCN
Simone Sandholz,
UN University
Wolfram Lange, IUCN
Udo Nehren, University of Applied Science Cologne
Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, IUCN
Managing Conflicts Between Businesses and Civil Society Over the Use of Natural Resources
Participants during the session
Giulia Carbone, IUCN
Jennifer Clare Mohamed-Katerere,
IUCN CEESP Steering Committee
Myrna Semaan, Friends of Nature
Kem Lowry, University of Hawai'i
Nigel Crawhall, IUCN
Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Development
Panel speakers for the session
Braulio Dias, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Executive Secretary
Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Stewart Maginnis, Global Director, Nature-based Solutions Group, IUCN
Andrew Steer, President, the World Resources Institute (WRI)
Jesca Osuna Eriyo, Deputy Secretary
General, East African Community (EAC)
Paul Mafabi, Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda
Panel speakers during the session
Julia Bucknall, Director for Environment
and Natural Resources, the World Bank
Emad Adly, the Arab Office
for Youth and Environment
Paul Trianosky, Chief Conservation Officer, Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Lynda Mansson, Director General,
the MAVA Foundation
Ashok Khosla, Development Alternatives Group
Indigenous peoples’ Cultural Connections to Forests: How Indigenous
Values and Health Indicators are Helping Manage Invasive Species
Participants during the session
Judy Fisher, IUCN
Lori Buchanan, Molokai/Maui Invasive Species Committee, US
Danielle Flakelar, New South Wales Office of
Environment and Heritage, Australia
Desmond Purcell, Gidarjil Development Corporation, Australia
Participants engage in an interactive session
Launch: Climate Change Best Practice Guidelines
The Guidance for Protected Area Managers and Planners Adapting to Climate Change was launched during the event
Leigh Welling, World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
Kathleen MacKinnon IUCN/WCPA
Jonathan Jarvis, Director,
National Park Service
Actions for a Sustainable Ocean
Inger Andersen, Director General, IUCN, welcomes panelists to the session
Aulani Wilhelm, Founder, Island Water
Kamana‘opono Crabbe, CEO, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Sylvia Earle, Founder, Mission Blue, and Oceanographer
Kathryn Sullivan, Administrator, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Catherine Novelli, Under Secretary of State, Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, US
Sandra Bessudo, Founder,
Fundación Malpelo
Braulio Dias,
CBD Executive Secretary
Anote Tong, Former President of the Republic of Kiribati
Humberto Delgado Rosa, European Commission
Nainoa Thompson, President, Polynesian Voyaging Society
Africa Transforming
Panel speakers of the event
Matt Jones, UN Environment Pogramme (UNEP)-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
Lori Anna Conzo, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Helga Rainer, Arcus Foundation
Daudi Sumba, African Wildlife Foundation
Participants asking questions during the event
How Will Chinese Investments Transform Africa’s Development?
Panel speakers of the event
Nan Li, WWF China
Yan Zhang, IUCN China
Jeff Sawyer, Cairns University
Leonard Usongo, IUCN
Leave No One Behind: Conservation, Rights and Sustainable Development
L-R: Sanjay Kabir Bavikatte, The Christensen Fund; Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, Inupiaq people of Alaska, US; Martha Rojas-Urrego, Secretary-General, Ramsar Convention; John Knox, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment; Ashok Khosla, Chairman, Development Alternatives Group; Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples; and Marco Lambertini, CEO, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International
John Knox, UN Special Rapporteur on
Human Rights and the Environment
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Marco Lambertini, CEO, WWF International
Martha Rojas-Urrego, Secretary-General, Ramsar Convention
Sanjay Kabir Bavikatte, The Christensen Fund
Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, Inupiaq people of Alaska, US
Forests: Today and Tomorrow
US Forest Service employees take part in a chat show style session (L-R): US Forest Service employees John Crockett;
Flint Hughes; Jeanne Wade-Evans; Fabian Garcia; Nadia Tase; and Heather McMillen
Jeanne Wade-Evans, US Forest Service
John Crockett, US Forest Service
Gender-Responsive Financing for the Global Environment
Panel speakers during the event
Lorena Aguilar, IUCN
Herbert Acquay, the World Bank
Anne Kuriakose, Climate Investment Fund
Amy Fraenkel, CBD
Yoko Watanabe, the GEF
Press Conference: Red List Update
Panel speakers during the session (L-R): Matthew Kier, Laukahi, the Hawaiian Plant Conservation Network; Carlo Rondinini, Sapienza University of Rome; Jane Smart, Global Director, IUCN Biodiversity Conservation Group and Director, IUCN's Global Species Programme; and Simon Stuart, Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission
The IUCN Green List - Raising the Standard for New Generation of Protected and Conserved Areas
Masahito Yoshida, IUCN-WCPA
Zhiyun Ouyang, Chinese Academy of Science
Tamar Kvantaliani, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Georgia
Trevor Sandwith, Director, Global Programme on Protected Areas, IUCN
Panelists and Green List protected areas managers
Around the Venue
Kéita Aïda Mbo, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Mali, and Nesto Bassierie, Minister of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change, Burkina Faso, during an interview
Interviews conducted around the venue
Participants meet informally throughout the day
Participants around the venue
Pins showing forests around the world
