Summary
The 1st Sitting of the Members' Assembly of the IUCN convened on Tuesday morning, with IUCN President Zhang Xinsheng calling on members to look for “convergence of interests and to find solutions.” Throughout the morning, delegates considered: the appointment and first report of the Congress Credentials Committee, adoption of the agenda; appointment of the Resolutions, Finance, and Programme Committees of the Congress; the reports of the Director General and Council; and the first report of the Resolutions Committee.
In the afternoon, during the 2nd Sitting of the Members’ Assembly, the IUCN presented information about the purpose and process of the Hawai‘i Commitments; and presented the Draft IUCN Programme 2017-2020, and the Financial Plan 2017-2020. Director General Inger Anderson introduced IUCN's three strategic themes of agriculture and biodiversity, oceans and islands, and building constituencies. The meeting then discussed, through a series of panel sessions, how the IUCN should address the challenges of: conserving nature in the face of industrial agriculture; and preserving the health of the world’s oceans.
In the evening, delegates attended an award ceremony, which included the presentation of the laureates of the John C. Phillips Memorial Medal and the Harold Jefferson Coolidge Memorial Medal, and approval of the laureates for Honorary Membership of IUCN.
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Members' Assembly: Morning Session
View of the dais at the start of the Members' Assembly
A traditional Hawaiian blessing is presented to open the Assembly
Zhang Xinsheng, President, IUCN
Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General
George Greene, Chair of the Council Governance Committee, IUCN
Luc De Wever, Governance Officer, IUCN
Aroha Mead, Chair of the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), IUCN
Delegates vote to adopt the agenda and program of work
Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud, Bangladesh National Committee of IUCN
Javed Jabbar, Baanhn Beli, Pakistan
Nicholas Robinson, International Council
of Environmental Law (ICEL)
Richard Cellarius, Sierra Club
Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, Unnayan Onneshan
John Robinson, Councillor for North America and Vice President, IUCN
Simon Stuart, IUCN Species
Survival Commission
Malik Amin Aslam Khan,
Vice-President, IUCN
Miguel Pellerano, Regional Councillor for
Meso and South America, IUCN
Marina von Weissenberg, Regional Councillor
for West Europe, IUCN
Members' Assembly: Afternoon Session
View of the dais during the afternoon session
Cyriaque Sendashonga, Global Director of the IUCN Policy and Programme Group
Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General
Michael Davis, Chief Financial Officer, IUCN
Tamar Pataridze, Regional Councillor for Eastern Europe,
North and Central Asia, IUCN
Panel speakers discussing how the IUCN should address the challenge of conserving nature in the face of industrial agriculture
Ruth Richardson, Executive Director,
Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Canada
Alexander Müller, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Agriculture and Food, and German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE)
Jason Clay, Senior Vice President of Market Transformation, WWF
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Panelists discussing how the IUCN should address the challenge of preserving the health of the world’s oceans
Pierre-Yves Cousteau, Cousteau Divers
Birguy Lamizana-Diallo,
UN Environment Programme
Jeroen Dagevos, Plastic Soup Foundation
Awards Ceremony
Zhang Xinsheng, President, IUCN, opens the award ceremony
Maria Teresa Jorge Pádua, Brazil, is awarded the John C. Phillips Memorial Medal
Lee Talbot, US, is awared the Harold Jefferson Coolidge Memorial Medal
Ashok Khosla, India, received the Honorary
Membership of IUCN Awards
Skumsa Mancotya, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa, receives the Honorary Membership of IUCN Awards on behalf of Valli Moosa, South Africa
Student's Day: Hawaiʻi Youth Challenge 2020
Almost 900 young people attend the student's day to learn about the importance of conservation
Students listen to various presentations throughout the day
The US Fish and Wildlife Services bring magic back into conservation by performing nature-related magic tricks for students
Students participate in a variety of activities throughout the day
Around the Venue
Delegates speak informally
Delegates take photos during the traditional presentation
