Summary
On Saturday, participants attended the second day of the Forum, during which they continued to explore solutions to some of the planet’s most pressing conservation and sustainability challenges. High-level events convened on empowering next generations, with panelists sharing new approaches to conservation of nature and integrated approaches to empowerment. In another high-level event, panelists addressed ending wildlife trafficking with perspectives from government as well as solutions from the private sector, civil society NGOs and CITES.
Throughout the day, participants explored: achieving the conservation imperative for sustainable development; engaging Pacific youth as future environmental and cultural leaders; making pledges towards achieving the Bonn Challenge; incorporating climate adaptation into agency-level planning in the Pacific islands region; and the importance of gender equality for SDG implementation and conservation projects.
In other events, panelists discussed: Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA); the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP); effective Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA); new Bonn Challenge pledges; and solutions for a crowded planet in global commons.
During the Heritage Heroes awards, Bibhuti Lahkar was announced as the winner for presented his work on the Manas Tiger Reserve and his efforts in the area of capacity building for local youth, NGOs, and ex-poachers.
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Bonn Challenege High-Level Dialogue 1: Restoration Leadership in Action
Panel speakers during the session
Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Zhang Xinsheng, President, IUCN
Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
José Pedro de Oliveira Costa, Secretary of Biodiversity and Forests, Ministry of Environment, Brazil
Sydney Alexander Samuels Milson,
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Guatemala
Listen to Young Voices: Engaging Pacific Youth as Future Environmental and
Cultural Leaders and Communicators through Creative Expression
Panel speakers during the session
Takiora Ingram, Pacific Writers' Connection
Robert Pennybacker, PBS HIKI NŌ, and
Hoku Subiono, HIKI NŌ graduate
Joni Mae Makuakāne-Jarrell, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
Craig Santos Perez, English Department, University of Hawai‘i
Kenneth Makuakāne, Musician
Making Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Effective: Evidence from the Field to Improve Policy and Practice
Participants during the workshop
Ali Raza Rizvi, IUCN
Shaun Martin, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Adam Whelchel, The Nature Conservancy
Marta Perez de Madrid, IUCN
Xiaoting Jones, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Participants engage in small group discussions
The SDGs Journey: Achieving the Conservation Imperative for Sustainable Development
L-R: Hugh Possingham, University of Queensland; Xavier Sticker, Ambassador for the Environment for France; Charles Barber, World Resources Institute (WRI); James Watson, Wildlife Conservation Society; Jeffrey Sachs, The Earth Institute; Celeste Conners, Hawai‘i Green Growth; and Nestor Batio Bassiere, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy, Burkina Faso
Celeste Conners, Hawai‘i Green Growth
James Watson, Wildlife Conservation Society
Presentations made during the session
Charles Barber, WRI
Nestor Batio Bassiere, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy, Burkina Faso
Leah Silverman graphically records the discussions
Participants during the session
Conservation 2.0: Empowering Next Generations
Participants gather for the high-level session
Inger Andersen, Director General, IUCN
Paul Rose, National Geographic Society, and
Alison Sudol, Goodwill Ambassador, IUCN
Justin Bogardus, Independent Filmmaker
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Association
for Indigenous Women and Peoples
of Chad (AFPAT)
Bruno Monteferri, Founder and Director, Conservamos por Naturaleza
Jonathan Jarvis, Director,
National Parks Service
Anne Walton, International Marine Protected Area Management Capacity Building Program
Rick Bates, CEO, Canadian
Wildlife Federation (CWF)
Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace
Everybody's Business: Ending Wildlife Trafficking
Panel speakers during the session
Patricia Zurita, CEO, BirdLife International
Cristián Samper, President and CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society
Jesca Eriyo, Deputy Secretary General,
East African Community
Marco Lambertini, Director
General, WWF International
Nyi Nyi Kyaw, Director General, Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar
Catherine Novelli, Under Secretary for Economic Growth,
Energy, and the Environment, US
John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES
Incorporating Climate Adaptation into Agency-Level Planning in the Pacific Islands Region
Christin Reynolds, Hawaiʻi Green Growth, addresses participants
Chip Fletcher, University of Hawaiʻi, and Sam Lemmo, State of Hawaiʻi Department
of Land and Natural Resources
Rick Camp, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo,
Zena Grecni, East-West Center
Clay Trauernicht, University of Hawaiʻi
Global Commons - Solutions for a Crowded Planet
Panelists of the event
Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, the GEF
Nebojsa Nakicenovic, International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Andrew Steer, President, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Penny Langhammer, IUCN WCPA/SSC Joint Task Force
on Biodiversity and Protected Areas
Aroha Mead, IUCN
The youngest delegate at the 2016 IUCN
World Conservation Congress
Heritage Heroes Awards
Participants gather for the Heritage Heroes Awards
Cyril Kormos, WILD Foundation
Musicians perform at the awards ceremony
Awards are presented to the Heritage Heroes (L-R): Julia Miranda Londoño, WCPA;
Bibhuti Lahkar; Bantu Lukambo; and Yulia Naberezhnaya
Press Conferences Throughout the Day
Press conference on SEIC Agreement (L-R): Giulia Carbone, Panel Chair, IUCN; Doug Nowacek, Duke University; Wendy Elliott, WWF; Deric Quaile, Shell Global Solutions; Azzedine Downes, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW); and Stewart Maginnnis, IUCN.
Press conference on New Bonn Challenge Pledges - Passing the 100 Million Hectares Milestone (L-R): Stewart Maginnis, IUCN; Bianca Jagger, IUCN’s Global Ambassador for the Bonn Challenge, Clement Chilima, Forest Department, Malawi; and Martin Keller, Latin American Alliance of Private Nature Reserves, Guatemala
Event celebrating partners in knowledge: Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership and the Red List Partnership
Around the Venue
L-R: Alison Sudol, Goodwill Ambassador, IUCN; Bruno Monteferri, Founder and Director, Conservamos por Naturaleza; Paul Rose, National Geographic Society; Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace; Rick Bates, CEO, Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF); Jonathan Jarvis, Director, National Parks Service; Justin Bogardus, Independent Filmmaker; Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, AFPAT; Anne Walton, International Marine Protected Area Management Capacity Building Program
Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany, shakes hands with Zhang Xinsheng, President, IUCN
Achim Steiner, Director, Oxford Martin School
Participants meet informally throughout the day
L-R: Aida Greenbury, Managing Director, Sustainability at Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) ; Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany; Sydney Alexander Samuels Milson, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Guatemala; Marcelo Furtado, Executive Director, Arapyaú Institute; Rosa Lemos de Sá, CEO, Funbio; and José Pedro de Oliveira Costa, Secretary of Biodiversity and Forests, Ministry of Environment, Brazil
Members of civil society demonstrate outside the venue
