Check Out Latest Briefings At Ongoing IUCN Congress In Hawaii

 

09:15-09:45	Martha Rojas - Urrego, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	Media Room (323B)
19:00	Media availability with HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco followed by the screening of Vamizi- Cradle of Coral	Press Conference Room (320)

Press conferences

All press conferences take place in room 320

 

08:30-09:00	**DON’T MISS** Update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species	IUCN
10:00-10:30	Protection of Whales in the 21st century, the Creation of South Atlantic Whales Sanctuary – SAWS	Brazilian Ministry of the Environment
10:45-11:15	In Henoko and Oura Bay, Okinawa: Japan’s Richest Biodiversity and Military Base Construction	Save the Dugong Campaign Center (SDCC)
13:00-13:30	Can Genome Engineering Help Save Species? Press Briefing available here	Revive & Restore
13:15-13:45	Pacific Island leaders to Join Gov. Ige in Setting Clean Energy Vision Location: Hawai'i Convention Center, main lobby (fronting Atkinson	Blue Planet Foundation
13:45-14:15	Endangered Sea Birds of Kauai	Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources

 

Congress highlights

 

08:30-10:30	Bonn Challenge High-level Dialogue 2: Restoration action for the future	316A
11:00-13:00	From Rhetoric to Reality: exploring laws, customary governance and no-go area policies for the protection of sacred natural sites	315
11:00-13:00	Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Development	313A
14:30-16:00	High-level Session: Actions for a Sustainable Ocean	310
17:30-18:30	Official inauguration of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s exhibition « Amazing Planet »	KAMEHAMEHA (Exhibit Hall)
19:00-20:30	Film screening: Vamizi- Cradle of Coral	320

Recommendations

08:30-10:30	Nature protects us: Managing ecosystems for disaster risk reduction (DRR)	Forest Pavilion
08:30-10:30	Earth-Centered Law and Regulation for Safeguarding Nature	318A
09:00-10:00	Connect: World Heritage Speed Networking	Protected Planet Pavilion
11:00-12:30	Managing conflicts between businesses and civil society over the use of natural resources	Business and Biodiversity Pavilion
11:00-13:00	Using blue carbon to foster conservation and restoration of coastal habitats	313B
11:00-13:00	Genetic Rescue: Can new genomic tools solve conservation problems such as exotic wildlife diseases and destructive invasive species?	313C
12:00-13:00	Indigenous peoples’ cultural connections to forests: How indigenous values and health indicators are helping manage invasive species	Forests Pavilion
13:00-14:30	Launch: Climate Change Best Practice Guidelines	Protected Planet Pavilion
13:00-14:30	#NatureForAll Greenhouse: Growing Connections Between People and Nature - Showdown time!	#NatureForAll Pavilion
14:30-16:30	Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation	Hawai'i Pacific Pavilion A
14:30-16:30	Leave no one behind: Conservation, Rights and Sustainable Development	313A
14:30-16:30	Does law have a place in the future of conservation?	318A
14:30-16:30	Managing Transboundary Ecosystems: Learning from Experiences in Hydrodiplomacy and Governance of Shared Waters	313C
14:30-19:00	E Mauliauhonua: Readapting Ancestral Knowledge for Survival	304B
15:00-15:30	NASA Hyperwall: Climate Change in Yellowstone	United States Pavilion
15:30-16:30	Island Commitments: Progress and Opportunities Moving Forward	Hawai'i Pacific Pavilion A
15:30-16:30	Africa Transforming - part 2: how will Chinese investments transform Africa’s development?	Business and Biodiversity Pavilion
16:00-17:00	Forests: Today and Tomorrow	United States Pavilion
17:00-17:30	GMPP Highlights – Maldives	Oceans & Islands Pavilion
17:00-19:00	Gender-Responsive Financing for the Global Environment	313A
19:00-21:30	The IUCN Green List - raising the standard for new generation of protected and conserved areas	Protected Planet Pavilion
19:00-21:30	IUCN's existing and emerging invasive species decision support tools	Species Conservation Pavilion

 

 

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