"THE CONGRESS IS A MILESTONE FOR NATURE CONSERVATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GLOBAL FRAMEWORK FOR BIODIVERSITY."
NOÉ AT WORLD NATURE CONGRESS TO SPEAK OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the French Government are organizing the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020 from 3 to 11 September 2021 in Marseille. The event, originally scheduled for June 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is now being offered in a hybrid format adapted to health conditions with a distance and face-to-face programme.
02 August 2021
WHAT IS THE WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS ?
Every four years, the IUCN World Conservation Congress brings together thousands of delegates (10,000 in 2016), including conservation experts and practitioners, government and business representatives, indigenous peoples, scientists, and other professional stakeholders interested in nature and the fair and sustainable use of natural resources.
This year, it will take place in Marseille from 3 to 11 September 2021, at the Parc Chanot. It is the major international meeting before the COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, a major event that will revise the international biodiversity objectives (Aïchi objectives) and the commitment of the 196 States Parties to the Convention for the period 2021-2030 by formalising a new global strategic plan.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CONGRESS
The Congress aims to strengthen efforts to protect biodiversity worldwide and to promote solutions to the most pressing environmental and sustainable development challenges. It aims to :
Bring together and mobilise the global conservation network
Identify and exchange on important and emerging conservation issues
Initiate new actions for conservation
Set and influence the global conservation agenda and priorities for action (especially in view of CBD COP 15 in Kunming, China in late 2021)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONGRESS
The Forum (4-7 September), open to Congress delegates, where IUCN members and partners can exchange views.
The Members' Assembly (8-10 September), reserved for members representing more than 1,400 organizations, is IUCN's highest decision-making body where members will debate international environmental policies, approve the IUCN Programme and elect the IUCN Council and its President
The exhibition area (from 4 to 9 September), open to congress participants, where dozens of actors from the world of conservation will be present to exchange ideas at stands and events.
For this 2021 edition, the French Office for Biodiversity is also proposing Espaces Génération Nature, a large biodiversity village open to all free of charge and without registration from 4 to 11 September and targeting young people and schoolchildren in particular.
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NOÉ: MEMBER OF THE IUCN AND THE FRENCH COMMITTEE OF THE IUCN
We are the bearers of two motions presented to the Members' Assembly during the Congress:
What is a motion? Motions are the mechanism by which IUCN members influence third parties and guide the policy and programme of IUCN. Members vote to approve motions, and once adopted, they become resolutions or recommendations, and thus form the body of IUCN policy.
Valérie Collin, Secretary General of Noé, will sit at the Members' Assembly to represent our association and support our motions.
Valérie Collin is also Treasurer of the French Committee of IUCN.
NOÉ'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONGRESS: KEY DATES
IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FORUM
A thematic session (hybrid format lasting 1h30) on the theme "How to reconcile biodiversity conservation and local economic development" in partnership with Savannah Fruits Company and L'Occitane, as well as with the local CSOs WAPCA (Ghana) and TFRD (Cameroon). The event will take place on Sunday 5 September from 4 to 5.30 pm, room H8-8 Pyrenees. See the programme of the session.pdf
A thematic session (hybrid format lasting 1h30) on the theme "Reconciling conservation and development in protected areas in Africa and the Francophonie" in partnership with the Agence Française de Développement. Meeting on Monday 6 September from 4 to 5.30 pm, room H6-C Cévennes.
A press conference (30 minutes) for the media on the topic "Private sector involvement in pro-biodiversity value chains: an opportunity for whom?" Meet on Wednesday 8 September in the press room (time to be confirmed).
An e-poster (interactive multimedia content) designed in partnership with the Pollinis association on the theme "How ecological infrastructures modify landscapes for the benefit of wild pollinators" will be available online throughout the Congress.
IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NATURE GENERATION SPACES
The broadcast of our video report: "Araucarias, these remarkable trees threatened by the Forgotten Coast (New Caledonia)". See you on Tuesday 7 September from 2 to 3 pm.
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EXHIBITION SPACE
IUCN "BEST and beyond" Pavilion: Presentation of our work in New Caledonia - "Building the capacity of local people to produce seedlings for the restoration of degraded sites". Meeting on 8 September from 11:00 to 11:45.
Noé will be on the Vigie-Nature stand to talk about his experience in leading participatory science projects. Meeting on 4 September (time to be defined).
Noé will speak at the Natural Solutions stand about projects using technology to promote biodiversity, with the example of Lépinoc and the Papillonline application. See you on 7 September (time to be defined).
OFF (OUTSIDE THE OFFICIAL CONGRESS PROGRAMME)
A conference on the theme of rewilding organised by the Alcazar library (58 Cours Belsunce) of the City of Marseille in partnership with ASPAS and BIOTOPE. After the screening of the film "L'Europe à la reconquête de la biodiversité", a round-table discussion on the theme of rewilding will be led by Noé. See you on Friday 3 September from 5 to 7 pm.
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