IUCN’s International Policy Centre’s series of webinars will present key priorities for the post-2020 framework, unpack certain elements in the current Goals and Targets, emphasising their scientific underpinnings, and provide a space for discussion among negotiators, experts and key stakeholders.
The Innovation Fair is the opportunity for exchanging ideas and networking on digital for development. (Inter)national keynote speakers will share their insights in their respective fields of expertise and a range of exhibitors will tell you more about their work on digital advances in research, start-up activities and more.
Registrations and abstract submissions for the 2nd International Conference on Biodiversity in the Congo Basin are now open!
With great pleasure we would like to invite you at the 2nd International Conference on Biodiversity in the Congo Basin, which will take place on March 6-10, 2023 in Kisangani, DR Congo.
For the occasion of the International Day for Biodiversity, the Jane Goodall Institute Belgium in collaboration with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences are delighted to invite you to visit the Museum and the screening of the film ANIMAL on May 22nd, 2022. ANIMAL is the much acclaimed documentary of Cyril Dion investigating our relationship with the living world.
The consequences of climate change are increasingly felt across the world. Nature-based solutions, which consists of using natural resources to tackle environmental challenges, have an enormous (and still relatively unexplored) potential to reduce the impact of such disasters, while simultaneously providing environmental, social, and economic benefits and helping build resilience.
Webinar 4 will explore ‘WTO initiatives on environment & sustainable development: windows of opportunity for biodiversity’ and will provide an update on the state of play on environment-related discussions at the WTO, including new initiatives on environment and sustainable development. It focuses on exploring the opportunities these discussions and initiatives can offer in the intersection of trade, SDGs and the global biodiversity agenda.
This year, we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Habitats Directive, Europe’s historical key legal instrument in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. In the past three decades, much has been achieved for biodiversity in Europe, but much more need to be done. The European Commission recently developed criteria and guidance to reach the 30×30 target of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, in line with the global targets proposed to the 15th Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and with the objectives of the Bern Convention.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) invite you to join a virtual dialogue on 3rd March 2022 / 2:00-4:00 pm CET (World Wildlife Day) that will present lessons learned and discuss challenges and opportunities for a renewed EU Action Plan to tackle wildlife trafficking, including how the EU can support the fight against wildlife trafficking in the field in partner countries.
