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Official Programme

🗓️  3-11 SEPTEMBER 2021
📍 MARSEILLE - FRANCE 

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Monday 06 Sep
16:00 - 18:00
Virtual Channel 6 Spatial action planning for conservation: 2030 and beyond
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Campus Session
Landscapes
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Monday 06 Sep
16:00 - 18:00
Virtual Channel 5 Understanding the CBD negotiations process: perspectives from youth leaders
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Campus Session
Rights and governance
Economic and financial systems
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Monday 06 Sep
16:00 - 17:30
H8 - 5 Mer de Corail Urban Protected Areas: Perspectives For An Alliance Between Nature And Cities
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Rights and governance
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Monday 06 Sep
18:00 - 19:30
Virtual Channel 3 Gamification, technology & storytelling: Engaging the next generation of conservation leaders
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Monday 06 Sep
18:00 - 19:30
Virtual Channel 4 Overcoming “plant blindness” in illegal wildlife trade
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
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Monday 06 Sep
18:00 - 19:30
Virtual Channel 1 Setting science-based targets for species in the post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
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Thematic Stream Session
Economic and financial systems
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Monday 06 Sep
18:00 - 19:30
Virtual Channel 8 The elephant in the room: Raising up corruption on the conservation agenda
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Thematic Stream Session
Rights and governance
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Monday 06 Sep
18:00 - 19:30
H8 - 4 Martinique The Future of Work in Conservation - Launch of IUCN Academy
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High-Level Dialogue
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Monday 06 Sep
18:00 - 19:30
Virtual Channel 2 Workshop: Implementing Bold Global Conservation Targets
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Oceans
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Monday 06 Sep
18:30 - 20:30
Virtual Channel 6 Developing Sustainability Mindsets for Youth through Smithsonian Science for Global Goals
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Campus Session
Landscapes
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Monday 06 Sep
18:30 - 20:30
Virtual Channel 7 Transforming Data to Action: Remote Sensing Platforms to Support Conservation Priorities
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Campus Session
Landscapes
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Monday 06 Sep
20:00 - 21:30
Virtual Channel 2 Convergence: The Case for Combating Conservation Crimes
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Thematic Stream Session
Rights and governance
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Monday 06 Sep
20:00 - 21:30
Virtual Channel 3 Global Invasive Alien Species Target for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
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Thematic Stream Session
Freshwater
Landscapes
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Monday 06 Sep
20:00 - 21:30
Virtual Channel 1 Raising global ambition on climate change and biodiversity through nature-based solutions
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
07:30 - 08:30
H8 - 10 Alpilles Breakfast with...
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Breakfast with…
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
08:30 - 10:30
Virtual Channel 7 Designing and implementing ecological compensation that helps achieve biodiversity targets
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Campus Session
Landscapes
Economic and financial systems
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Tuesday 07 Sep
08:30 - 10:30
H8 - 3 Verdon How can the land sector contribute to increase biodiversity and food security while tackling climate change ? Science deliver key messages.
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Campus Session
Landscapes
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
08:30 - 12:30
H8 - 2 Forêt d'Orient How to protect those who protect the environment ?
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Campus Session
Rights and governance
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
08:30 - 10:30
Virtual Channel 5 Recognising, Supporting and Reporting Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures
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Campus Session
Landscapes
Rights and governance
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Tuesday 07 Sep
08:30 - 10:30
Virtual Channel 6 The ABCs of Transboundary Conservation
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Campus Session
Landscapes
Rights and governance
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 10:30
Virtual Channel 4 Developing investable deals for private finance- field lessons
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Economic and financial systems
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 10:30
Virtual Channel 2 Discover Natura 2000, the European Union’s network of protected areas: from science to implementation
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 10:30
H8 - 8 Pyrénées From science to action: Innovative solutions to tackle ocean plastic pollution
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Thematic Stream Session
Oceans
Economic and financial systems
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 10:30
H8 - 4 Martinique Green Finance
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Thematic Stream Session
Economic and financial systems
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 10:30
H8 - 5 Mer de Corail How to mobilize the financial sector to integrate nature-related risks and invest in opportunities for biodiversity conservation?
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Thematic Stream Session
Economic and financial systems
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 11:00
H8 - 10 Alpilles Judges and the Environment: Protecting Nature in Court
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Thematic Stream Session
Rights and governance
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 10:30
Virtual Channel 1 Pros and cons of Nature-Based carbon offsets for conservation financing
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Economic and financial systems
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 10:30
H9 - B 1 Auditorium - Mercantour Restoring the fabric of nature and humanity – peace, conflict and environment in a post-Covid world
en, fr, es
High-Level Dialogue
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 10:30
H8 - 1 Perche Soil health & Sustainable landscapes - Transformative action at scale
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 Sep
09:00 - 10:30
H8 - 7 Cévennes The Yellow Sea - A Global Heritage: Towards Transboundary Governance and Management
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Rights and governance
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
H8 - 1 Perche 10 proposals for a sustainable planet: youth voices for a new deal for nature and people
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
Virtual Channel 4 Accelerating Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation to Climate Change
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 13:00
Virtual Channel 5 Advances in online and blended training in conservation
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Campus Session
Landscapes
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
H8 - 6 Cap Corse Agricultural Finance as a Force for Conservation: Innovations for and from the Global South
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Economic and financial systems
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
Virtual Channel 1 Custodians of Life: Indigenous Defenders of Sacred Natural Sites and Territories
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Rights and governance
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 13:00
Virtual Channel 6 Do protected areas actually work? How and why we measure site-level performance
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Campus Session
Landscapes
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
H8 - 7 Cévennes Do we dare to translocate marine or terrestrial species beyond indigenous ranges for conservation?
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
Virtual Channel 3 Harnessing Independent Scientific Advice to Reconcile Conservation and Economic Development Goals
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Oceans
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:00
Virtual Channel 8 How can challenge funds advance knowledge, learning, innovation and technology to support biodiversity and development?
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Thematic Stream Session
Economic and financial systems
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
Virtual Channel 2 Making money from governing the commons: private sector investment in local resource management in Ghana, India and Bolivia
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Economic and financial systems
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
H1 Plenary - Calanques Nature-based Solutions Partnerships: moving together from words to action
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
H8 - 8 Pyrénées Preservation of tropical forests and terrestrial biodiversity: How to mobilize actors to efficiently tackle imported deforestation?
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
H8 - 5 Mer de Corail Scaling up implementation of Nature-based Solutions for water
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Freshwater
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
H8 - 4 Martinique The contribution of Anthropology to the nature/culture debate and biodiversity conservation
en, fr
Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Rights and governance
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Tuesday 07 Sep
11:00 - 12:30
Virtual Channel 7 Urban Action Towards a New Deal for Nature
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Rights and governance
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Tuesday 07 Sep
13:00 - 13:30
H9 - B 1 Auditorium - Mercantour An Interview with... Melina Sakiyama and Nisreen Elsaim
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An interview with…
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Tuesday 07 Sep
13:30 - 15:30
Virtual Channel 10 Conservation Action Café - 2030- When economic and finance systems are in service of nature
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Conservation Action Café
Economic and financial systems
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Tuesday 07 Sep
14:00 - 15:30
Virtual Channel 4 Acting now to stop the loss of primary forests: Countering the biodiversity and climate crises
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 Sep
14:00 - 15:30
H8 - 4 Martinique Agroecology as a nature-based solution for climate mitigation / adaptation, biodiversity conservation and food security
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 Sep
14:00 - 15:30
H9 - B 1 Auditorium - Mercantour Building Support and Commitment for a Nature-Positive World
en, fr, es
High-Level Dialogue
Climate change
Freshwater
Landscapes
Oceans
Rights and governance
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