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Global Invasive Alien Species Target for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Why attend
See what progress has been made under Aichi Target 9 on invasive alien species (IAS), join discussions on the outcomes of the CBD Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and help identify how IUCN as a Union can support the implementation and monitoring of the (draft) Post-2020 IAS Target.
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The session will present global progress made on achieving Aichi Target 9 on invasive alien species (IAS) in terrestrial and aquatic environments, including through commitments made under the Honolulu Challenge on IAS. With the CBD Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework ending days before IUCN World Conservation Congress, the session will update participants on its outcomes in relation to the IAS Target and its monitoring. The event will also present progress made with the IPBES Global assessment on IAS, and showcase regional and national strategies that are being implemented to tackle the impacts from IAS, and what they hope to achieve over the coming decade. Finally the event will identify how IUCN through its One Programme Charter can support countries and others in implementing actions that support progress towards meeting the (draft) IAS Target, and monitor its progress.

Session agenda

Moderator

Dr Piero GENOVESI

Chair IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group,
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
Italy

IUCN Support to meeting Post 2020 IAS Target
20:00 - 21:30

Speaker

Mr David COOPER

Deputy Executive Secretary,
Convention on Biological Diversity
Canada

Opening remarks from CBD Secretariat
20:01 - 20:03

Dr Penelope Jane SMART

Global Director - Biodiversity Conservation Group,
IUCN
Switzerland

Opening remarks from IUCN
20:04 - 20:06

Tim HIRSCH

Deputy Director, Head of Participation and Engagement,
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Denmark

Opening remarks GBIF
20:07 - 20:09

Dr Andy SHEPPARD

Research Director ,
CSIRO
Australia

Progress made through commitments to the Honolulu Challenge on IAS
20:10 - 20:19

Mr Kevin SMITH

Programme Officer, Invasive Species,
IUCN
United Kingdom

The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - outcomes of the OEWG
20:20 - 20:29

Melodie MCGEOCH

Professor,
La Trobe University
Australia

Indicators for P2020 GBF IAS Target
20:30 - 20:39

Mr Stefan LEINER

Head of the Biodiversity Unit,
European Commission, DG Environment
Belgium

A regional strategy to managing IAS - the EU approach
20:40 - 20:49

Prof. Helen ROY

Ecologist,
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
United Kingdom

IPBES global assessment on IAS
20:50 - 20:59

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