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Opening Plenary: Standards and applications - knowledge guiding policy and practice?

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This opening plenary of the Knowledge, Learning, Innovation, & Technology for Advancing Conservation WCC Theme will educate on current progress with conservation standards, discuss prospects and challenges, and promote use of resulting data across sectors.
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Since the beginnings of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in the 1960s, knowledge, learning, innovation, and technology have always played crucial roles in informing decisions in sustainability. Over the last decade, the flow of such information has become an avalanche, with knowledge products such as the World Database on Protected Areas, the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas, the Red List of Ecosystems, and others now also central in guiding decisions within and beyond the conservation sector. They are used by governments to plan protected areas, by international agreements (like the CBD and the SDGs) to monitor progress, by the private and financial sectors to establish safeguards and reduce risk, and by indigenous and local communities to stabilise land tenure, generate employment, and mobilise pride in nature. This plenary will comprise two panel discussions: to share experience about recent advances in conservation knowledge standards; and explore their applications.

Session agenda

Moderator

Dr Penelope Jane SMART

Global Director - Biodiversity Conservation Group,
IUCN
Switzerland

IUCN standards for conservation knowledge
11:00 - 11:07

Mr Edward ELLIS

Business Manager,
Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool
United Kingdom

Informing decisions with standard data
11:46 - 11:50

Speaker

Mr Jean-Michel BLANQUER

Minister for Education, Youth and Sport,
French Government
France

High level opening speech
11:01 - 11:04

Panelist

Mr Craig HILTON-TAYLOR

Head Red List Unit, Global Species Programme,
IUCN
United Kingdom

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
11:07 - 11:13

Dr Emily NICHOLSON

Professor of Conservation Science,
Deakin University
Australia

Red List of Ecosystems
11:13 - 11:19

Dr Andy PLUMPTRE

Head KBA Secretariat,
BirdLife International
United Kingdom

Key Biodiversity Areas
11:19 - 11:25

Ms Lauren WEATHERDON

Knowledge Management Lead; Senior Programme Officer,
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
United Kingdom

Protected Planet
11:25 - 11:31

Dr Shaikha SALEM AL DHAHERI

Secretary General,
Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Applications of biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to strengthen national conservation actions
11:50 - 11:56

Mr Olivier LANGRAND

Executive Director,
Conservation International
United States of America

Applications of biodiversity and conservation knowledge products for conservation foundations and investments
11:56 - 12:02

Dr Stuart BUTCHART

Chief Scientist,
BirdLife International
United Kingdom

Indicators for the MEAs and SDGs
12:02 - 12:08

Mrs Seynabou BA

Founder and CEO,
ESG Africa Ltd
Senegal

Applications of biodiversity and conservation knowledge products for the private & financial sectors
12:08 - 12:14

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