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Mrs Elizabeth MREMA

Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity

Ms. Mrema is the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity. She has worked with the UN Environment Programme for over two decades and was the Director of the Law Division which is responsible for international environmental governance as well as multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). Prior to joining the Law Division in June 2014, she was Deputy Director of the Ecosystems Division in charge of coordination, operations and programme delivery from 2012 and for one year served as Acting Director to the Division. In addition, in 2018 she was Acting Director of the Corporate Services Division. From 2009-2012 she was Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. Her work at UNEP has focused on development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws including MEAs at national, regional and international levels. 

CONGRESS PASS
🗓️  3-11 SEPTEMBER 2021
📍 MARSEILLE - FRANCE
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Date Time/Room Title Features Session type Themes
Saturday 04 September 14:00 - 15:30
H8 - 5 Mer de Corail
International Development Finance Club (IDFC): How can Public Development Banks (PDB) support the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework?
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Thematic Stream Session
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Saturday 04 September 11:00 - 12:30
H8 - 8 Pyrénées
Opening Plenary: Our Freshwater Global Risk - Taking Actions to Reverse the Trend
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Freshwater
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Monday 06 September 11:00 - 12:30
H1 Plenary - Calanques
Deep Time 2029: What must we do in now, in 2021, to successfully address the Nature Emergency by 2050?
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Rights and governance
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Tuesday 07 September 14:00 - 14:10
Virtual Channel 7
Peace and Biodiversity
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 September 16:00 - 17:30
H8 - 4 Martinique
Closing Plenary: Advancing Rights and Inclusive Governance in Conservation - the path ahead
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Thematic Plenary
Rights and governance
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