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IUCN World Conservation Congress - MARSEILLE - 3-11 SEPTEMBER 2021

9:00-16:15

Francophone Network Inception Workshop

  • Organiser(s): IUCN French Committee and IUCN GPAP
  • Event type: Workshop
  • Format: Off site
  • Room: Hôtel du Département
  • Language: French
  • Access: invite only

11:30 - 12:15

Knowledge product info session: IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas

  • Organiser(s): IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme
  • Event type: Exhibition Event
  • Format: Onsite only
  • Room: H3 – IUCN Knowledge Hub
  • Language: English
  • ID: 52024

Get answers to everything you want to ask about the IUCN Green List Standard – the first global standard of best practice for area-based conservation.

This session will present an overview of the 17 criteria of the IUCN Green List Standard, and a quick summary of how it’s implemented from national to site level. Then there will be IUCN Green List experts available for questions and answers through an informal smaller group approach.

8:30-10:30

The IUCN Green List – a standard for conservation of protected and conserved areas 

  • Organiser(s):
    • IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
    • IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme
  • Event type: Campus session
  • Format: Online
  • Room: Virtual Channel 5
  • Language: English, French, Spanish
  • ID: 43194

The session provides a guide to the IUCN Green List standard and program aimed at decision makers and practitioners. The elements of the Green List programme are examined, working through short introductory presentations followed by practitioner-led discussion tables around actual examples and participant issues. Topics covered include: 1 Overview of the Green List, 2 Implementing the Green List in a jurisdiction, 3 Anatomy of the Green List – the standard dissected and examined 4 Empowering local knowledge and expertise through Expert Assessment Groups (EAGL), 5 Good governance and equity and how they are assessed 6. Using IUCN knowledge products (e.g. PA Categories, Red List) in the Green List process. 7. Defining successful conservation outcomes – the definition of “successful conservation” and its application in the Green List, 8. Monitoring and setting thresholds – an analysis of approaches and case studies. A follow-up process will be used to address any outstanding questions.

11:30-12:30

IUCN Green List Development Plan

  • Organiser(s): IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme
  • Event type: Pavilion
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Room: Protected Planet
  • Language: English
  • ID: 56872

14:00-14:30

PRESS CONFERENCE – Tourism Project Launch

  • Organiser(s): IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme
  • Event type: Press Conference
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Room: H9 – B 11 Press Conference Room – Callelongue
  • Language: English
  • ID: 52356

15:00-16:00

COVID-19 response for community livelihoods, tourism, and protected areas

  • Organiser(s): IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme
  • Event type: 
  • Format: Off site
  • Language: English

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18:15-19:30

Pour sauver la biodiversité mondiale, parions sur la francophonie

  • Organiser(s): IUCN French Committee
  • Event type: Pavilion / Social and Cultural Event
  • Format: On site
  • Room: H3 – Comité français de l’UICN
  • Language: French
  • ID: 57371

Événement social avec des ONGs locales francophones et des sites naturels de la Liste Verte des aires protégées

20:00-21:30

Conservación efectiva de la biodiversidad en Latinoamérica a través del Estándar Lista Verde

  • Organiser(s): Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza – América del Sur, WWF Colombia
  • Event type: Thematic Stream Session
  • Format: Online
  • Room: Virtual Channel 2
  • Language: Spanish
  • ID: 43563

Se dará una visión general del Estándar y su implementación en Latinoamérica, particularmente en Colombia, Perú, Ecuador y México, así como experiencias transfronterizas como la de Selva Maya, con Gobiernos Locales como el Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá en Medellín (con el Cerro El Volador) y la experincia de Chile a tavés de la CONAF y entidades de apoyo. Se compartirá lecciones aprendidas, retos, resultados exitosos, que contribuyen al logro de metas globales de conservación de la biodiversidad, Aichi y ODS, así como aportes que la Lista Verde genera para la política nacional y toma de decisión. Se compartirá aportes a la gobernanza para la gestión efectiva del territorio, así como las bondades de la herramienta en aras de una mejor gestión y mayor visibilización. Además se presentará cómo la herramienta es usada para el mejoramiento de gestión transfronteriza de APs, como es el caso de Selva Maya (México, Guatemala y Belize). Este espacio evidenciará la experiencia de articulación entre múltiples actores públicos y privados, autoridades y comunidades, quienes analizan y llegan a acuerdos interesantes para la conservación de espacios protegidos.Finalmente, se busca motivar a otros países a sumarse a esta iniciativa

14:00-15:00

Knowledge exchange and matchmaking experiences from the Blue Solutions Initiative

  • Organiser(s): IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme
  • Event type: Pavilion
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Room: H3 Ocean and Islands
  • Language: English
  • ID: 52893

The Blue Solutions facilitates learning processes among practitioners by bringing together solution seekers and solution providers, through the PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet platform. We widen the dissemination of best practices, encouraging their upscale and adoption in new places, in order to accelerate impacts for sustainable development and nature conservation. In this session we’ll focus on the way peer-to-peer knowledge exchanges can build communities of practices, enhance mutual learning, and unlock challenges. After presenting our lessons learnt and insights from Blue Solutions activities, we would like to open the floor for a discussion on ideas and recommendations for strengthening processes to scale up.

15:00-16:00

Tech4Nature: an innovative technology partnership for conservation impact

  • Organiser(s): IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme
  • Event type: Pavilion
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Room: Protected Planet
  • Language: English
  • ID: 56876

16:00-17:30

Concilier conservation et développement dans les aires protégées en Afrique et au sein de la Francophonie

  • Organiser(s): IUCN French Committee, Agence Française de Développement
  • Event type: FORUM / Thematic Stream Session
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Room: H8 – 7 Cévennes
  • Language: French, English
  • ID: 43181

Illustrer comment des aires protégées en milieu francophone, permettent de concilier conservation et développement en insistant sur l’agenda des solutions o Faire connaitre des expériences positives d’aires protégées gérées en concertation avec les populations o Faire connaitre le réseau de la liste verte UICN des aires protégées. Echanges d’expériences de terrain entre responsables d’aires protégées, administrations, ONGs, opérateurs privés, bailleurs de fonds.

18:30-20:30

IUCN Green List Awards Event

  • Organiser(s): IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme
  • Event type: Ceremony
  • Format: Off site
  • Host: Parc Marin de la Côte Bleue
  • Venue: Le Cadran, Ensuès La Redonne
  • Language: English, French
  • Accessibility: Invite only

11:00-13:00

Do protected areas actually work? How and why we measure site-level performance

  • Organiser(s): IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme (GPAP) – , UNEP-WCMC
  • Event type: FORUM / Campus
  • Format: Virtual
  • Room: Virtual Channel 6
  • Language: English, French, Spanish
  • ID: 43500

Come and learn about how to measure the effectiveness or performance of protected and conserved areas, how we check whether they are delivering conservation outcomes, and how the information is used for global reporting towards the Aichi Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals.

14:00-15:30

Catalysing conservation impact in Protected and Conserved Areas through Standards

  • Organiser(s): IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme (GPAP)
  • Event type: FORUM / Thematic Stream Session 
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Room: H1 Plenary – Calanques
  • Language: English, French, Spanish
  • ID: 43568

Join us to learn all about the benefits that Protected and Conserved Areas gain from implementing Standards, including the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas, that mobilise action for equitable governance and effective management leading to successful conservation around the world.

16:00-17:30

Closing Plenary: Conservation Knowledge for Conservation Impact

  • Organiser(s): IUCN
  • Event type: FORUM / Thematic Plenary
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Room: H8 – 6 Cap Corse
  • Language: English, French, Spanish
  • ID: 45336

This closing plenary of the Knowledge, Learning, Innovation, & Technology for Advancing Conservation WCC Theme will promote robust approaches for measuring conservation impact, and educate on new advances in impact evaluation in theory and practice

17:00-18:00

SAGE: A new tool for assessing protected and conserved area governance and equity

  • Organiser(s):
    • IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
    • IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme (GPAP)
  • Event type: Pavilion
  • Format: Hybrid
  • Room: Protected Planet
  • Language: English 
  • ID: 56273

Led by IIED, the SAGE initiative aims to improve the governance and equity of protected and conserved areas and other conservation measures. It is based on the relatively simple SAGE methodology, which enables stakeholders to assess the status of governance and equity, plan actions to improve, and monitor progress.

Online

The Green List In Sub-Saharan Africa : how to boost the process ?

  • Organiser(s): IUCN PAPACO 
  • Event type: Speaker pitch
  • Format: Online only
  • Room:
  • Language: French
  • ID: 43206

This session will provide an overview of the lessons learnt from the GL implementation in Kenya and how it can benefit other African PAs. Whether you are not clear yet on how to get involved and contribute the the GL expansion in Africa, this session is made for you.

Online

Establecimiento de estándares para el desarrollo de la conservación privada y voluntaria en Chile 

  • Organiser(s): Así Conserva Chile
  • Event type: Speaker pitch
  • Format: Online
  • Room:
  • Language: English, Spanish
  • ID: 43565

Se presentará el caso concreto de creación de estándares para iniciativas de conservación privada en Chile, como resultado de un proceso participativo y necesario para consolidar la conservación como un campo de desarrollo sostenible, impulsado por Así Conserva Chile como red establecida de áreas de conservación privada y de pueblos originarios.

Desde 2019 se movilizaron los esfuerzos para lograr este fin en el marco de un fondo estatal y el patrocinio del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, apuntando a integrar los lineamientos del estándar Lista Verde con las consideraciones específicas de los paisajes de conservación desde el desierto de Atacama hasta la Patagonia. Como resultado del proceso, ACCh propone un conjunto armonizado de estándares: para Iniciativas de Conservación Privada, para organizaciones garantes o Land Trusts y para la implementación de la innovadora herramienta legal Derecho Real de Conservación.

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