IUCN World Conservation Congress

As we face today’s global crises our focus on biodiversity and ecosystem restoration provides a critical opportunity to build the common ground between agriculture and conservation. Please join us to discuss how agriculture, forestry and fisheries play a key role in driving action on nature-based recovery, climate change and biodiversity for decades to come during the upcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress, in Marseille, from 3-11 September 2021.

The IUCN World Conservation Congress is both an in-person and virtual event that aims to drive action on nature-based recovery, climate change and biodiversity for decades to come. The Congress will be a key milestone for nature conservation and the development of a new global framework for biodiversity. 

FAO will both co-lead and participate in the World Conservation Congress through the following events.

5 September 2021
11:00 – 12:30 CEST 
Fisheries and biodiversity: smooth sailing or stormy seas?

6 September 2021 
14:00-15:00 CEST 
Sustainable wildlife management: the food, biodiversity and health nexus

16:00 – 17:30 CEST:
High-level Dialogue on Agriculture and Land Health: the common ground between agriculture and conservation Co-led by FAO, with a video address from the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu. 

18:00 – 19:00 CEST 
The Restoration Initiative: Catalysing action on restoration

7 September 2021
14:00 – 15:00 CEST 
Science-based action and enhancing capacities for ecosystem restoration: A Decade for collaboration

8 September 2021
15:30 – 17:00 CEST 
Are you being heard? How to unlock the power of communication in conservation