3 September 2016

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Media availabilities

08:30-09:00

John Scanlon, Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

 

Media Centre (323B)

14:45-15:15

Caleen Sisk, Spiritual Leader and Chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe from California accompanied by Patricia Gualinga, international community representative of the Sarayaku  from Ecuador and Chief Appolinaire Oussoulio from Benin

 

Media Centre (323B)

15:30-16:00

Jane Goodall, Founder, Jane Goodall Institute, UK

Media Centre (323B)

 

19:00-19:30

James Balog, Photographer following the screening of his movie “Chasing Ice

 

Press Conference Room (320)

 

Press conferences

All press conferences take place in room 320

09:15-09:45

Empowering women and girls through reproductive health: a necessary strategy for the conservation of natural resources

 

FUNDAECO

10:00-10:30

Media Briefing: Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership announcement

 

IUCN/Birdlife/UNEP/GEF

10:45-11:15

Balancing whale conservation with oil & gas development: New report looks at successes and challenges

 

IUCN

12:15 - 12:45

New Bonn Challenge Pledges – Passing the million hectares milestone

 

IUCN

13:00 - 13:30

Ocean Clean Wash partners with Parley for the Oceans!

 

Plastic Soup Foundation

13:45-14:15

Reef-safe sunscreen initiative

Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources

16:45 - 17:15

Life on Land: benefiting from land degradation neutrality

 

IUCN

 

Congress highlights

 

08:30-10:30

The SDGs Journey: Achieving the conservation imperative for sustainable development

 

313A

11:00 - 13:00

High-level Session: Conservation 2.0: Empowering Next Generations

 

Ballroom B

13:00-14:30

Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Conservation Activities and the Fulfillment of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

 

314 – UNDP Kauhale

17:00-18:00

SOS - Save Our Species: Good news from small grants

Species Conservation Pavilion

17:00 – 19:00

High-level Session: Everybody’s Business: Ending Wildlife Trafficking

 

Ballroom B

18:00-19:00

IUCN SSC best practice guidelines for assessing species vulnerability to climate change

Species Conservation Pavilion

19:30-21:30

Partners in knowledge: celebrating the launch of the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership and the Red List Partnership

 

Species Conservation Pavilion

Recommendations

08:30-10:30

Bonn Challenge High-level Dialogue 1: Restoration leadership in action

301B

08:30-10:30

Disasters and Biodiversity: Integrating environment into disaster recovery and reconstruction for resilient solutions

316A

08:30-10:30

Listen to Young Voices: Engaging Pacific Youth as Future Environmental and Cultural Leaders and Communicators through Creative Expression

310

08:30-10:30

World Heritage and astronomy: modern and traditional interpretations illustrated through the case of Hawaiian observatories

311-3

08:30-13:00

Making Ecosystem based Adaptation Effective: Evidence from the field to improve policy and practice

305B

08:30-19:00

Make it a Priority and Make it Stick! How to Effectively Institutionalize Invasive Alien Species Programmes

308B

11:00-13:00

WCPA – SSC – What factors determine protected area success in conserving biodiversity on land and sea? What are implications of the new research?

316A

11:00-13:00

Innovative Pathways: The Nexus of Food, Agriculture, and Biodiversity

313A

11:00-13:00

Closing the gap: Enhancing data, analysis and awareness for gender equality and environmental sustainability

319B

11:00-13:00

Bio-cultural Creativity and Traditional Knowledge Documentation in the Pacific

Hawai‘i-Pacific Pavilion B

 

13:00-14:30

Beyond protected areas borders: lessons learned from conservation in the Amazon

Protected Planet Pavilion

14:30-16:30

Mountain Communities of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru: Conservation, Climate Change and Social Equity

314 – UNDP Kauhale

14:30-16:30

European BEST Initiative Event: Fostering biodiversity action in 7 key regions of the world

320

14:30-16:30

Towards Multifaceted Solutions to Wildlife Trafficking

313A

15:00-14:00

Stamping Out Alien Mosquitoes in Hawaii: Can new technology stop avian malaria from driving Hawaii's native birds to extinction?

Species Conservation Pavilion

15:30-16:30

Incorporating Climate Adaptation into Agency-Level Planning in the Pacific Islands Region

Hawai‘i-Pacific Pavilion A

16:00-16:30

Saving the world's most illegally traded wild mammal: how the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group is Scaling Up Pangolin Conservation

Species Conservation Pavilion

17:00-19:00

Global Commons - Solutions for a Crowded Planet

313A

17:00-19:00

Achieving Economic Growth while Supporting Environmental Stewardship in Hawai'i

319B

18:00-19:00

Heritage Heroes Award

Protected Planet Pavilion

19:00-21:30

Celebrating the winners of the Kenton Miller, Fred Packard and Heritage Heroes awards

Protected Planet Pavilion

19:30-21:00

Small grant projects to conserve biodiversity in Africa : 10 years of the SSIP (PPI)

316C

19:30-21:30

Bonn Challenge Pau Hana: Celebrating the 100 million hectares milestone

Foreset Pavilion

 

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