4 September 2016

**UPDATE: media availability with Prince Albert II of Monaco has been cancelled. The screening will still take place as scheduled (19:00-20:30, Press Conference Room 320)**

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Media availabilities 

09:15-09:45

Martha Rojas - Urrego, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Media Room (323B)

19:00

Media availability with HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco followed by the screening of Vamizi- Cradle of Coral

Press Conference Room (320)

Press conferences

All press conferences take place in room 320

08:30-09:00

**DON’T MISS**


Update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

 

IUCN

10:00-10:30

Protection of Whales in the 21st century, the Creation of South Atlantic Whales Sanctuary – SAWS

 

Brazilian Ministry of the Environment

10:45-11:15

In Henoko and Oura Bay, Okinawa: Japan’s Richest Biodiversity and Military Base Construction

 

Save the Dugong Campaign Center (SDCC)

13:00-13:30

Can Genome Engineering Help Save Species?
Press Briefing available here

 

Revive & Restore

13:15-13:45

Pacific Island leaders to Join Gov. Ige in Setting Clean Energy Vision
Location: Hawai'i Convention Center, main lobby (fronting Atkinson

 

Blue Planet Foundation

13:45-14:15

Endangered Sea Birds of Kauai

 

Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources

 

Congress highlights

08:30-10:30

Bonn Challenge High-level Dialogue 2: Restoration action for the future

 

316A

11:00-13:00

From Rhetoric to Reality: exploring laws, customary governance and no-go area policies for the protection of sacred natural sites

 

315

11:00-13:00

Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Development

313A

14:30-16:00

High-level Session: Actions for a Sustainable Ocean

 

310

17:30-18:30

Official inauguration of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s exhibition « Amazing Planet »

 

KAMEHAMEHA (Exhibit Hall)

19:00-20:30

Film screening: Vamizi- Cradle of Coral

320

Recommendations

08:30-10:30

Nature protects us: Managing ecosystems for disaster risk reduction (DRR)

Forest Pavilion

08:30-10:30

Earth-Centered Law and Regulation for Safeguarding Nature

318A

09:00-10:00

Connect: World Heritage Speed Networking

Protected Planet Pavilion

11:00-12:30

Managing conflicts between businesses and civil society over the use of natural resources

Business and Biodiversity Pavilion

11:00-13:00

Using blue carbon to foster conservation and restoration of coastal habitats

313B

11:00-13:00

Genetic Rescue: Can new genomic tools solve conservation problems such as exotic wildlife diseases and destructive invasive species?

313C

12:00-13:00

Indigenous peoples’ cultural connections to forests: How indigenous values and health indicators are helping manage invasive species

Forests Pavilion

13:00-14:30

Launch: Climate Change Best Practice Guidelines

Protected Planet Pavilion

13:00-14:30

#NatureForAll Greenhouse: Growing Connections Between People and Nature - Showdown time!

#NatureForAll Pavilion

14:30-16:30

Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation

Hawai'i Pacific Pavilion A

14:30-16:30

Leave no one behind: Conservation, Rights and Sustainable Development

313A

14:30-16:30

Does law have a place in the future of conservation?

318A

14:30-16:30

Managing Transboundary Ecosystems: Learning from Experiences in Hydrodiplomacy and Governance of Shared Waters

313C

14:30-19:00

E Mauliauhonua: Readapting Ancestral Knowledge for Survival

304B

15:00-15:30

NASA Hyperwall: Climate Change in Yellowstone

United States Pavilion

15:30-16:30

Island Commitments: Progress and Opportunities Moving Forward

Hawai'i Pacific Pavilion A

15:30-16:30

Africa Transforming - part 2: how will Chinese investments transform Africa’s development?

Business and Biodiversity Pavilion

16:00-17:00

Forests: Today and Tomorrow

United States Pavilion

17:00-17:30

GMPP Highlights – Maldives

Oceans & Islands Pavilion

17:00-19:00

Gender-Responsive Financing for the Global Environment

313A

19:00-21:30

The IUCN Green List - raising the standard for new generation of protected and conserved areas

Protected Planet Pavilion

19:00-21:30

IUCN's existing and emerging invasive species decision support tools

Species Conservation Pavilion

IUCN Congress Media Team: congressmedia@iucn.org

 

 

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