Top leaders and scientific experts around the world are talking about why the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 in Hawaiʻi is an invaluable step in moving 2015’s historic agreements into action. Check this page frequently to see new videos and quotes.
Henry Puna, Prime Minister, Cook Islands
Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and IUCN Patron of Nature
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco
Jonathan Jarvis, Director of the US National Park Service
Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse Chairman and Pilot
Thomas Friedman, NY Times columnist
Peter Bakker, President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Erik Solheim, Executive Director United Nations Environment Programme
Russ Mittermeier, Executive Vice Chair, Conservation International
Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General
Andrew Deutz, Director International Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy
Governor David Y. Ige, Governer, State of Hawai'i
Zhang Xinsheng, President IUCN
Jessica and Adam Sweidan, Co-Founders Synchronicity Earth
Sally Ranney, President and Co-Founder, American Renewable Energy Institute, IUCN Patron of Nature
Cyriaque Sendashonga, Global Director, IUCN Policy and Programme Group
Tim Christophersen, Senior Programme Officer, Forests and Climate Change, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
William Winram, Freediving World Record Holder, IUCN Oceans Ambassador
Alec Baldwin