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IUCN Digest – 25 October 2022

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Welcome to the bi-weekly digest for IUCN Members and IUCN Commission members.


Message from the Director General


Dear Members,


We just ended the inaugural IUCN Leaders Forum: Building nature-positive economies and societies in Jeju, the Republic of Korea. It was a success with 400 in-person participants. At the Forum, leaders from government, private sector, and civil society moved concretely towards a nature-positive framework (photo by Jeju Province-Ministry of Environment ROK-IUCN). This will be fundamental to achieving a world in harmony with nature. You can find the outcomes document on our website, here. I would like to thank our host partners and Members – the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, who played a key role in organising and supporting the Forum, as well as all our sponsors.


We must now use the momentum from Jeju to drive us through the upcoming marathon of COPs. IUCN will participate in the Ramsar COP14, the UNFCCC COP27, the CITES COP19, and of course – the CBD COP15. And I know that we will have a strong presence in all of these COPs because you, dear Members, will be there with us. I look forward to waving the flag of IUCN high with you over the next two months and beyond.


News


IUCN News pages


IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology closes major gap in our ability to measure the state of nature


Recognising diverse knowledge systems is essential for effective climate change policy


Novel concepts and alternatives to turn plastic waste into useful products – resources for a circular economy


IUCN partners with Kenya Private Sector Alliance, the Rock Group, and the European Union to host the annual Circular Economy Conference ahead of COP 27


IUCN and Huawei Launch Tech4Nature Publication to Showcase Best Practices in Technology-based Nature Conservation


Local community engagement in conservation management


IUCN Leaders Forum closes with call to measure progress towards nature-positive future


New online tool quantifies contributions to global goals for nature


IUCN launches network of regional government members engaged for nature


IUCN invited to join launch of UNEP report on Sports


Sports for Nature sets the baseline for new framework


Earlier this month, IUCN announced an exciting new partnership with Sails of Change, to support a new Sports for Nature project. On 2 November, IUCN and its Members are invited to attend the online launch of a new UNEP report exploring this theme. The UNEP report helps set the baseline for the new Sports for Nature Framework, which IUCN is developing with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the International Olympic Committee and UNEP, in consultation with sports organisations. To participate in the launch event, hosted by Loughborough University, please register via the booking form. For more information about the project, please contact the IUCN Coordinator for Sports for Nature at: Leigh-Ann.Hurt@iucn.org


Events


IUCN Events


5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) 3-9 February 2023


UNESCO 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, postponed until further notice. The publication of official documents, including IUCN recommendations, will be established by UNESCO in accordance with the Rules of Procedure at the appropriate time.


Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework


IUCN’s work on the Post-2020 global biodiversity framework


First draft of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework


Post-2020 global biodiversity framework (issues brief)


BIODEV2030 – Inspiring national action


As part of BIODEV2030, stakeholders in the Republic of Guinea participated in two-day workshop this month to discuss commitments for biodiversity conservation and strategies for mobilising the forestry, agriculture and mining sectors. Read more…


UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration


Science-based ecosystem restoration for the 2020s and beyond (publication)


UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration website


Opportunities


Work @ IUCN


Call for solutions on Wildlife Health and Zoonotic Disease Risk Reduction


A Challenge to Reimagine Conservation in 2022


Currently running tenders


Online Learning and Webinars


Webinar – Community-led management of wildlife impacts,27 October 2022, 1pm UK time. Register here.


Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility (BNCFF) – Investing for Ocean Impact, Podcast


Webinar: NASA’s Applied – Evaluating Ecosystem Services with Remote Sensing – online series


IUCN Webinar Series – The last sprint to COP 15


GBV-ENV Center webinar: Engaging men and boys to address GBV in coastal biodiversity management


2022 RedList trainer course – Become a certified RedList trainer


IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict Task Force Briefing Paper – Perspectives on Human-Wildlife Coexistence I


UCN – Papaco (IUCN Programme on African Protected Areas & Conservation) – Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)


Future Learn – IUCN Red List of Ecosystems


SSC – ReversetheRed


CEC – #NatureForAll – Discovery Zone Online Resources


The Smithsonian Science Education Center – Distance Learning.


Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Case Studies


IUCN SSC CPSG training opportunities (Conservation Planning Specialist Group – Species Survival Commission)


Register for forthcoming Species Conservation Planning training from CPSG:


Facilitating Species Conservation Planning Workshops in-person training (SECAM, Seville, Spain, 7-11 November 2022)


Wildlife Disease Risk Analysis online course (24 October-16 December 2022)


Ex situ Conservation Assessment online course (Self-paced, start date 10th October 2022)


Newsletters


The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) – Bulletin October 2022


IUCN Asia’s Quarterly Newsletter


Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) – Newsletter September 2022 Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) – Newsletter August 2022


Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) – Newsletter September 2022


Australian Committee for IUCN Spring 2022 Newsletter


Species Survival Commission (SSC) – SSC Species E-Bulletin September 2022


Other


Latest IUCN Publications


Membership Info Guide


Guidelines for using A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas: version 1.2


Enhancing the integration of governance in forest landscape restoration opportunities assessments


Guidance and toolkit for impact assessments in a World Heritage context


Subscribe to IUCN Newsletters


IUCN Blog – Crossroads – Latest blog – The private sector can (and should) lead the way on nature-positive


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