IUCN World Conservation Congress: 6-15 September, Jeju, Korea

Bioversity International is organizing and participating in a variety of sessions (see full list below) at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, 6-15 September, Korea.

Bioversity International works at the interface of agriculture and conservation to bring together research in these areas through the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity for the purposes of meeting both targets of food security and conservation.

Highlight of the IUCN Congress include:

• HRH Prince Charles delivered an introductory video to open the IUCN forum session From Competition to Collaboration between Agriculture and Conservation: moving toward convergence between agroecology and conservation biology facilitated by Ken Wilson from the Christensen Fund on 8 September. Emile Frison, Director General of Bioversity International, was one of the panelists for that event.
  
  
• With CIFOR, Bioversity International presented the workshop Managing Wild Species and Systems for Food Security highlighting the contribution that crop wild relatives can make to food security.
  
  
• Bioversity was a partner for Building a Global Coalition for Landscapes for People, Food and Nature with IUCN, African Wildlife Foundation, World Resources Institute, and Conservation International. The session examined ecosystems approaches that focus on agricultural landscapes to deliver resilient and sustainable food production systems.
  
  
• Additional events include poster sessions and workshops, including a presentation of a poster Red Lists for Cultivated Species – Why we need it and suggestions for the way forward at the Red Lists for Cultivated Species session. 

Reports from the IUCN World Conservation Congress:

• Past, present and future of species, ecosystems and human livelihoods at IUCN
  Bioversity International Board Member, Cristián Samper, gives an opening address to IUCN.
• Bringing agriculture and conservation together
  Bioversity International Director General, Emile Frison, reflects on one of the key messages to come out of the Congress.
• Can cultivated species get their own red list
  Stefano Padulosi, Bioversity senior scientist, looks the need for Red Lists for cultivated species not just wild biodiversity.
• Neglected crops: why it is critical we increase food security
  Carlo Fadda and Stefano Padulosi look at why crop diversity is vital for food security

Bioversity International at IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012 (#IUCN2012)

 Other key sessions

Bioversity International is a research-for-development organization working with partners worldwide to use and conserve agricultural biodiversity to improve lives, sustain the planet and provide resilient, productive agricultural systems.

Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership for a food secure future.