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Past, present and future of species, ecosystems and human livelihoods at IUCN
Dr. Cristián Samper, President and CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Bioversity International Board of Trustees Member gave an opening address at the IUCN Conservation Congress in Korea yesterday highlighting the need to protect species and ecosystems in the face of a growing human footprint.The speech 'Martha's Legacy: The past, present and future of species, ecosystems and livelihood' is available here.
Tomorrow, September 8th, is Nature+ Food day where Bioversity International will participate in several sessions promoting the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity for the purposes of meeting both targets of food security and conservation.
Highlights include:
- HRH Prince Charles will deliver an introductory video that will 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, is one of the panelists for that event.
- With CIFOR, Bioversity International will present the workshop Managing Wild Species and Systems for Food Security on 8 September highlighting the contribution that crop wild relatives can make to food security.
- Bioversity is a partner for the event Building a Global Coalition for Landscapes for People, Food and Nature with IUCN, African Wildlife Foundation, World Resources Institute, and Conservation International. The session will examine 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.
To find out more about what Bioversity International will be doing on Nature+ Food Day and for a list of relevant hashtags so you can follow events on Twitter, click here.
For the transcript of Cristián Samper’s speech, 'Martha's Legacy: Past, present and future of species, ecosystems and human livelihoods' click here.
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