Bioversity International: Past, present and future of species, ecosystems and human livelihoods at IUCN

Dr. Cristián Samper, President and CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society [2], and Bioversity International Board of Trustees Member [3] gave an opening address [4] at the IUCN Conservation Congress [5] 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 [4].

Tomorrow, September 8th, is Nature+ Food day [6] where Bioversity International will participate [7] 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 [8] that will open the IUCN forum session From Competition to Collaboration between Agriculture and Conservation: moving toward convergence between agroecology and conservation biology [9] facilitated by Ken Wilson from the Christensen Fund [10] on 8 September. Emile Frison, Director General of Bioversity International, is one of the panelists for that event.
With CIFOR [11], Bioversity International will present the workshop Managing Wild Species and Systems for Food Security [12] 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 [13] with IUCN [14], African Wildlife Foundation [15], World Resources Institute [16], and Conservation International [17]. 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 [18]– Why we need it and suggestions for the way forward at the Red Lists for Cultivated Species [19] 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 [7].

For the transcript of Cristián Samper’s speech, 'Martha's Legacy: Past, present and future of species, ecosystems and human livelihoods' click here [4].

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[1] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=6648
[2] http://www.wcs.org/
[3] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/about_us/governance.html
[4] http://www.wcs.org/wcs-org/news-and-features-main/samper-keynote-jeju.aspx?print=1
[5] http://iucnworldconservationcongress.org/
[6] http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/0871
[7] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/iucn_world_conservation_congress_6_15_september_jeju_korea.html
[8] http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org/news___press/videos/?10774/Prince-Charles-sends-a-message-to-IUCNs-World-Conservation-Congress
[9] http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/?q=0909
[10] http://www.christensenfund.org/
[11] http://www.cifor.org/
[12] http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/?q=0761
[13] http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/?q=0765
[14] http://www.iucn.org/
[15] http://www.awf.org/
[16] http://www.wri.org/
[17] http://www.conservation.org/Pages/default.aspx
[18] http://bit.ly/TdX9S7
[19] http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/?q=0174
[20] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/bringing_conservation_and_agriculture_together_reflections_from_emile_frison.html
[21] http://rac1.mardi.gov.my/
[22] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/campaigns/bioversity_international_on_the_road_to_rio_20.html
[23] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l54Up2VFEB0&feature=player_embedded
[24] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/announcements
[25] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/conferences & events
[26] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/conferences & events
[27] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/conservation
[28] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/ecosystems
[29] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/iucn
[30] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/livelihoods
[31] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/sustainable agriculture

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