🗓️ 3-11 SEPTEMBER 2021 |
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Challenges to the rights and the equitable access to natural resources are multifarious. Social, financial and political equity must be increased, while at the same time, the marginalisation and disempowerment of groups or individuals reversed. Half of the world’s inhabitants – women – still do not have access to the same status, protection and opportunities as the other half. Decision-making and representation continue to be unbalanced. How can we improve engagement and representation of women, youth, indigenous people and other underrepresented groups in all governance-related issues? What avenues can be explored to guarantee access to opportunities for all? What are the biases that must still be debunked?
Equitable and effective governance requires the implementation of inclusive decision-making, as well as respect for cultural values and traditional knowledge. How can the roles and contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities be further reinforced? What are the missing pieces of governance that could help reduce tensions linked to conflicting interests around natural resources, and ensure more integrated approaches to knowledge sharing and implementation?
The environmental rule of law – including the obligation to protect nature, the rights of nature and the right to nature – will continue to be debated and strengthened. What new principles and instruments are needed in international environmental law? How can the world enforce the current legal regime, to more effectively root out the illegal trade in wildlife, protect environmental defenders and ensure non-regression?
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Saturday 04 Sep 14:00 - 15:00 |
H3 - Ocean and Islands | The Ocean Decade and Marine Biodiversity - Co-Designing Knowledge for Global Marine Biodiversity Recovery |
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Climate change Landscapes Oceans Rights and governance Economic and financial systems Knowledge, innovation and technology |
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How Indigenous Tourism is a powerful tool to protect the living on Earth |
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Sunday 05 Sep 09:30 - 10:30 |
H3 - Vital Sites for a Protected Planet | BIOPAMA: From knowledge to action for protected areas in the Pacific: Pacific success stories in capacity building on management effectiveness tools for protected and conserved areas |
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Competing Needs – how we address both conservation and health needs throughout the African landscape |
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Landscapes Rights and governance |
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Thursday 09 Sep 11:00 - 12:30 |
H3 - IUCN NL pavilion | Large-scale Ecological Restoration | Bringing back biodiversity in partnership with Farmers in Brazil |
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Landscapes Rights and governance |