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Schedule of events until 2021
The next 14-18 months is a critical time for conservation.
The new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) tells us that nature is declining at rates unprecedented in human history, and although it’s not too late to make a difference, we must make transformational change.
In 14 months the World Conservation Congress in Marseilles will be a moment for conservationists from around the world to send a signal to government leaders on the need for serious commitment and action to stop the loss. In 18 months (October, 2020) the Convention on Biological Diversity meetings will be in Kunming, Guizhou, China, where new targets to 2030 will be set and commitments made.
To help plan the places and times where you can provide input to these events to help shape future international conservation action, here is a schedule of events between now and 2021 for your use.
Making progress towards Aichi Target 1 / Canada Target 1
At the May 9, 2019 CCIUCN Board meeting, Olaf Jensen (Environment and Climate Change Canada) made a presentation about Canada’s progress towards Canada Target 1 / Aichi Target 11. That presentation is shared below as a pdf file.
Making progress towards Canada Target 1
Welcome new members
The CCIUCN welcomes the following new members:
Anurani Persaud
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc. (IFAW)
See our membership page for more information on becoming a member.
Welcome new members
The CCIUCN welcomes the following new members:
Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association
Eli Enns
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
John Girgis
Lahiru Ishan Samaranayake
Risa Smith
See our membership page for more information on becoming a member.
Save the date: Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting and Forum for the CCIUCN will take place on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.
More information will be emailed to members.
Helping IUCN Members work better together
Shared from the National Committee UK
The Global Directory of IUCN National and Regional Committees is now available to view and contains information on the activities of these members of the IUCN family as well as their contact details. 
You will see from this document that there are more than 60 officially recognised IUCN National Committees and 7 Regional Committees as well as Country Focal Points in places where these arrangements do not exist. More National Committees are being established regularly, most recently in Benin in West Africa, the United States of America and Belize in MesoAmerica. The editors intend to regularly update the document which you can also download from the IUCN website.
This Global Directory should also provide some context to help IUCN Members in the West Europe and East Europe and Central Asia region decide on whether to form an InterRegional Committee to join the other Regional Committees in helping IUCN function…
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