From September 3 to 11 (2021) will be held the World Conservation Congress organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Organized every four years, the French government had initially committed to hold it in June 2020 in Marseille. However, this event had to be postponed because of Covid-19. The objective of the congress is to seek “to improve the way we manage our natural environment to foster human, social and economic development” (IUCN, 2021).
The last congress was held September 1-10, 2016 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, in coordination with the U.S. Department of State. Since then, the global pandemic has exacerbated the glaring link between biodiversity and economic and human well-being. The IUCN Congress will be a milestone for nature conservation and the development of a new global framework for biodiversity (IUCN, 2021).
In the wake of this congress, the ClubU2B, led by the Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux France, is organizing the 29th edition on the theme “Biodiversity and International Projects” on September 22, 2021 (LPO, 2021). It is about discovering and exchanging around international projects honoring biodiversity in the city.
More information on the next IUCN: https://www.iucn.org/about/world-conservation-congress
More information about ClubU2B and the event: https://urbanisme-bati-biodiversite.fr/presentation/actualites/article/biodiversite-et-projets-a-l-international
REFERENCES :
IUCN. (2021). World Conservation Congress. https://www.iucn.org/about/world-conservation-congress
LPO. (2021). Biodiversity and International Projects. ClubU2B. https://urbanisme-bati-biodiversite.fr/presentation/actualites/article/biodiversite-et-projets-a-l-international