Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action

10/10/2025
17:00 - 17:45
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub

Pourquoi participer

Learn about the importance of ecological integrity for biodiversity, climate and health goals, for Commissions and their members. Help contribute to IUCN guidance on the use of ecological integrity in planning for global conservation action, and the IUCN Programme and work of IUCN Commissions.

Description de la séance

Governments, conservation organizations, and the private sector are increasingly recognizing the importance of protecting or enhancing ecological integrity for achieving climate and sustainability goals. However, there is a lack of clear definitions and guidance for IUCN Members, and members of IUCN Commissions on incorporating ecological integrity into planning and action. This session will fill this gap by bringing together a diverse group of experts from the IUCN-established Task Force on Ecological Integrity, as well as IUCN commission members, to lead a discussion on how ecological integrity can be defined, measured and used in the work of the IUCN commissions.
Organised by
Species Survival Commission
Partenaires
World Commission on Protected Areas logo
World Commission on Protected Areas
Commission on Ecosystem Management logo
Commission on Ecosystem Management

Moderator

Speaker Kendall JONES

Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action

Speaker

Speaker Emily NICHOLSON

Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action

Speaker John ROBINSON

Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action

Speaker Brendan MACKEY

Professor and Director, Climate Action Beacon

Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action

Speaker Cyril KORMOS

Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action

Speaker Angela Andrade

Chair IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management

Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action

Speaker Mariano CASTRO

Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action