09/10/2025
16:30 - 17:15
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
, Onsite
Why attend
Primarily this event aims to convene key stakeholders to highlight the importance of protecting plants, on which the majority of life on Earth depends, and addresses this often-overlooked aspect of biodiversity loss.
Session Description
The interactive programme launches the legal Plant Trade Coalition (IPTC) through a short video illustrating the scale, drivers, and impacts of illegal plant trade, followed by a concise presentation from the Coalition’s Steering Committee exploring the importance of a coalition and collaborative efforts to address this issue. The event will introduce the Coalitions’ tools, behaviour-change strategies and case studies, before concluding with networking over canapés, providing space for dialogue and shared learning to address this critical challenge to biodiversity loss. Emphasising cross-sector collaboration, gender-inclusive approaches, and engagement of the next generation, the session showcases plant protection while extending the conversation on illegal wildlife trade beyond fauna to include flora.Organised by
Commission on Education and Communication
Partners
Commission on Education and Communication
Speaker
Head of Conservation Policy and Practice, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025
Threatened Species Programme Manager SANBI, IUCN Species Survival Commission 2021-2025
Moderator
