The power of knowledge: Insights and impacts into CEM’s work

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10/10/2025
18:00 - 18:45
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub , Onsite
Exhibition
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Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies

Why attend

This session will present the latest developments and explore how these tools are transforming ecosystem management, policy, and practice on a local and global scale. Learn from the experts about their development, applications, and key lessons for the future of conservation and sustainability.

Session Description

How can cutting-edge scientific knowledge shape global conservation action? This engaging discussion features some of the authors behind CEM’s flagship knowledge products and frameworks, and the impacts they have driven for crucial conservation actions including the Global Ecosystem Typology, the Red List of Ecosystems and the Standards of Practice to guide Ecosystem Restoration.
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Commission on Ecosystem Management
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Speaker

Speaker Cara NELSON
Cara NELSON

Professor, University of Montana

Speaker Emily NICHOLSON
Emily NICHOLSON

Professor of Conservation Biology, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025

Speaker Jessica WALSH
Jessica WALSH

Lecturer in Ecology, Queensland University of Technology

Moderator

Speaker Bernal HERRERA-FERNÁNDEZ
Bernal HERRERA-FERNÁNDEZ

Professor, National University