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All sessions are listed in Abu Dhabi time (GST)

09 Oct
15:30 - 16:15
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Youth Development in the Green Jobs Sector
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Youth Development in the Green Jobs Sector
09 Oct
16:00 - 17:00
Learning Zone Pavilion: Tools for Nature
Onsite
Assessing ecosystem recovery and conservation impact with the proposed IUCN Green Status of Ecosystems
Forum
Learning Zone: Tools for Nature
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Assessing ecosystem recovery and conservation impact with the proposed IUCN Green Status of Ecosystems
09 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
Virtual Channel 5
Online only
Developing wind energy while taking into consideration birds of prey populations and behaviors
Forum
Podcast
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Developing wind energy while taking into consideration birds of prey populations and behaviors
09 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Onsite
Financing for Nature
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Financing for Nature
09 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
UAE Pavilion
Onsite
From Call to Capture: Documenting the Owl Species of Wadi Wurayah
Exhibition
Social / Cultural event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From Call to Capture: Documenting the Owl Species of Wadi Wurayah
09 Oct
16:00 - 16:30
Collabotorium
Hybrid
Scaling Circular Solutions for Plastic-Free Oceans
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Scaling Circular Solutions for Plastic-Free Oceans
09 Oct
16:15 - 17:00
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
-
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
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09 Oct
16:15 - 16:45
Press conference room | Hall 2
Hybrid
SMART & EarthRanger - uniting two leading global protected and conserved area (PCA) monitoring tools
Press Conference
SMART & EarthRanger - uniting two leading global protected and conserved area (PCA) monitoring tools
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
IUCN Executive meeting room 2
Onsite
[Invite Only] MENA Oceans Deepdive Session: MENA Marine Protected Areas Working Group
MENA Oceans Summit
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
[Invite Only] MENA Oceans Deepdive Session: MENA Marine Protected Areas Working Group
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICR
Onsite
Advancing the Marine Conservation Breakthrough: Connecting Global Action to Scale Marine Nature-Based Solutions (90min 15.00h-16.30h)
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Advancing the Marine Conservation Breakthrough: Connecting Global Action to Scale Marine Nature-Based Solutions (90min 15.00h-16.30h)
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
IUCN Asia Pavilion
Onsite
Asia’s Lifelines: Recognising and Scaling Resilient Solutions for Nature and People for Hindu-Kush Himalaya
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Asia’s Lifelines: Recognising and Scaling Resilient Solutions for Nature and People for Hindu-Kush Himalaya
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 4
Hybrid
Biodiversity credits or certificates: integrity criteria and the case of offsetting
Forum
Thematic session
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Biodiversity credits or certificates: integrity criteria and the case of offsetting
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 7
Hybrid
Building capacity for monitoring, early detection and action of HPAI in wild bird populations
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Building capacity for monitoring, early detection and action of HPAI in wild bird populations
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:10
CS-Disruptive Innovation and Technology
Hybrid
China's 'Two Mountains' Concept Promoting Transformative Conservation of Natural Resources
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
China's 'Two Mountains' Concept Promoting Transformative Conservation of Natural Resources
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:10
CS-Conservation Action
Hybrid
Creating Nature Content with Impact
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Creating Nature Content with Impact
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Virtual Channel 1
Online only
Cultural Approach to Promoting Natural Heritage Conservation
Forum
Thematic session
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Cultural Approach to Promoting Natural Heritage Conservation
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:00
Al Ain Zoo and YSWRR
Onsite
Dama Gazelle Conservation Breeding at Al Ain Zoo
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Dama Gazelle Conservation Breeding at Al Ain Zoo
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN Green List
Onsite
Driving Excellence in Area-Based Conservation: Insights, Impacts and Voices from the Green List Community
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Driving Excellence in Area-Based Conservation: Insights, Impacts and Voices from the Green List Community
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN - The Americas - Room 2
Onsite
From norm to practice: International and Regional Standards on Environmental and Climate Justice
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
From norm to practice: International and Regional Standards on Environmental and Climate Justice
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 6
Hybrid
From State Action to Global Impact: Strengthening Biodiversity Through American Local Legislation
Forum
Thematic session
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From State Action to Global Impact: Strengthening Biodiversity Through American Local Legislation
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Onsite
From Vulnerability to Resilience: Seed Conservation Actions for SIDS
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
From Vulnerability to Resilience: Seed Conservation Actions for SIDS
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Brazil
Onsite
Guardians of Nature: Financing Brazil’s Forests, Corridors, and Biodiversity.
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Guardians of Nature: Financing Brazil’s Forests, Corridors, and Biodiversity.
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
IUCN Commissions Knowledge Hub
Onsite
Illegal Trade in Endangered Plants
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Illegal Trade in Endangered Plants
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
Global Environment Facility
Onsite
Investing in Nature and Communities: Lessons from GEF/UNDP-BIOFIN Partnership in Action
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Investing in Nature and Communities: Lessons from GEF/UNDP-BIOFIN Partnership in Action
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Onsite
Marine ecological protection and sustainable development
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Marine ecological protection and sustainable development
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:00
Collabotorium
Hybrid
New data for identifying the nexus for conservation of freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem carbon
Forum
Speaker Pitch: Conservation Showcase
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
New data for identifying the nexus for conservation of freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem carbon
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Hall 4C: Session Room 3
Hybrid
New technologies to accelerate the transformative impact of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Forum
Thematic session
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
New technologies to accelerate the transformative impact of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
IUCN Africa
Onsite
Partnership for Species Survival: Building a model of collaboration for conservation in the 21st Century
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Partnership for Species Survival: Building a model of collaboration for conservation in the 21st Century
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
IUCN Youth Pavilion
Onsite
Pathways to Impact: Youth Careers and Voice in the IUCN Secretariat
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
Pathways to Impact: Youth Careers and Voice in the IUCN Secretariat
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:00
EPAA - Sharjah Government
Onsite
Rebuilding Reefs: Innovative Coral Restoration Techniques in Sharjah’s Waters
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
Rebuilding Reefs: Innovative Coral Restoration Techniques in Sharjah’s Waters
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Reimagining Conservation
Onsite
Reconsidering relationships in more than human worlds: Indigenous, scientific & other storytellings (continued)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Reconsidering relationships in more than human worlds: Indigenous, scientific & other storytellings (continued)
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IDEA Campaign and IUCN ENCA
Onsite
Regional vision uniting nature conservation, traditional knowledge, and sustainability across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Regional vision uniting nature conservation, traditional knowledge, and sustainability across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:10
CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus
Hybrid
Regional vision uniting nature conservation, traditional knowledge, and sustainability across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Regional vision uniting nature conservation, traditional knowledge, and sustainability across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
Human-Centred Conservation Pavilion
Onsite
Resilience in Unexpected Places
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Resilience in Unexpected Places
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Hall 4B: Session Room 2
Hybrid
Responsible fisheries management towards biodiversity conservation, climate resilience and carbon neutrality
Forum
Thematic session
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Responsible fisheries management towards biodiversity conservation, climate resilience and carbon neutrality
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
Pavillon France
Onsite
Rewilding and "libre évolution" : new levers for conservation and human-nonhuman coexistence
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Rewilding and "libre évolution" : new levers for conservation and human-nonhuman coexistence
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN Arabia
Onsite
Scaling Nature Positive Solutions in Arid Environments: The Finance Imperative
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Reducing Climate Overshoot Risks
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Scaling Nature Positive Solutions in Arid Environments: The Finance Imperative
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Reverse the Red
Onsite
Scaling Up Effective Funding for Species (16:00 - 17:45)
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
Scaling Up Effective Funding for Species (16:00 - 17:45)
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
Structural Shifts: Indigenous leadership and the reshaping of inclusive financial systems for biodiversity and climate
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Structural Shifts: Indigenous leadership and the reshaping of inclusive financial systems for biodiversity and climate
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
Nature-based Education Pavilion
Onsite
The 2040 Challenge: Designing the Next 15 Years of Resilient Conservation (PART I)
Exhibition
Sponsor / Partner event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The 2040 Challenge: Designing the Next 15 Years of Resilient Conservation (PART I)
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN Business Pavilion
Onsite
The COMBO+ Adventure: Ten years of reconciling economic development with biodiversity conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
The COMBO+ Adventure: Ten years of reconciling economic development with biodiversity conservation
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Virtual Channel 2
Online only
The Elephant in The Room: A Toolkit to Overcome Mental Health Challenges Among Rangers
Forum
Thematic session
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
The Elephant in The Room: A Toolkit to Overcome Mental Health Challenges Among Rangers
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
IUCN Oceania
Onsite
The impacts of Grants in Conservation to achieve GBF targets
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The impacts of Grants in Conservation to achieve GBF targets
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:15
The Nature Conservancy
Onsite
The role of Privately Protected Areas as a catalyst for landscape scale conservation
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
The role of Privately Protected Areas as a catalyst for landscape scale conservation
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Conference Hall A: Session Room 5
Hybrid
Transforming Climate and Biodiversity Finance: Lessons Learned from Indigenous Led Initiatives
Forum
Thematic session
  • Delivering on Equity
  • Disruptive Innovation and Leadership for Conservation
Transforming Climate and Biodiversity Finance: Lessons Learned from Indigenous Led Initiatives
09 Oct
16:30 - 18:00
Virtual Channel 4
Online only
Transforming Rewilding: Guidelines for Resilient Conservation and Nature-Positive Economies
Forum
Thematic session
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Transforming Rewilding: Guidelines for Resilient Conservation and Nature-Positive Economies
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
United Arab Emirates University
Onsite
UAEU’s Legacy in Environmental Sustainability
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
  • Delivering on Equity
UAEU’s Legacy in Environmental Sustainability
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:10
Learning Zone Pavilion: Publications Hub
Onsite
Unlocking the Power of Human Behaviour to Save Nature
Forum
Learning Zone: Hot off the press
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
  • Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies
Unlocking the Power of Human Behaviour to Save Nature
09 Oct
16:30 - 17:30
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Onsite
Youth Workshop – Give a Ghaf Literacy
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Youth Workshop – Give a Ghaf Literacy
09 Oct
17:00 - 18:15
Indigenous Peoples' Pavilion
Onsite
-
Exhibitor event
  • Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action
-