People for nature: an inclusive and empowering just transition

Session Description

Long-term effective nature conservation is achieved by actors working together to deliver biodiversity outcomes for people and for nature. Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs and LCs)have played an outsized role in nature conservation and will continue to do so as we look towards 2030; their unique contributions and challenges need to be acknowledged and addressed if we are to deliver the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in an inclusive, just manner. In this session, leaders from different sectors will facilitate a discussion on how to elevate IPs and LCs in the GBF target specific to their field of work.

Session agenda

Moderators

Trevor Sandwith

Director
IUCN Centre for Conservation Action

Speakers

Helena Boniatti Pavese

Head of Environment
Suzano

Lucy Mulenkei

Executive Director
Indigenous Information Network (IIN)

Sheherazade .

Co-Executive Director
PROGRES (Sulawesi Regional Ecological Conservation Initiative)

Joel Andres Rojas Gonzalez

Dominican Biologist
Autonomous University of Santo Domingo

Grethel Aguilar

Director General
IUCN

Elaine Geyer-Allély

Leader
WWF International’s Governance Practice