Paulo A. V. Borges (IBBC-cE3c), Co-Chair of the IUCN -Mid Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group and or collaborator Pedro Cardoso, Chair of the IUCN Spider and Scorpion Specialist Group, are participating in the IUCN International Conference at Abu-Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) (12-19th September).
During this conference IUCN officials will discuss the priorities for 2020 for the conservation of world biodiversity, namely:
-Priorities for Invertebrate Conservation (12-13 September)
-The World Heritage Convention
-CITES: the Road to Johannesburg and CoP 17
-Convention on Migratory Species
-Supporting implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the Aichi Targets
-Understanding what SSC can contribute to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
-Developing an IUCN situation analysis on marine by-catch
-Developing Wildlife For the Future to tackle illegal wildlife trade
-Mitigating the impacts of invasive alien species in freshwater ecosystems
-Combatting the unregulated use of poisons in Africa
-Achieving the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC): strengthening IUCN SSC contributions on plant conservation
-Addressing the barriers to national Red List implementation
-Successful species conservation: taking the mystery out of planning
-The new IUCN standard for KBAS: what it means for Specialist Groups
-Defining a role for SSC in human-wildlife conflict
-Species monitoring: overcoming the challenges to collecting, sharing and using data
-A demonstration of tools available for Red List assessments
-Understanding how and why protected areas are effective in conserving species
-Assessing climate change vulnerability of species
etc.
