The Australian Committee for IUCN
Celebrating 70 years of IUCN – for a just world that values and conserves nature
EVENTS / OVERVIEW
Global IUCN Events
The 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress
1-10 September 2016 | Hawaiʻi
1-10 September 2016 | Hawaiʻi
The IUCN World Conservation Congress is IUCN's largest global event, bringing together several thousand leaders and decision-makers from government, civil society, indigenous peoples, business, and academia, with the goal of conserving the environment and harnessing the solutions nature offers to global challenges.
The Congress is the place where IUCN’s more than 1,300 Member organisations exercise their rights, influence the global conservation agenda and guide IUCN’s work plan for the four years to follow.
The 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress
12-19 November 2014 | Sydney
12-19 November 2014 | Sydney
Over 6000 participants from over 170 countries met at the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Acknowledging the traditional owners of the land where we met, we celebrated an enormous variety of inspiring ways of addressing the challenges facing the planet, through protected area approaches that respect and conserve nature, while benefitting human health and prosperity. We recognized that rebalancing the relationship between human society and nature is essential, and that ecosystems and their variety of life fully support our existence, cultural and spiritual identity, economies and well-being.
The Promise of Sydney is the key output document of the World Parks Congress and can be accessed via the link to the left.
Australian Committee Events
ACIUCN EVENTS
ACIUCN runs various high-profile events to bring together the Australian Membership of IUCN and ACIUCN from across government, NGOs and academia in order to advise on best practice policy and decision making in Australia and beyond.
These events range from the annual two-day flagship Science Informing Policy Symposium Series series; to high-profile cross-institutional workshops and roundtable discussions on key environmental topics including the Great Barrier Reef, Heritage and Northern Australia; to guest speaker events and book launches.
The Science Informing Policy Symposium Series
In 2011, ACIUCN launched a new annual symposium series. Our aim is to use the unique apolitical and cross–sectoral status of IUCN to convene experts from across government, academic and NGO sectors to discuss strategic conservation issues. ACIUCN partners with members of IUCN and other conservation bodies to plan and hold the event and produce an output publication.
Each symposium brings an evidence-based and scientific voice to a major environmental policy debate, providing a platform for sharing experience and knowledge from conservation practitioners and distilling this collective wisdom into practical policy recommendations.
Each Symposium usually takes place over two days with numbers kept deliberately under 120 to allow for real participation and high networking value. The style is collegiate with the maximum amount of time allowed for discussion. We also endeavour to provide an evening drinks event for informal exchange and social interaction. The outcome of each symposium will vary, in some cases a statement of recommended policy options, but in others a full publication.
2016
Maintaining Australia's Natural Wealth: Priorities for Terrestrial Conservation
2014
Valuing Nature: Protected Areas and Ecosystem Services
2013
Australia's Marine Environment
2012
Australia's World Heritage: Keeping the Outstanding Exceptional
2012
Innovation for 21st Century Conservation
2011
Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Climate Change Mitigation
Roundtables & workshops
2013/2014
Great Barrier Reef Consultations
2014
Northern Australia
2014
Australia's Heritage Strategy
2013
Developments in Global Oceans Governance and Conservation
International Guest Speakers