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Highlights Preliminary Report September 2012
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10 Days of ‘Nature’s Olympics’ in Jeju
The2012IUCNWorldConservationCongresswasheldfrom6‐15SeptemberonJejuIsland,RepublicofKorea,generouslyhostedbytheMinistryofEnvironmentoftheRepublicofKoreaandtheJejuSpecialSelf‐GoverningProvince.Some10,000peoplefromover160countriesparticipatedinvariouspartsoftheJejuCongress.TheCongresssloganwasNature+,capturingthefundamentalim‐portanceofnatureanditsinherentlinktoeveryaspectofourlives.Thekeyissuesontheagendawere: Nature+climate Nature+food Nature+development Nature+people&governance Nature+lifeTheCongressincludedaForumopentothepublic,andaMembers’Assembly,IUCN’suniqueglobalenvironmentalparliament.Nearly600eventswereheldduringthefive‐dayForum,includingfiveWorldLeaders’Dialogues.TheMembers’AssemblyapprovedtheIUCNProgrammefor2013‐2016,debatedover180draftresolu‐tionsthatsetthefutureconservationagenda,andelectedtheIUCNPresidentandthegoverningCouncilforthenextfouryears.
“The Congress, which has
become known in Korea as
“Nature’s Olympics”, has
brought home gold for conser-
vation. It has demonstrated
how nature-based solutions, as
expressed in the Congress slo-
gan “Nature+”, help us address
many of our most pressing
challenges.”
Julia Marton-Lefèvre,
IUCN Director General
PresidentoftheRepublicofKorea,HELeeMyung‐Bak,addressingthe2012IUCNWorldConservationCongress
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Leaders from local to global come together in Jeju
Thoughtleadersfromallwalksoflife—politics,business,civilsociety,academia,localandindigenouscommunities,faithgroupsandthemedia—cametogetherattheJejuCongress,including: HELeeMyung‐bak,PresidentoftheRepublicofKorea MrBharratJagdeo,formerPresidentofGuyana,IUCNPatronofNature MrLyonpoKinzangDorji,formerPrimeMinisterofBhutan HRHPrinceCarlPhilipofSweden,IUCNPatronofNature HRHPrincessBasmaBintAliBinNayefofJordan MsRachelKyte,VicePresident,SustainableDevelopment,TheWorldBank MrAchimSteiner,ExecutiveDirector,UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme MsNaokoIshii,CEO&Chairperson,GlobalEnvironmentFacility MsHeidiHautala,MinisterofInternationalDevelopment,Finland MsYooYoungSook,MinisterofEnvironment,RepublicofKorea MrHenriDjombo,MinisterofSustainableDevelopment,RepublicofCongo MrEmmanuelIssoze‐Ngondet,MinisterofInternationalCooperation,Gabon MrErikSolheim,formerMinisterofEnvironmentandInternationalDevelopment,Norway,
IUCNPatronofNature MrPeterBakker,President,WorldBusinessCouncilonSustainableDevelopment MrMarvinOdum,PresidentofShellOilCompany MrMichaelMack,CEO,Syngenta MrSuk‐ChaeLee,Chairman,KoreaTelecom DrSylviaEarle,OceanographerandIUCNPatronofNature DrCristiánSamper,CEO,WildlifeConservationSociety DrThomasLovejoy,BiodiversityChairattheJohnHeinzIIICenter MrBraulioFerreiraDeSouzaDias,Secretary‐General,ConventiononBiologicalDiversity MrAnadaTiega,Secretary‐General,RamsarConventiononWetlands MrLucGnacadja,ExecutiveSecretary,UNConventiontoCombatDesertification
“The visibility and constructive engagement between business, IUCN, governments and the NGO
community was a remarkable positive takeaway from this Congress .”
Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Nature+:Savingnature,whybother?WorldLeadersDialoguepanel(L‐R):ModeratorRafaelMéndez,ElPais;Panelists:MsYooYoungSook,MinisterofEnvironment,RepublicofKorea,MrBraulioFerreiraDeSouzaDias,Secretary‐General,ConventiononBiologicalDiversity,MsRazanAlMubarak,SecretaryGeneral,AbuDhabiEn‐vironmentAgency,MrAndréHoffmann,President,MAVAFoundation
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Congress Forum: Debating the future of conservation Atotalof581eventswereheldduringthefive‐dayForum.ThefiveWorldLeaders’Dialoguesonthethemesofna‐ture+climate,nature+food,nature+development,nature+people&governance,andnature+lifewereahighlightoftheForum,generatingsignificantparticipationfromaudi‐encesinJejuandonline.TheForumunderlinedthecrisisfacingthenaturalworldthroughnewreportsonthreatenedspeciesandecosys‐tems.NewknowledgeproductspresentedincludedtheIUCNRedListofEcosystems,theIUCNGreenListofPro‐tectedAreas,andtheProtectedPlanetReport. KeymessagesfromtheForumdiscussionsincluded: howecosystemscanbeusedasbufferstoreducethe
impactofclimate‐relateddisasters; thatthetruecostoffoodneedstobereflectedinits
price; howbiodiversityandbusinessarelearningeach
other’slanguage,suchasanincreasinglypopularcon‐ceptofnaturalcapital;
howlocalandindigenouscommunitiesaresuccess‐fullymanagingbiodiversityandecosystems;and
thatpoliticalwillisfundamentaltovaluingnaturalandsocialcapital.
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ParticipantsatasessionheldintheJustWorldPavilionatthe2012IUCNWorldConservationCongress
Forum events Number Posters 132
Knowledge cafés 105
Workshops 146
Conservation campus 44 Pavilion events 149
World Leaders Dialogues 5
TOTAL 581
“To address the challenges ahead,
each and every one of us will have to
cross boundaries and we in the con-
servation community will need to
move collectively outside our comfort
zones.” Rachel Kyte, Vice-President,
Sustainable Development, The World Bank
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IUCN Members’ Assembly: Environmental democracy in action TheMembers’Assembly,IUCN’suniqueglobalen‐vironmentalparliamentbringingtogethergovern‐mentsandnon‐governmentalorganiza‐tions,approvedthenewIUCNProgrammefor2013‐2016.ThePro‐grammebuildsuponIUCN’snicheastheworld’sauthorityonbio‐diversityconservation,nature‐basedsolutionsandrelatedenviron‐mentalgovernance.TheAssemblyalsoapprovedover180resolutionsonawiderangeofissues,includingactiontore‐coverAtlanticbluefintunastocksandavertextinctionsofraredolphinspecies;scalingbackoffshoredrilling;promotingthehumanrighttowater;andprovidingbetterpaymentchannelsforecosystemservicesinpoorcountries.Actiononstoppingtheescalatingpoachingofelephantsandrhinoswasapproved,andthepushforagloballybindingtreatyonprotectingwildlifefrommercurycontamina‐tionwasendorsed,aswasgreaterenforcementoflawsonwildlifecrime.Moreinformation:http://iucn.org/motions
“I found this Jeju Congress to be the best IUCN has ever held. The volume of workshops and pro-
grams was extraordinary and the business of the Union was dispatched with care and effectiveness.”
Professor Nicholas Robinson, Former Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law
IUCN’sgovernmentandNGOmembersjointlydebateandvoteonkeyconservationissues
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Elections of IUCN President and Council
TheCongresselectedtheIUCNPresidentand32otherMembersoftheIUCNCouncilforthenextfouryears:PresidentMrZhangXinsheng,China
TreasurerMrPatrickdeHeney,Switzerland/UnitedKing‐dom
CouncillorfromtheStateinwhichIUCNhasitsseat:MrWillyGeiger
REGIONALCOUNCILLORS
AfricaMrMamadouDiallo,SenegalDrBrahimHaddane,MoroccoHonEriyoJescaOsuna,Uganda
MesoandSouthAmericaMsJennyGruenberger,BoliviaMrMiguelPellerano,ArgentinaMrRamónPérezGilSalcido,Mexico
NorthAmericaandtheCaribbeanMrGeorgeGreene,CanadaDrJohnRobinson,USAMrSpencerL.Thomas,Grenada
SouthandEastAsiaDrArzuRanaDeuba,NepalMsMeenaGupta,IndiaMrShinichiKitajima,Japan
WestAsiaMrMalikAminAslamKhan,PakistanDrSamiraOmarAsem,KuwaitMrMohammadShahbaz,Jordan
OceaniaMrAndrewBignell,NewZealandProfBrendanMackey,AustraliaMsAnnaElizabethTiraa,CookIslands
EastEurope,NorthandCentralAsiaDrAmirkhanAmirkhanov,RussiaMrMichaelHošek,CzechRepublicMsTamarPataridze,Georgia
WestEuropeMrJonathanHughes,UnitedKingdomProfNiluferOral,TurkeyMsMarinavonWeissenberg,Finland
COMMISSIONCHAIRS
CommissiononEcosystemManagementMrPietWit,TheNetherlands
CommissiononEducationandCommunica‐tionDrJulianeZeidler,Germany
CommissiononEnvironmental,EconomicandSocialPolicyMsArohaTePareakeMead,NewZealand
SpeciesSurvivalCommissionDrSimonStuart,UK
WorldCommissiononEnvironmentalLawDrAntonioHermanBenjamin,Brazil
WorldCommissiononProtectedAreasDrErnestoEnkerlinHoeflich,MexicoMoreinformationaboutIUCNCouncilisfoundon:http://www.iucn.org/about/union/council/IUCNDirector‐GeneralMsJuliaMarton‐Lefèvrecon‐
gratulatesIUCNPresident‐electMrZhangXinsheng
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Recognizing Conservation Greats
The2012Congressrecognizedtwooutstandingindividualsoftheconservationworldwithitshighestawards,andconferredhonorarymembershipofIUCNto11otherconservationgreats: RecipientoftheJohnC.PhillipsMemorialMedal:SirDavidAttenborough(UK) RecipientoftheHaroldJeffersonCoolidgeMemorialMedal:Dr.WolfgangE.Burhenne(Germany)2012HonouraryMembers: DrAbdulazizAbuzinada,SaudiArabia MsAngelaCropper,TrinidadandTobago DrAilaKeto,Australia HisExcellency,TheStatePresident,LieutenantGeneral
SeretseKhamaIanKhama,Botswana MrVeitKoester,Denmark DrRussellMittermeier,USA DrIanPlayer,SouthAfrica ProfessorNicholasRobinson,USA DrMarinaSilva,Brazil MrAchimSteiner,Germany ProfessorRandolphRobertThaman,Fiji
“IUCN is an organization of enor-
mous importance for all of us who
care about the natural world; there
is no other international organiza-
tion quite like it.”
Sir David Attenborough
Recipient of the John C. Phillips
Memorial Medal
IUCNPatronofNatureDrSylviaEarlepresentstheHaroldJeffersonCoolidgeMemorialMedaltoDrWolfgangE.BurhenneduringtheAwardsCeremonyattheJejuCongress,asIUCNPresidentDrAshokKhoslalookson.
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Getting the message out
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Nature+K‐PopconcertheldduringtheCongressincludedperformancesbyKoreanandinternationalmusicians
TheCongressofferedauniqueplatformtosendaclearmessagetotherestoftheworldthatnaturecananddoesprovidesolutionstosomeoftheworld’sbiggestenvironmentanddevelopmentchal‐lenges.MillionsofpeopleworldwidefollowednewsfromtheCongressviaprint,broadcastandsocialmedia,aswellastheIUCNwebsite.CommunicationshighlightsfromtheCongressinclude: 320journalistsonsiteinJeju; 61pressconferences; Over8,000Congressmentionsininternationalandlocalmedia; Nearly17millionpeoplereachedviaTwitter; 60percentincreaseinwebsitevisits;and 10issuesofCongresse‐newsletterproduced.A10‐dayFestivalwasorganizedbythehostcountryduringtheCongresstoinspirelocalpeopleaboutconservation,includingaNature+K‐PopconcertattendedbythousandsofCongresspartici‐pants.TheconcertfeaturedKoreanandinternationalacts,includingIUCNGoodwillAmbassadorsMalouma(Mauritania)andIRUKA(Japan). “What you’ve done in terms of media and getting your messages out is amazing.”
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme and former IUCN Director General
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What next? The way forward from Jeju
The2012IUCNWorldConservationCongressmarkedanimportantmilestoneforstrengtheningcol‐laborationandmovingfromcommitmentstoaction.TheJejuDeclaration,signedonthefinaldayoftheCongress,recognizesthatnatureoffersimportantsolutionstosomeoftheworld’smostpressingchallengesinclimatechange,sustainableenergy,foodsecurityandeconomicandsocialdevelopment.AmongtheinitiativesandpartnershipsannouncedattheCongresswere: theestablishmentofaJejuWorldLeaders’ConservationForumbytheRepublicofKorea. an€20minvestmentinbiodiversityandprotectedareasbyIUCNandtheEuropeanUnion; commitmentsbyMicrosoftandGoogletosupportinnovativeconservationtechnologies; launchofthe2014IUCNWorldParksCongressbyIUCN,theGovernmentofAustraliaandthe
StateofNewSouthWales;and celebrationof50yearsofcollaborationbetweenIUCNandtheCouncilofEurope;OtheremergingpartnershipsandinitiativesdiscussedattheCongressinclude: furtheroperationalizingtheconceptofNetPositiveImpactonbiodiversity,withtheWorld
Bank; exploringtheroleforPaymentsforEcosystemServicesininternationalenvironmentalgovern‐
ance,withtheWorldBankandtheGlobalEnvironmentFacility; developinganinternationalgovernanceandtransparencyinitiativeonrenewableresources,
withFinland;and addressingthe“implementationgap”inclimatechangemitigationandadaptationcommit‐
ments,withNorway.
IUCNPresident‐electZhangXinshengaddressingthe2012JejuCongressclosingceremony
“The IUCN vision of a just world that values and conserves nature is one the world deeply
needs to see fulfilled.” Zhang Xinsheng, IUCN President
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