Conference Session: Securing global biodiversity: a human imperative for a sustainable planet
During the Planet under Pressure Conference, the Center for International Forestry Research, will organize a conference session on "Securing global biodiversity: a human imperative for a sustainable planet". Despite the global commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity and over a century of conservation action, the loss of biodiversity continues apace with likely impacts on ecosystem services and human wellbeing. A new conservation paradigm is required if biodiversity is to be retained and the needs of a rapidly increasing human population are to be met.
During the Planet under Pressure Conference, the Center for International Forestry Research, will organize a conference session on "Securing global biodiversity: a human imperative for a sustainable planet". Despite the global commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity and over a century of conservation action, the loss of biodiversity continues apace with likely impacts on ecosystem services and human wellbeing. A new conservation paradigm is required if biodiversity is to be retained and the needs of a rapidly increasing human population are to be met.
The session will be chaired by Iain Gordon and Mark Stanley Price.
The Convenors will consist of the following people:
Iain Gordon, The James Hutton Institute;
Anne Larigauderie, DIVERSITAS;
Mark Lonsdale, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO);
Simon Stuart, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN);
Mark Stanley Price, Species Survival Commission.
Lead Programme: Center for International Forestry Research, Terry Sunderland