Plenary C | Financing biodiversity conservation and nature-based solutions for sustainability challenges

Session Description: Adequate and sustainable financing, including gender-responsive policies, plays a pivotal role in ensuring the protection of biodiversity, the preservation of ecosystems, and the promotion of sustainable development. This topic explores various financing mechanisms, policy frameworks, and public-private partnerships that can mobilize resources and enable effective financial support for biodiversity conservation and the implementation of nature-based solutions. Read more

Christian Albert Peter

Camilo Santa

Luisa Montes

Odile Conchou

Sébastien Treyer

Controversy | Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security, and Biodiversity: Balancing Production and Conservation Goals

Session Description: The importance of sustainable agriculture, food security, and biodiversity lies in their interconnectedness and their relevance to human well-being and environmental sustainability. By striving for a balance between production and conservation goals, we can ensure the availability of nutritious food, protect ecosystems, and contribute to the objectives outlined in the Global Biodiversity Framework, ultimately promoting a more sustainable and resilient future for both people and the planet.

Jyotsna Puri

Pierre Jacquet

Elena Lazos Chavero

Coffee-Break

Parallel Session | Panel 2.1 | Private innovation and nature-based solutions for sustainable challenges

Session Organizer: USFQ

Session Description: The role of the private sector in meeting sustainable goals is crucial. Nowadays, private companies are key actors in promoting and implementing innovative projects and nature-based solutions that could help conserve biodiversity and, at the same time, promote social and economic benefits. In this panel, we will present interesting examples of private initiatives in Ecuador that have integrated sustainability. The main two goals of this panel are: a) to learn about real innovation and solutions proposed for sustainability in different contexts, and, b) to discuss lessons learned and challenges to integrate biodiversity and sustainability targets at the private level.

Juan Jose Cardena

Carolina Proaño

Carla Barboto

Susana Cardenas

Parallel Session | Panel 2.2 | Call for Papers 2 – Alternative, nature-based solutions for sustainability challenges (including perspectives from indigenous people

Session Description: At this session, a set of shortlisted papers from the Call for Papers will be presented. More details will be added

Evariste Manirumva

Charles Kihia

Nabajyoti Deka

Rengalakshmi Raj

Deepti Gumber

Judit Ungvari

Parallel Session | Panel 2.3 | Call for Papers 3 –Mainstreaming of biodiversity with an eye on the impact of innovation on funding ecosystem preservation efforts

Session Description: At this session, a set of shortlisted papers from the Call for Papers will be presented. More details will be added

Enrique B Montas

Hourmat Allah Hind

Norhan Bayomi

Murielle Fokou

Tii Nchofoung

Francesco Obino

Parallel Session | Panel 2.4 | Urban Food Security and Food Sovereignty: sustainability challenges and strategies

Session Organizer: Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ).

Session Description: Food systems around the world are impacting the natural resources that are key to food security. They are also accentuating issues pertaining to nutrition, demonstrating the need for healthier diets derived from more sustainable food sources. A range of issues, including climate change and the pandemic highlight the urgency of food system resilience in relation to sustainable development goals. This panel will bring academic, community and international organizations together to discuss urban food security and food sovereignty challenges and strategies to improve health and environmental outcomes in fairer and more equitable ways, with a focus on enhancing resilience of communities

Karen Noboa

Isa Olalekan Elegbede

Cheryl Martens

Ivan Borja

Yubari Carolina Valero Azuaje

Lunch

Parallel Session | Panel 3.1 | Working with Indigenous and Local Community People for Co-creation of Solutions to Sustainability Challenges

Session Organizer: JICA Ogata Research Institute.

Session Description: Background In the international policy arena, there is a growing recognition of the vital roles of indigenous and local knowledge in devising solutions to sustainability issues, such as biodiversity loss and climate change threats to ecosystems. Read more 

Victor Paul Steffensen

Fumiko NOGUCHI

Yoichi MINE

Tyson Asfaw

Parallel Session | Panel 3.2 | Call for Papers 4 – Biodiversity loss, poverty and global inequality – links and trade-offs

Session Description: At this session, a set of shortlisted papers from the Call for Papers will be presented. More details will be added

Hajer Kratou

Pablo Gonzalez Moctezuma

Bernard Cléry Nomo Beyala

Pousseni Bakouan

Ivan Borja

Luciano Andriamaro

Parallel Session | Panel 3.3 | Mainstreaming biodiversity in development policies: what contribution can research make to develop cross-functional public action? Illustrations with the ECOPRONAT program.

Session Organizer: Agence Française de développement (AFD).

Session Description: This session will directly address the conference theme by discussing the links between biodiversity and sustainable development policies, through the presentation of research initiatives, experiences, and tools. It will address the following sub-themes: Alternative, nature-based solutions (NBS) for sustainability challenges (including perspective from indigenous people) Mainstreaming biodiversity and scaling up mainstreaming Context There is an urgent need to implement transformative changes in the sectors of activity that cause the degradation of nature, in addition to protect ecosystems and endangered species. Read more

Nicolas Salmon

Lisa Beyer

Isaac Dyner

Alison Fairbrass

Odile Conchou

Parallel Session | Panel 3.4 | Challenges of mainstreaming Indigenous and local perspectives in biodiversity conservation: Experiences of knowledge co-production from Latin America.

Session Description: Incorporating participatory processes into conservation planning and management has emerged as a major topic in sustainability debates in the last decades and became a mainstream trend in biodiversity policy. IUCN, IPBES, and CBD have recently produced documents that stated the need to better incorporate diverse knowledges, perspectives, and values to improve people's well-being while safeguarding biodiversity. These documents underscore that a participatory decision-making regarding biodiversity conservation is more effective in practice because the entire process is more likely to be perceived as legitimate. Read more

Cristina Adams

Inty Arcos

Carlos Rodrigues

Laila Sandroni

Coffee-Break

Plenary D | Scaling up Biodiversity Mainstreaming and Ecosystem Valuation: persistent challenges and the role of inter-disciplinary research, indigenous knowledge and capacity building

Session Description: Biodiversity mainstreaming aims to integrate biodiversity considerations into various sectors and decision-making processes. However, it faces persistent challenges such as limited awareness, coordination, conflicting priorities, and inadequate resources. Read more

Jessica Pacheco

Laila Sandroni

Gabriel Quijandria

Marianne Kettunen

Suneetha M Subramanian

Luciano Andriamaro

Closing Ceremony – Key Take-Aways

• Awards Ceremony