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Mr Stewart MAGINNIS

Deputy Director General, Programme

Stewart Maginnis is the Deputy Director General for Programmes in IUCN.  Since 2008, he and his team have developed and promoted Nature-based Solutions as a framework for harnessing ecosystem management as a solution to socio-economic challenges.

Stewart Maginnis has worked in sustainable development and biodiversity conservation for 35 years, 15 of which were based Tanzania, Sudan, Ghana and Costa Rica.  He led the development and promotion of “forest landscape restoration” (FLR) – one of the first “purpose-built” Nature-based Solutions - to which over 60 countries have committed 180 million hectares under the Bonn Challenge.  He and his team at IUCN have worked over the last 12 years on defining and promoting the concept of Nature Based Solutions and supporting its application to climate change, food & water security and disaster risk reduction.  They and have just finalized a 2 year process to develop a global NBS standard.

CONGRESS PASS
🗓️  3-11 SEPTEMBER 2021
📍 MARSEILLE - FRANCE
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Date Time/Room Title Features Session type Themes
Friday 03 September 15:30 - 16:30
Virtual Channel 1
World Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Nature
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High Level Summits
Climate change
Rights and governance
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Saturday 04 September 18:00 - 19:00
H3 - Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Restoration
Action over words: Launching the IUCN Nature-based Solutions Global Facility
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Exhibition Event
Climate change
Landscapes
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Monday 06 September 16:00 - 17:30
H9 - B 1 Auditorium - Mercantour
Agriculture and Land Health: the common ground between agriculture and conservation
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High-Level Dialogue
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 September 09:15 - 09:25
H8 - 4 Martinique
Green Finance
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Thematic Stream Session
Economic and financial systems
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Tuesday 07 September 11:00 - 12:00
H1 Plenary - Calanques
Nature-based Solutions Partnerships: moving together from words to action
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Thematic Stream Session
Climate change
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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Tuesday 07 September 19:00 - 20:00
H3 - Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Restoration
Celebrating Commitment and Catalysing Action for Forest Landscape Restoration - the Bonn Challenge
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Exhibition Event
Landscapes
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Tuesday 07 September 15:15 - 16:15
H3 - Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Restoration
Restoration Implementation Showcase (ACTUAL TIME 15:15-16:15)
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Exhibition Event
Landscapes
Oceans
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Wednesday 08 September 10:00 - 11:30
H1 Plenary - Calanques
The Influences of Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change on Public Health
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Members’ Assembly Sitting
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