This Conservation Café will build on the Opening Plenary of the Managing Landscapes Theme where the diverse demands for the use of land for conservation and development were juxtaposed and where solutions to the dilemmas of conserving nature while supporting human livelihoods were debated. The World Conservation Congress commences the day after the closing of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Third Open-Ended Working Group for the new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Predictably, the negotiators of this new agreement are struggling to agree on the suite of targets that will help the world to address these dilemmas. Conserve 30% of land? Restore 20% of degraded ecosystems? Ensure all agriculture and forestry is sustainable? Because of the online format of the negotiations, the voice of civil society is not being heard enough. What are your thoughts? What are your recommendations? What would you do?
