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Setting science-based targets for species in the post-2020 Biodiversity Framework

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This session will outline the new Species Threat Abatement & Restoration (STAR) metric for breaking down the emerging post-2020 mission for biodiversity into science-based targets for a Country, Company or City.
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The world’s biodiversity is in crisis. Despite a surge of optimism a decade ago, overall trends in biodiversity are negative across its dimensions. The success of the Paris climate agreement demonstrated how crucial it is that the emerging post-2020 biodiversity framework for biodiversity can then be broken down, so that any actor can discern - and have agency over - the changes necessary to determine their own footprint and related responsibility and pledge their contributions. In this session we will outline new methods for setting these science-based targets for species, and hear results from tests underway in China, South Africa and Brazil, as well as the perspectives on implementation from finance, urban, and private sector arenas.

Session agenda

Moderator

Dr Nicholas MACFARLANE

Senior Scientist & Programme Manager,
IUCN
United States of America


18:00 - 19:30

Speaker

Dr Penelope Jane SMART

Global Director - Biodiversity Conservation Group,
IUCN
Switzerland


18:00 - 18:05

Dr Louise MAIR

Research Associate,
Newcastle University
United Kingdom


18:05 - 18:20

Prof. Philip MCGOWAN

Professor of Conservation Science and Policy,
Newcastle University, UK
United Kingdom


18:20 - 18:40

Prof. Keping MA

Vice Chair and Secretary General,
Biodiversity Committee, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China


18:25 - 18:30

Ms Domitilla RAIMONDO

Threatened Species Programme Manager,
South African National Biodiversity Institute
South Africa


18:30 - 18:35

Dr Magni KYRKJEEIDE

Researcher,
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Norway


18:35 - 18:40

Dr Frank HAWKINS

Policy Advisor, IUCN ,
IUCN
United States of America


18:40 - 19:25

Ms Catherine BRYAN

Trustee,
Synchronicity Earth
United Kingdom


18:50 - 18:55

Mr Jonathan HUGHES

WCMC Chief Executive Officer / IUCN Council Member,
UNEP-WCMC
United Kingdom


18:55 - 19:00

Dr Hilde EGGERMONT

Strategic Coordinator Belgian Biodiversity Platform/IUCN Councillor,
Belgium


19:25 - 19:30

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