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Opening Plenary: Advancing Rights and Inclusive Governance in Conservation

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Join us as we welcome environmental stewards from around the world to discuss the critical interconnections between rights, equitable resource governance and nature conservation.
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The opening plenary of the Rights and Governance theme will feature a panel of leading voices from diverse perspectives, including those of indigenous peoples, communities, women and youth, sharing their views on the close interconnections among rights, equitable resource governance and nature conservation. The plenary will bring the voices of environmental stewards from around the world into the space of the Congress and will raise key questions and challenges to be further explored in Rights and Governance sessions over the course of the Forum.

Session agenda

Speaker

Mr Carlos Manuel RODRIGUEZ

CEO and Chairperson,
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Costa Rica


11:00 - 12:30

Ms Cécile NDJEBET

President & Founder,
REFACOF
Cameroon


11:00 - 12:30

Dr David BOYD

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment,
UN
Canada


11:00 - 12:30

Ms Melinda JANKI

Executive Director,
Justice Institute Guyana
Guyana


11:00 - 12:30

Ms Victoria Lucia TAULI-CORPUZ

Executive Director,
Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Polic
Philippines


11:00 - 12:30

  • IUCN Environmental Law Centre
  • IUCN Global Programme on Governance and Rights

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