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Ms Maria Ana BORGES

Water for Landscapes Manager, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN

Maria Ana has worked in IUCN since 2008, starting in the Global Business and Biodiversity Programme where she was responsible for managing corporate engagements with companies in the cement and aggregates, agriculture and tourism sectors. More recently, in 2018, Maria Ana joined the IUCN Water team as the Water for Landscapes Manager. Through her role, she drives learning and innovation on the deployment of effective and inclusive water management strategies in productive landscapes. She is also involved in implementing IUCN’s work on transboundary water governance, leading research on transboundary finance. Prior to IUCN, Maria Ana worked at UN Environment’s Economics and Trade Branch on issues at the interface of trade and climate change. She has also previously worked in the tourism sector, both in Portugal and in Dominican Republic. Her academic background is in Ecology (BSc (Honours) from the University of Edinburgh) and Ecotourism (MSc from Napier University).

CONGRESS PASS
🗓️  3-11 SEPTEMBER 2021
📍 MARSEILLE - FRANCE
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Speaking at:

Date Time/Room Title Features Session type Themes
Sunday 05 September 11:15 - 12:00
H3 - Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Restoration
Towards an intersectional Blue Peace: Transforming Transboundary Water Governance (ACTUAL TIME 11:15-12:00)
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Exhibition Event
Freshwater
Rights and governance
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Sunday 05 September 16:00 - 17:30
Virtual Channel 4
Women and power: enabling environments for gender-responsive conservation in a post-2020 era
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Thematic Stream Session
Landscapes
Rights and governance
Economic and financial systems
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Monday 06 September 11:00 - 12:30
Virtual Channel 2
BRIDGE - Ten years of implementing transboundary water management: key lessons and ways forward
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Thematic Stream Session
Freshwater
Rights and governance
Knowledge, innovation and technology
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