From 9 to 15 October, FARN will take part in the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, where governments, organizations, and communities from around the world will come together to set priorities and drive global action on biodiversity and sustainable development.

Ana Di Pangracio, Deputy Executive Director at FARN and IUCN Councillor for Meso and South America, and Cristian Fernandez, Legal Affairs Coordinator, will engage in key discussions on protecting environmental defenders, integrating human rights into the energy transition, and advancing gender equality in biodiversity conservation.

If you are attending the IUCN World Conservation Congress, don’t miss these sessions:

• Nature’s last defenders. frontline conservation in declining civic spaces – October 9th, 2.00 p.m., Hall 4C: Session Room 3
• Championing Gender Justice in Biodiversity Conservation: Pathways to CBD COP17 – October 9th, 6.00 p.m., Global Environment Facility Pavilion
• Whole-of-Society Action for Land Degradation Neutrality: Empowering CSOs for transformative change – October 10th, 4.00 p.m., Global Environment Facility
• Woman. Nature. Future. Integrating gender equality into conservation policies – October 11th, 12:00, Pavillon France
• Women in a Degraded Amazon: The Need for Gender-inclusive and Intersectional Approaches to Environmental Crime – October 11th, 2.00 p.m., Hall 4B: Session Room 2
• Prosper with Nature: Safeguarding biodiversity and human rights in energy transition mineral governance – October 13th, 12:00, IUCN Programme Pavilion

In a continuous effort to link environmental protection, human rights, and gender justice, FARN has sponsored a motion on the conservation of the environmental integrity of the San Matías Gulf in Argentina,  and co-soponsored motions to preserve high mountain wetlands and to safeguard biodiversity and human rights in energy transition mineral governance.