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Highlights Preliminary Report September 2012
10 Days of ‘Nature’s Olympics’ in Jeju
The2012IUCNWorldConservationCongresswasheldfrom6‐15SeptemberonJejuIsland,RepublicofKorea,generouslyhostedbytheMinistryofEnvironmentoftheRepublicofKoreaandtheJejuSpecialSelf‐GoverningProvince.Some10,000peoplefromover160countriesparticipatedinvariouspartsoftheJejuCongress.TheCongresssloganwasNature+,capturingthefundamentalim‐portanceofnatureanditsinherentlinktoeveryaspectofourlives.Thekeyissuesontheagendawere: Nature+climate Nature+food Nature+development Nature+people&governance Nature+lifeTheCongressincludedaForumopentothepublic,andaMembers’Assembly,IUCN’suniqueglobalenvironmentalparliament.Nearly600eventswereheldduringthefive‐dayForum,includingfiveWorldLeaders’Dialogues.TheMembers’AssemblyapprovedtheIUCNProgrammefor2013‐2016,debatedover180draftresolu‐tionsthatsetthefutureconservationagenda,andelectedtheIUCNPresidentandthegoverningCouncilforthenextfouryears.
“The Congress, which has
become known in Korea as
“Nature’s Olympics”, has
brought home gold for conser-
vation. It has demonstrated
how nature-based solutions, as
expressed in the Congress slo-
gan “Nature+”, help us address
many of our most pressing
challenges.”
Julia Marton-Lefèvre,
IUCN Director General
PresidentoftheRepublicofKorea,HELeeMyung‐Bak,addressingthe2012IUCNWorldConservationCongress
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Leaders from local to global come together in Jeju
Thoughtleadersfromallwalksoflife—politics,business,civilsociety,academia,localandindigenouscommunities,faithgroupsandthemedia—cametogetherattheJejuCongress,including: HELeeMyung‐bak,PresidentoftheRepublicofKorea MrBharratJagdeo,formerPresidentofGuyana,IUCNPatronofNature MrLyonpoKinzangDorji,formerPrimeMinisterofBhutan HRHPrinceCarlPhilipofSweden,IUCNPatronofNature HRHPrincessBasmaBintAliBinNayefofJordan MsRachelKyte,VicePresident,SustainableDevelopment,TheWorldBank MrAchimSteiner,ExecutiveDirector,UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme MsNaokoIshii,CEO&Chairperson,GlobalEnvironmentFacility MsHeidiHautala,MinisterofInternationalDevelopment,Finland MsYooYoungSook,MinisterofEnvironment,RepublicofKorea MrHenriDjombo,MinisterofSustainableDevelopment,RepublicofCongo MrEmmanuelIssoze‐Ngondet,MinisterofInternationalCooperation,Gabon MrErikSolheim,formerMinisterofEnvironmentandInternationalDevelopment,Norway,
IUCNPatronofNature MrPeterBakker,President,WorldBusinessCouncilonSustainableDevelopment MrMarvinOdum,PresidentofShellOilCompany MrMichaelMack,CEO,Syngenta MrSuk‐ChaeLee,Chairman,KoreaTelecom DrSylviaEarle,OceanographerandIUCNPatronofNature DrCristiánSamper,CEO,WildlifeConservationSociety DrThomasLovejoy,BiodiversityChairattheJohnHeinzIIICenter MrBraulioFerreiraDeSouzaDias,Secretary‐General,ConventiononBiologicalDiversity MrAnadaTiega,Secretary‐General,RamsarConventiononWetlands MrLucGnacadja,ExecutiveSecretary,UNConventiontoCombatDesertification
“The visibility and constructive engagement between business, IUCN, governments and the NGO
community was a remarkable positive takeaway from this Congress .”
Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Nature+:Savingnature,whybother?WorldLeadersDialoguepanel(L‐R):ModeratorRafaelMéndez,ElPais;Panelists:MsYooYoungSook,MinisterofEnvironment,RepublicofKorea,MrBraulioFerreiraDeSouzaDias,Secretary‐General,ConventiononBiologicalDiversity,MsRazanAlMubarak,SecretaryGeneral,AbuDhabiEn‐vironmentAgency,MrAndréHoffmann,President,MAVAFoundation
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Congress Forum: Debating the future of conservation Atotalof581eventswereheldduringthefive‐dayForum.ThefiveWorldLeaders’Dialoguesonthethemesofna‐ture+climate,nature+food,nature+development,nature+people&governance,andnature+lifewereahighlightoftheForum,generatingsignificantparticipationfromaudi‐encesinJejuandonline.TheForumunderlinedthecrisisfacingthenaturalworldthroughnewreportsonthreatenedspeciesandecosys‐tems.NewknowledgeproductspresentedincludedtheIUCNRedListofEcosystems,theIUCNGreenListofPro‐tectedAreas,andtheProtectedPlanetReport. KeymessagesfromtheForumdiscussionsincluded: howecosystemscanbeusedasbufferstoreducethe
impactofclimate‐relateddisasters; thatthetruecostoffoodneedstobereflectedinits
price; howbiodiversityandbusinessarelearningeach
other’slanguage,suchasanincreasinglypopularcon‐ceptofnaturalcapital;
howlocalandindigenouscommunitiesaresuccess‐fullymanagingbiodiversityandecosystems;and
thatpoliticalwillisfundamentaltovaluingnaturalandsocialcapital.
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ParticipantsatasessionheldintheJustWorldPavilionatthe2012IUCNWorldConservationCongress
Forum events Number Posters 132
Knowledge cafés 105
Workshops 146
Conservation campus 44 Pavilion events 149
World Leaders Dialogues 5
TOTAL 581
“To address the challenges ahead,
each and every one of us will have to
cross boundaries and we in the con-
servation community will need to
move collectively outside our comfort
zones.” Rachel Kyte, Vice-President,
Sustainable Development, The World Bank
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IUCN Members’ Assembly: Environmental democracy in action TheMembers’Assembly,IUCN’suniqueglobalen‐vironmentalparliamentbringingtogethergovern‐mentsandnon‐governmentalorganiza‐tions,approvedthenewIUCNProgrammefor2013‐2016.ThePro‐grammebuildsuponIUCN’snicheastheworld’sauthorityonbio‐diversityconservation,nature‐basedsolutionsandrelatedenviron‐mentalgovernance.TheAssemblyalsoapprovedover180resolutionsonawiderangeofissues,includingactiontore‐coverAtlanticbluefintunastocksandavertextinctionsofraredolphinspecies;scalingbackoffshoredrilling;promotingthehumanrighttowater;andprovidingbetterpaymentchannelsforecosystemservicesinpoorcountries.Actiononstoppingtheescalatingpoachingofelephantsandrhinoswasapproved,andthepushforagloballybindingtreatyonprotectingwildlifefrommercurycontamina‐tionwasendorsed,aswasgreaterenforcementoflawsonwildlifecrime.Moreinformation:http://iucn.org/motions
“I found this Jeju Congress to be the best IUCN has ever held. The volume of workshops and pro-
grams was extraordinary and the business of the Union was dispatched with care and effectiveness.”
Professor Nicholas Robinson, Former Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law
IUCN’sgovernmentandNGOmembersjointlydebateandvoteonkeyconservationissues
Elections of IUCN President and Council
TheCongresselectedtheIUCNPresidentand32otherMembersoftheIUCNCouncilforthenextfouryears:PresidentMrZhangXinsheng,China
TreasurerMrPatrickdeHeney,Switzerland/UnitedKing‐dom
CouncillorfromtheStateinwhichIUCNhasitsseat:MrWillyGeiger
REGIONALCOUNCILLORS
AfricaMrMamadouDiallo,SenegalDrBrahimHaddane,MoroccoHonEriyoJescaOsuna,Uganda
MesoandSouthAmericaMsJennyGruenberger,BoliviaMrMiguelPellerano,ArgentinaMrRamónPérezGilSalcido,Mexico
NorthAmericaandtheCaribbeanMrGeorgeGreene,CanadaDrJohnRobinson,USAMrSpencerL.Thomas,Grenada
SouthandEastAsiaDrArzuRanaDeuba,NepalMsMeenaGupta,IndiaMrShinichiKitajima,Japan
WestAsiaMrMalikAminAslamKhan,PakistanDrSamiraOmarAsem,KuwaitMrMohammadShahbaz,Jordan
OceaniaMrAndrewBignell,NewZealandProfBrendanMackey,AustraliaMsAnnaElizabethTiraa,CookIslands
EastEurope,NorthandCentralAsiaDrAmirkhanAmirkhanov,RussiaMrMichaelHošek,CzechRepublicMsTamarPataridze,Georgia
WestEuropeMrJonathanHughes,UnitedKingdomProfNiluferOral,TurkeyMsMarinavonWeissenberg,Finland
COMMISSIONCHAIRS
CommissiononEcosystemManagementMrPietWit,TheNetherlands
CommissiononEducationandCommunica‐tionDrJulianeZeidler,Germany
CommissiononEnvironmental,EconomicandSocialPolicyMsArohaTePareakeMead,NewZealand
SpeciesSurvivalCommissionDrSimonStuart,UK
WorldCommissiononEnvironmentalLawDrAntonioHermanBenjamin,Brazil
WorldCommissiononProtectedAreasDrErnestoEnkerlinHoeflich,MexicoMoreinformationaboutIUCNCouncilisfoundon:http://www.iucn.org/about/union/council/IUCNDirector‐GeneralMsJuliaMarton‐Lefèvrecon‐
gratulatesIUCNPresident‐electMrZhangXinsheng
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Recognizing Conservation Greats
The2012Congressrecognizedtwooutstandingindividualsoftheconservationworldwithitshighestawards,andconferredhonorarymembershipofIUCNto11otherconservationgreats: RecipientoftheJohnC.PhillipsMemorialMedal:SirDavidAttenborough(UK) RecipientoftheHaroldJeffersonCoolidgeMemorialMedal:Dr.WolfgangE.Burhenne(Germany)2012HonouraryMembers: DrAbdulazizAbuzinada,SaudiArabia MsAngelaCropper,TrinidadandTobago DrAilaKeto,Australia HisExcellency,TheStatePresident,LieutenantGeneral
SeretseKhamaIanKhama,Botswana MrVeitKoester,Denmark DrRussellMittermeier,USA DrIanPlayer,SouthAfrica ProfessorNicholasRobinson,USA DrMarinaSilva,Brazil MrAchimSteiner,Germany ProfessorRandolphRobertThaman,Fiji
“IUCN is an organization of enor-
mous importance for all of us who
care about the natural world; there
is no other international organiza-
tion quite like it.”
Sir David Attenborough
Recipient of the John C. Phillips
Memorial Medal
IUCNPatronofNatureDrSylviaEarlepresentstheHaroldJeffersonCoolidgeMemorialMedaltoDrWolfgangE.BurhenneduringtheAwardsCeremonyattheJejuCongress,asIUCNPresidentDrAshokKhoslalookson.
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Getting the message out
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Nature+K‐PopconcertheldduringtheCongressincludedperformancesbyKoreanandinternationalmusicians
TheCongressofferedauniqueplatformtosendaclearmessagetotherestoftheworldthatnaturecananddoesprovidesolutionstosomeoftheworld’sbiggestenvironmentanddevelopmentchal‐lenges.MillionsofpeopleworldwidefollowednewsfromtheCongressviaprint,broadcastandsocialmedia,aswellastheIUCNwebsite.CommunicationshighlightsfromtheCongressinclude: 320journalistsonsiteinJeju; 61pressconferences; Over8,000Congressmentionsininternationalandlocalmedia; Nearly17millionpeoplereachedviaTwitter; 60percentincreaseinwebsitevisits;and 10issuesofCongresse‐newsletterproduced.A10‐dayFestivalwasorganizedbythehostcountryduringtheCongresstoinspirelocalpeopleaboutconservation,includingaNature+K‐PopconcertattendedbythousandsofCongresspartici‐pants.TheconcertfeaturedKoreanandinternationalacts,includingIUCNGoodwillAmbassadorsMalouma(Mauritania)andIRUKA(Japan). “What you’ve done in terms of media and getting your messages out is amazing.”
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme and former IUCN Director General
What next? The way forward from Jeju
The2012IUCNWorldConservationCongressmarkedanimportantmilestoneforstrengtheningcol‐laborationandmovingfromcommitmentstoaction.TheJejuDeclaration,signedonthefinaldayoftheCongress,recognizesthatnatureoffersimportantsolutionstosomeoftheworld’smostpressingchallengesinclimatechange,sustainableenergy,foodsecurityandeconomicandsocialdevelopment.AmongtheinitiativesandpartnershipsannouncedattheCongresswere: theestablishmentofaJejuWorldLeaders’ConservationForumbytheRepublicofKorea. an€20minvestmentinbiodiversityandprotectedareasbyIUCNandtheEuropeanUnion; commitmentsbyMicrosoftandGoogletosupportinnovativeconservationtechnologies; launchofthe2014IUCNWorldParksCongressbyIUCN,theGovernmentofAustraliaandthe
StateofNewSouthWales;and celebrationof50yearsofcollaborationbetweenIUCNandtheCouncilofEurope;OtheremergingpartnershipsandinitiativesdiscussedattheCongressinclude: furtheroperationalizingtheconceptofNetPositiveImpactonbiodiversity,withtheWorld
Bank; exploringtheroleforPaymentsforEcosystemServicesininternationalenvironmentalgovern‐
ance,withtheWorldBankandtheGlobalEnvironmentFacility; developinganinternationalgovernanceandtransparencyinitiativeonrenewableresources,
withFinland;and addressingthe“implementationgap”inclimatechangemitigationandadaptationcommit‐
ments,withNorway.
IUCNPresident‐electZhangXinshengaddressingthe2012JejuCongressclosingceremony
“The IUCN vision of a just world that values and conserves nature is one the world deeply
needs to see fulfilled.” Zhang Xinsheng, IUCN President
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