UNESCO, The Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and the UK National Commission for UNESCO request the pleasure of your company at a hybrid COP15 side event.

This side event will illustrate how UNESCO designated sites — biosphere reserves, global geoparks and world heritage sites — are ideally positioned to implement the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, by virtue of their holistic and participatory approaches to governance and management, and membership of global networks that facilitate the sharing of innovative solutions and approaches.

Speakers:

Laura Davies, UK Ambassador to UNESCO

Roda Muse, Secretary General, Canadian Commission for UNESCO

Eleanor Haine, Advisor, Natural Sciences, Canadian Commission for UNESCO

Panel:

Guy Debonnet, Chief, Natural World Heritage Unit, UNESCO

Jean-Philippe Messier, Manicouagan-Uapishka Biosphere Reserve, Canada

Meriem Bouamrane, Chief of Section, MAB Research and Policy: Ecology and Biodiversity, UNESCO

Adepoju Adeshola, Chair of MAB ICC, Nigeria

Kyla Judge, Georgian Bay Biosphere, CCUNESCO Youth Advisory Group, Canada

Barbara Engels, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany

Where:

Room: Side-event 1, 512E

Online: NEED LINK

When:

Thursday 15 November

13:15 – 14:45 EST