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Rethinking freshwater ecosystem protection and management

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This session will set out the evidence for and against area-based protection for freshwater biodiversity, and based upon this, a series of expert panel discussions will re-think protection in terms of scope, design and management to enable increased ecological and societal benefit within the new Global Biodiversity Framework.
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Freshwater biodiversity is at risk: populations of freshwater species have declined by 84%, one third of all freshwater species are threatened with extinction, and 87% of wetlands lost globally since 1700, including 35% in the past 50 years. Protected areas, and other mechanisms of area-based protection, are key instruments in global biodiversity conservation. Target 3 of the new Global Biodiversity Framework will require 30% of land and sea areas to be conserved through area-based protection. This session will set out the evidence of ecological and societal benefits from area based protection for freshwater biodiversity to date. Based upon this evidence, expert panels will be asked to re-think area-based protection for freshwater biodiversity in terms of scope, design and management for increased conservation benefit . This session will be hosted by WWF, the IUCN/WCPA Task force and Conservation International, with contributions from both academic and practitioner organisations.

Agenda de la session

Modérateur

Dr James DALTON

Director - Global Water Programme,
IUCN
Switzerland

Session Chair
18:00 - 19:30

Kathy HUGHES

Freshwater Biodiversity Leader - Asia-Pacific and Global,
WWF-Myanmar
United Kingdom

Synthesis of evidence of protected area effectiveness for freshwater biodiversity
18:00 - 19:30

Panéliste

Dr David TICKNER

Chief Adviser - Rivers,
WWF
United Kingdom

Panel Discussion 1: Re-thinking protection for freshwater biodiversity
18:15 - 18:40

Prof. Mike ACREMAN

Director, Hydro-Ecology Consulting Ltd,
Sibthorp Trust
United Kingdom

Panel Discussion 1: Re-thinking protection for freshwater biodiversity.
18:15 - 18:40

Dr Rachel GOLDEN KRONER

Environmental Governance Fellow,
Conservation International
United States of America

Panel Discussion 1: Rethinking Freshwater Protection
18:15 - 18:40

Ms Erin LOURY

Communications Director/Fisheries Biologist,
FISHBIO
United States of America

Panel Discussion 2: How do we make protection work for freshwater biodiversity at a landscape scale?
18:40 - 19:00

Mrs Marie-Claire PAIZ

Gabon Country Director,
The Nature Conservancy
Gabon

Panel Discussion 2: How do we make protection work for freshwater biodiversity at a landscape scale?
18:40 - 19:00

Dr Rebecca FLITCROFT

Research Fish Biologist,
USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station/Co-Chair Freshwater Spe
United States of America

Panel Discussion 2: How do we make protection work for freshwater biodiversity at a landscape scale?
18:40 - 19:00

Dr Aaron KONING

Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future - Cornell University
United States of America

Panel Discussion 3: What are the specific management requirements for protected areas to work for freshwater biodiversity?
19:00 - 19:20

Prof. Jamie PITTOCK

Professor, The Australian National University,
The Australian National University
Australia

Panel Discussion 3: What are the specific management requirements for protected areas to work for freshwater biodiversity?
19:00 - 19:20

Silvya BENITEZ

Freshwater manager Latin America,
The Nature Conservancy
Ecuador

Panel Discussion 2: How do we make protection work for freshwater biodiversity at a landscape scale?
19:00 - 19:20

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