EVENTS

The 45th Annual General Meeting of the Australian Committee for IUCN took place on 21st November 2024 both online and in person on Gadigal Country at the Gadi Seminar Rooms, Sydney Botanic Gardens

We collaborated with webinar hosts the Australian Land Conservation Alliance, to share the key takeaways from COP16 and the implications for conservation in Australia.

ACIUCN partnered with EIANZ and NAILSMA to present an analytical debrief and discussion on the outcomes of the Global Nature Positive Summit. The webinar provided first-hand accounts of what the summit achieved, key insights & takeaways, analysis of the topics covered, and what needs to happen next.

ACIUCN convened a 2-day workshop bringing together experts, practitioners, First Nations Peoples and policy makers. Participants identified restoration priorities, gaps, needs, tools and approaches to provide recommended actions for the effective restoration of priority degraded areas in Australia.

Reimagining Conservation 2024, held at Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park on Djabugay Country, brought together Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to talk about how we can reimagine managing land and sea Country together.

This webinar was hosted in partnership with IUCN Oceania, to discuss the Sept 2024 Regional Conservation Forum in Fiji. With presentations from IUCN Vice President Peter Cochrane and IUCN Oceania Regional Director Leituala Kuiniselani Toelupe Tago.

This webinar discussed the IUCN process for developing a policy on synthetic biology in relation to nature conservation.

The ‘Key Themes and Next Steps’ webinar was attended by 160 people and covered the 6 key themes emerging from the forum and ways they can be implemented to create positive change.