The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the largest gathering of nature conservation experts, leaders and decision-makers in the world. The 2025 Congress will help shape global priorities for nature conservation and climate change for the coming decade and beyond.

The Congress has three components:

• The Forum is the largest knowledge marketplace for conservation and sustainable development science, practice and innovation. Through thematic sessions, the Forum addresses the economic, social, scientific and technical aspects of a broad range of nature conservation issues.

• The Exhibition is where IUCN Members and Commissions, businesses, partners, and academia host pavilions, booths and events. The Exhibition is open to both Congress participants and the public, allowing exhibitors to showcase their research, innovations and work to the broadest Congress audience.

• The Members Assembly is IUCN’s highest decision-making body. During the Assembly, IUCN’s Member organisations vote on pressing conservation and sustainable development issues.
  

Australian & Oceania Delegates presenting at Congress:

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Program of Events with Australian & Oceania Presenters

9th October

• Indigenous Peoples Pavilion Grand Opening and Inauguration of the Home of Indigenous Peoples

• Advancing Indigenous Stewardship in Conservation

• Assessing ecosystem recovery & conservation impact with the IUCN Green Status of Ecosystems

• Nature Positive: Delivering species & ecosystem contributions to the GBF

• Establishing Marine Protected Areas in a Changing Climate

• Protecting the Wonders of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

• Designing a Nature Positive Future: Converging Perspectives across Business, Science and Finance sectors

• Driving Excellence in Area-Based Conservation: Insights, Impacts and Voices from the Green List Community

• New technologies to accelerate the transformative impact of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

• Synergies Between Species and Climate Solutions

10th October

• 4:30 pm - Exploring the Power of Cultural Ecosystem Services  | [Registration Required]

• 11:00am - Reimagining Conservation

• 12:00pm - Linguistic Diversity and Biological Diversity; living languages for people and planet

• 12:00pm - Uniting for Grasslands, Savannahs and Rangelands: Call to Collective Action for IUCN Members and Partners

• 2:00pm - IPOs: Our engagement at the IUCN Members General Assembly

• 2:00pm - Mainstreaming Nature Based Solutions into Pacific Finance

• 2:30pm - The IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas: How can it be improved?

• 4:00pm - Podong Indigenous Peoples Initiative: Lessons and Path Forward

• 5:00pm - Maintaining, enhancing and restoring ecological integrity in conservation planning and action

• 5:00pm - Untapped potential: Privately Protected Areas and their contribution to national and global biodiversity goals

• 6:00pm - Indigenous People's Summit Closing with "a Walk with Nature"

• 6:00pm - Global Ecosystems Atlas: The Innovation Layer for Nature Action using IUCN’s Typology

• 6:00pm - Knowledge products and Global Standards: Insights and impacts into CEM’s work

• 6:00pm - TNC Nature Exchange - 30x30 in Australia: A Forum for Dialogue, Networking, and Conservation Collaboration

  
  

11th October

• 8:30am - 11:45 am - Oceania Regional Members Meeting

• 8:30am - IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: from theory to practice. Step by step training  | [Registration Required]

• 12:30pm - Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation in Protected Areas  | [Registration Required]

• 4:30pm - Bridging the Gap Between Science and Action in Amphibian Conservation  | [Registration Required]

• 4:30pm - Applying the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions in 21 Case Studies |  [Registration Required]

• 12:00pm - Pathways and Progress to 30x30 in Australia

• 12:00pm - Defining IUCN Green List ambition - transforming area-based conservation

• 12:00pm - Scaling Restoration Through the Mitigation Hierarchy: Science and Practice for a Nature Positive Future

• 12:00pm - Woman. Nature. Future. Integrating gender equality into conservation policies

• 1:00pm - Listening to the Ocean using Environmental DNA

• 2:00pm - Advancing Pacific Resilience through IUCN Global Standards for Nature Based Solutions

• 2:00pm - Delivering on Goal A and Target 4 (Nationally) of the Global Biodiversity Framework

• 2:00pm - 30x30: clarifying what counts towards the global protection target

• 4:00pm - New IUCN CSS for Human Dimensions of Conservation: Focused on Sustainable Use, Livelihoods and Health

• 5:00pm - Indigenous Peoples Contribution to Marine and Coastal Biodiversity: BBNJ agreement

• 5:00pm - In conversation with IUCN RHINO pioneers: lessons from pilot companies committed to advance Nature Positive

• 6:00pm - From Marseille to Abu Dhabi: tracking progress of Resolution 122 on deep seabed mining

• 6:00pm - Monitoring the future of natural World Heritage: New insights from IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4

• 6:00pm - The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Model: Living as part of nature

• 7:30pm - IUCN Red Lists – Celebrating Partnerships for Species and Ecosystems

12th October

• 8:30am - Global Meeting of all IUCN Member Committees

• 8:30am - 100% Alliance: Scaling Ocean Solutions for Global Impact  | [Registration Required]

• 1:30pm - Capacity building for the GBF with the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology | [Registration Required]

• 11:00am - From Recognition to Power: An Exchange Between IUCN and Indigenous Peoples

• 11:00am - Protecting Nature using Geospatial AI, Analysis and Storytelling

• 12:00pm - Knowledge to action: How CEM’s frameworks are shaping the future of ecosystem conservation

• 1:00pm - Effective Conservation: The Launch of the New IUCN Green List Standard Draft

• 1:00pm - Bringing “Living Legacy” to life: Thriving Together

• 2:00pm - Clearcut Accountability: Why and how countries must halt forest degradation

• 2:00pm - Advancing the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework through the UNESCO World Heritage Convention

• 2:00pm - Promoting Pacific Islands Nature-Based Solutions: Policy & Practice

• 2:00pm - The Collaborative Initiative on Invasive Alien Species: Scaling up Sectoral Business Action

• 3:00pm - Community Centered Traditional Reef Fisheries Restoration & Coral Reef Management: Commonalities & Lessons Learned

• 3:00pm - The Future of CEM: Priorities, hopes and dreams for the future

• 6:00pm - Enhancing financial mechanisms for Primary Forest conservation

• 6:00pm - Ceremonial Closing of the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion

• 7:00pm - The Impact of Zoos and Aquariums on Conservation: Spotlight on Ex Situ Contributions

13th October

• 12:00pm - Double the Lists, Double the Impact: Uniting the IUCN Red Lists for Maximum Impact

• 3:00pm - How to scale up species conservation action innovatively and achieve greater impact for all?

Oceania Exhibitors:

The Wilderness Society | Institute for Development of Environmental-Economic Accounting | IUCN Oceania

The Wilderness Society Australia

IDEEA Group Australia

IUCN Oceania - Pacific Pavilion

Meet the Oceania Candidates and Delegates

View our webinar on October 1st

Learn more about attending Congress

View the recording of our free online workshop