Members •1,156 Members worldwide from over 160 countries: States: 87 Govt. agencies: 117 National NGOs: 818 Int. NGOs: 101 Affiliates: 33
•Over 60 Regional and National Committees
Secretariat Regional Programmes • Asia • West Asia • Europe • West and Central Africa • Southern and Eastern Africa • Meso America • South America • Oceania • North Africa
Director General & Corporate Functions
Global Programmes Biodiversity Conservation: • • • •
Species & KBA TRAFFIC Protected Areas World Heritage
Commissions •11,000+ voluntary experts in 6 thematic groups:
Nature-based Solutions & Rights: • • • • • • • •
Forest & Climate Change Marine and Polar Water & Food Security Ecosystem Based Adaptation Economics Business and Biodiversity Gender Social Policy
Policy, Programme & Capacity Development: • • • •
Environmental Law Policy Science & KM Planning, M&E
IUCN Programme 2013-16: International Union for (i) Valuing and conserving biodiversity; (ii) Governing nature’s use and sharing itsConservation benefits; of Nature (iii) Deploying nature-based solutions to climate, food and economy.
THE 2013-16 PROGRAMME
International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUCN Business Engagement Strategy
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Mainstreaming environmental economic approaches to private & public sector decision-making 1. Recognizing value: a feature of all human societies and communities 2. Demonstrating value: in economic terms, to support decision making 3. Capturing value: introduce mechanisms that incorporate the values of ecosystems into decision making International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Ecosystem Services: – MEA demonstrates broad view of environment. – ES are the basis of value. Economic valuation: – Helps to see the opportunity from the ES stewardship. – Is not new. Linking ES to EV identifies opportunity: – Linking environmental services with economic value to customers (broadly conceived) is our challenge. – Where the business case fails, the public good case may succeed. Biodiversity business improves the bottom line: – Less waste = more benefit. – New products = more benefit. – Broad thinking = new opportunity. – Dynamism, flexibility, adaptability, information and innovation are key. International Union for Conservation of Nature
Building “biodiversity positive” businesses Adding biodiversity and ecosystem services to existing business • Agriculture • Biodiversity mgmt services • Cosmetics • Extractive industries • Finance • Fisheries • Forestry • Garments New markets for biodiversity • Handicrafts • Bio-carbon & REDD • Pharmaceuticals • Biodiversity -certified land • Retail management • Tourism • Biodiversity banking • Enabling policy & tools International Union for Conservation of Nature
International Union for Conservation of Nature
International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUCN & Business: Recent collaboration • • • • • • • • • • • •
Mercuria Activities: Holcim • Technical advice Rio Tinto • Capacity building Danone • Pilot projects in the field Royal Dutch Shell • Sharing lessons on partnership Sakhalin Energy • Guidelines and training materials Nestle Nespresso • Fundraising and sponsorship Thames Water • Platforms for debate Cadbury Unilever Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) International Union for Conservation of Nature