WILD9 - Tuesday 10 November
Day Chair – Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Vice President for Policy, Conservation International
KEYNOTE
Dr Pavan Sukhdev, Director, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), United Nations Environment Program; and Senior Banker, Deutsch Bank. The Value of Wild Nature, English & español
PANEL – PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Moderator – Carlos Manuel Rodriguez
- Sally Collins; Director, US Department of Agriculture, Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets; Ecosystem Services and Markets: Towards an investment strategy for conservation, English & español
- Martha Isabel (Pati) Ruiz Corzo; Directora, Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda; Implementing a Grassroots Strategy Involving Multiple Stakeholders, English & español
PANEL – WILD NATURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION
Moderator – Fred Boltz, Senior Vice President, Global Strategies; Conservation International – Natural Solutions to the Climate Crisis – Critical Policies and Actions, English & español
- Dr Brendan Mackey, Australian National University; Chair, IUCN President’s Council Task Force on Climate Change; The Nature of the Climate – Time to Reunite the UNFCCC and CBD, English & español
- Nik Lopoukine, Chairman, World Commission on Protected Areas; The Convention on Biodiversity and it’s Programme of Work – A Critical Partner for UNFCCC, English & español
- MC Adriana Nelly Correa Sandoval, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; Integrating Nature into Climate Change Action in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, English & español
- Peg Putt, Climate Change Policy, Wilderness Society, Australia – A Critical Appraisal of UNFCCC Negotiations, English & español
- The Mensaje de Merida – Taking Action Now on Climate Change and Wilderness Carlos Manuel Rodriguez and Michael Sweatman, The WILD Foundation (Original & Translation)
PHOTOGRAPHY KEYNOTE
Art Wolfe, Fellow, International League of Conservation Photographers, Window to the Himalayas
– AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS –
THE WILD BLUE I – GLOBAL MARINE WILDERNESS
- Brian Skerry, National Geographic Contributing Photographer; Fellow, International League of Conservation Photographers; Window into the Oceans
- James Kurth – Deputy Chief, Wildlife Refuge System, US Fish and Wildlife Service – Marine Wilderness, a New Era
