https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202210/iucn-leaders-forum-define-path-nature-positive-future

Press release | 12 Oct, 2022

IUCN Leaders Forum to define the path to a nature-positive future

Jeju, Korea, 12 October 2022 (IUCN) – The IUCN Leaders Forum, taking place 13-15 October 2022, will tackle the challenge
of measuring progress towards
global biodiversity goals. A key working paper due to be debated at the Forum sets out a quantitative methodology IUCN is developing to help companies, governments and civil society to
measure and track contributions towards protecting and restoring nature. The
working paper will be discussed in a session at the Leaders Forum (13 October,
13:30 – 15:00 KST).

“There is growing support for nature-positive approaches
across society, but we still need to define exactly how the world will measure
progress in a science-based, transparent way,” said IUCN Director General Dr Bruno Oberle. “This inaugural IUCN Leaders Forum provides a much-needed platform to shape ambition,
generate buy-in from across sectors, and drive action towards a measurable,
achievable global biodiversity framework.”

The inaugural IUCN Leaders Forum will be held in
Jeju, Korea, less than two months before the start of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN
Biodiversity Convention in Montreal. Co-hosted by the International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of
Korea, and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, the three-day event brings together global leaders
from national and regional governments, business, academia and civil society
around the vision of nature-positive economies and societies and the steps
needed to achieve it.

IUCN’s nature-positive methodology applies existing, rigorous global standards
and data such as the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and is focused on
delivering social equity. At the Leaders Forum, participants from different
business sectors, governments and civil society will help shape and refine the
methodology before it undergoes an extensive consultation with all relevant
stakeholder groups.

During the event, IUCN will also publicly unveil
its Contributions for Nature
platform, a tool that
allows IUCN, including its Members and Commissions, to document conservation and restoration
actions in a quantitative way.

You will find more information on the event, the
detailed programme and a full list of speakers on the IUCN Leaders Forum website.

The IUCN Leaders Forum will be livestreamed. Sign up here to follow the event remotely.

For questions, please contact:

IUCN media relations, press@iucn.org