IUCN event | 03 Feb, 2023

International Marine Protected Areas Congress, (IMPAC5) IUCN events

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Join us in Vancouver, Canada for the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5), a global forum that brings together ocean conservation professionals and high-level officials to inform, inspire and act on marine protected areas.

All times below are in PST (Vancouver time)

 

February 3

 

Time 08:00-12:30  

30x30: What's Next? Indicators and Growing IPLC Coverage (Pew, IUCN)

  • 08:00 - 08:30 Networking Breakfast
  • 08:30-12:30 Half-day Workshop 

Event type: Private (invitation only)

Location: West Building, Rooms 223-224

Event flyer - Pew IUCN 30x30 Whats NextPhoto: Pew

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Time 08:30-12:00  

Marine Protected Areas Agency Partnership (MPAAP) In-Person Meeting (OFB, IUCN)

Event type: Private (invitation only)

Location: West Building, Rooms 214

Event flyer - Marine Protected Area Agency Partnership (MPAAP)Photo: MPAAP

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Time 12:00-13:30  

Great Blue Wall Regenerative Seascapes, a Nature and People Positive Pathway to Achieve 30x30

Event type: Live presentations and Q&A

Location: West Building, Rooms 215-216

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Time 12:30-14:00  

Identifying, Recognising and Reporting OECMs: Experiences in Implementing COP Decision 14/8

Event type: Live presentations and Q&A

Location: West Building, Rooms 215-216

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February 4

 

Time: 14:00 - 15:30  

Marine Conservation And Sustainable Aquaculture, For Marine Protected Areas And Coastal Communities (IUCN CEM E-bAG, TNC)

Event type: Live presentations and discussion

Location: West Building, Room 206

Event flyer - Conservation and Sustainable Aquaculture for MPAs and Coastal CommunitiesPhoto: IUCN

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Time: 16:00 - 17:30  

From Local To Global Data For Biodiversity Monitoring And Conservation: MPA Experiences In The BIOPAMA Programme (IUCN)

Event type: Live presentations and discussion

Location: West Building, Room 223 -224

BIOPAMA data from Local to Global event flyerPhoto: IUCN

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Time: 17:00 - 19:00  

From Knowledge to Action for Marine Protected Areas: the State Of Protected And Conserved Areas In The Wider Caribbean (IUCN)

Event type: Live presentations and discussion

Location: West Building, Ballroom Foyer

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Time: 17:30 - 19:30  

Establishing MPAs in the High Seas (IUCN)

Event type: Film premier, live presentations and discussion

Location: West Building, Room 111-112

Establishing MPAs in the high seas event flyerPhoto: IUCN

 

February 5

 

Time:  11:30 - 13:30 

Deep-sea Mining - From Science to Indigenous Interests (Sails of Change)

Event type: Preview of major new documentary co-produced by Dona Bertarelli, narrated by Jason Momoa, followed by live panel and discussions

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

Event flyer - Ledunfly DEEP RISINGPhoto: Ledunfly

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Time 11:30 - 13:00  

From Knowledge To Action: A Case Study Of Protected Area Management Effectiveness In Belize (IUCN)

Event type: Live presentation and discussion

Location: West Building, Room 205

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Time 13:30 - 15:00  

Pathway to Protect Critical High Seas Areas (Coral Reef of the High Seas Coalition [CRHS] and Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Event type: Live presentation and discussion

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

Pathway to protect critical high seas event flyer Photo: IUCN

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Time: 15:30 - 16:30  

Growing and solidifying the Marine Protected Area Agency Partnership (IUCN)

Event type: Live presentations and discussion

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

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Time 16:30 - 18:00

International Marine Protected Areas Network (IMPANA): MPA connectivity tools (Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB), IUCN) 

Event type: Live presentation and discussion

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

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Time 18:00 - Close

Indigenous Leadership and ocean policy foresight (WWF Coastal Communities, IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas) 

Event type: Live presentation and discussion

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

 

February 6

Time  10:00 - 11:15 

A Followup Dialog with Indigenous Leaders and Experts from the 30x30: What's Next? Quality and Metrics Workshop (Pew, IUCN, IUCN WCPA) 

Event type: Open listening and learning session

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

IMPAC5 WCPA and Pew 30x30 Indigenous follow up dialogue event flyerPhoto: Pew

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Time  11:00 - 12:00 

Solutions from the Sea: Catalyzing Nature-based Solutions for Climate, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (Canada, USA, IUCN)

Event type: Live presentation and discussion

Location: West Building, Room 201

Event flyer - SolutionsFromTheSeaPhoto: IUCN

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Time  12:00 - 13:30 

Regenerative Seascapes - Accelerating implementation of the Great Blue Wall by unlocking pathways to a nature and people positive future (Great Blue Wall, IUCN)

Event type: Announcement, Live presentation and discussion

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

IMPAC5 Great Blue Wall Event flyerPhoto: IUCN

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Time 16:00 - 17:30

Launch Of The Publication “State Of Marine Protected Areas Of West Africa” (IUCN) 

Event type: Publication Launch with live presentation and discussion

Location: West Building, Room 205

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Time 16:00 - 17:30

Conserving Our Sea Of Islands – Status Of And Opportunities For MPAs In The Pacific (IUCN)

Event type: Live presentation and discussion

Location: West Building, Room 202

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Time 16:30 - 18:00

Advancing 30x30 and Protecting Boundaries Beyond National Jurisdiction: The Voice of Young Professionals

(SOA, ECOP Canada, Parley Ocean Uprise, University of British Columbia, First Nations Fisheries Council, and Ocean Wise Ocean Bridge, IUCN) 

Event type: Live presentation and discussion

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

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Time 17:00 - 19:00

IUCN WCPA Awards Ceremony & #NatureForAll Love Fest Launch (IUCN) 

Event type: Live presentation and discussion

Location: Segal Graduate School of Business, 500 Granville Street Room, 1200-1500 Vancouver

Notes:

IUCN WCPA Awards Night event flyerPhoto: IUCN WCPA

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Time 18:00 - Close

25 years of financing MPA projects (FFEM & OFB) 

Event type: Live presentation and discussion

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

25 years of Financing MPAs - event flyerPhoto: OFB

 

February 7

Time 13:30 - 15:00 

MPA Quality Matters: How do Blue Parks help achieve it?

(Marine Conservation Institute, The Blue Quest, Blue Parks Science Council, IUCN)

Event type: Live presentations and discussion

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

Blue Parks - MPA Quality event flyer Photo: Blue Parks

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Time 14:00 - 15:30 

Important Shark and Ray Areas - Putting sharks on the map: a global standard for improving shark area-based conservation 

(IUCN SSC Shark Specialist group, IMMAs group, Shark conservation Fund)

Event type: Live presentations and discussion

Location: West Building, Room 202

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Time 15:00 - 16:30 

IUCN in North America - Open House for Members and Potential Members (IUCN) 

Event type: Live presentations and discussion

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

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Time 16:00 - 17:30 

Navigating High Seas MPAs and other ABMTs in 4 Dimensions: Integrating Horizontal, Vertical and Temporal Connectivity 

(IUCN)

Event type: Live presentations and discussion

Location: West Building, Room 205

Event flyer - IUCN IMPAC5 Knowledge Sharing High SeasPhoto: IUCN

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Time 18:00 - Close

IUCN Ocean networking open house (IUCN) 

Event type: Live presentations, discussion, open house to bring all IMPAC5 attendees to

Location: IUCN Pavilion, Ocean Expo space

 

 

February 8

 

Time: 14:00 - 15:30 

Sustainable Finance For MPAs (IUCN, Global Ocean Trust, Blue Alliance Philippines, Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association)

Event type: Live presentations and discussions

Location: West Building, Room 211-214

Sustainable finance for marine protected areas event flyerPhoto: IUCN

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Time 14:00 - 15:30 

Strengthen MPA Effectiveness And Equitable Governance In The Coral Triangle Through Site-Level Knowledge Exchange

(Coral Triangle Centre, Sabah Parks, WWF Malaysia)

Event type: Live presentations and discussions

Location: West Building, Room 206

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Time 15:00 - 16:30 

Marine Connectivity Conservation ‘Rules Of Thumb’: Applying Guidelines to MPA and MPA Network Design and Management (Marine Connectivity Conservation Group)

Event type: Live presentations and discussions

Location: West Building, Room 111-112

Event flyer - Marine Connectivity Conservation Rules Of ThumbPhoto: MCCG

February 9

 

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