Media registration: http://events.iucn.org/wcc2012/

Key Issues:

• Nature+ is about boosting natural resilience.
• Conservation works.
• Nature provides solutions to climate change adaptation.

Opportunities/Material for Media:

• Media briefing - Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club - 15H00 Monday, 3 September
• Video On Demand of main events and major press conferences: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wcc2012-eng
• A dedicated web portal with features, news, audio, video and photos for media to download: http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org/news___press/press/
• Daily press briefings and meet the press sessions during Congress, including:
- Green List of Protected Areas
- Latest on coral survival
- Protected Planet Report
- Latest from TEEB, WBCSD and World Bank
• Access to one-on-one interviews with VIP attendees at Congress
• Photo opportunities–a range of events will be organized in Jeju Island
• World Leaders Dialogues: major names discussing the big environmental issues of the day
• Daily on-the-ground stories from Congress via host broadcaster feed, IUCN’s website and social media channels

Some of the many VIP attendees at Congress:
- H.R.H. Prince Carl Philip (Sweden)             - Sylvia Earle (American author and oceanographer)
- Bharrat Jagdeo (former President of Guyana)   - Iruka (Japanese singer & songwriter)
- Peter Bakker (Pres, WBCSD)                             - Bianca Jagger (social and human rights advocate)
- Michael Mack (CEO, Syngenta)                        - Lyonpo Kinzang  Dorji (Former Prime Minister, Bhutan)
- Suk-Chae Lee (Chairman, Korea Telecom)       - Mattias Klum (Photographer, National Geographic)
- Malouma (Mauritanian singer & songwriter) - Cristián Samper (CEO, Wildlife Conservation Society)
- Achim Steiner  (Executive Director, UNEP) - Maurice Strong (former Under-Sec Gen of the UN)
- Rachel Kyte (VP of Sust Dev, The World Bank) - Guillaume Le Cunff (Int Mkt & Strategy Dir, Nespresso)

Spokespersons: Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of IUCN; Nature + Climate Change: Stewart Maginnis, IUCN’s Global Director of Nature Based Solutions, e stewart.maginnis@iucn.org; Nature + People: Gonzalo Oviedo, IUCN Senior Adviser, Social Policy, e gonzalo.oviedo@iucn.org; Nature + Development: Andrew Seidl, Head of IUCN Economics and Environment Programme, e andrew.seidl@iucn.org; Nature + Life: Jane Smart, IUCN Global Director Biodiversity Conservation Group, Species Programme, e jane.smart@iucn.org; Nature + Food: Mark Smith, Director, IUCN Global Water Programme, e  mark.smith@iucn.org.

Media team: Maggie Roth, IUCN Media Relations, m +41 79 104 2460, e maggie.roth@iucn.org; Brian Thomson, Media Relations, m +41 79 721 8326, e brian.thomson@iucn.org  

For more information about the IUCN World Conservation Congress:
• Congress website: www.iucn.org/congress
• Congress fact sheets: http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org/news___press/press/fact_sheet/
• IUCN on Korean environmental issues: http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org/about/korean_environmental_issues/
• Image gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iucnweb/sets/72157627514768600/show/
• Videos of Congress themes:
- Nature+ climate: http://youtu.be/eBUcME6p8P0  
- Nature+ development: http://youtu.be/JUlB5KDA5tU
- Nature+ food: http://youtu.be/npCJCwY9qLw
- Nature+ life: http://youtu.be/a88WNJDGJOg
- Nature+ people and governance: http://youtu.be/dutAs65Wb3Y

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Official Congress hashtag: #IUCN2012