Rencontres de Fontainebleau: The future of landscapes, a new relationship for people and nature
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30 - 31 August 2018
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is celebrating its anniversary at Fontainebleau, where the Union was founded 70 years ago. The event will focus on the future of cultural landscapes, including the places that have been created through agricultural, pastoralist and sacred use. It will address the shifts in thinking, policy, practice and financing that are necessary to secure conservation of nature and benefits for people in a time of rapid change.
Topics will include how to create agricultural and pastoral economies that not only meet needs for food, but protect biodiversity and support cultural practices that have shaped the biodiverse landscapes valued by so many people. The event will also address the experience of indigenous peoples in securing protection and conservation of the cultural, natural and spiritual values of their territories, and also the leadership role of communities of faith in landscape conservation.
UNCCD Executive Secretary Ms. Monique Barbut will address the participants with the speech "Our Inhabited Garden. Reconnecting Mankind with Nature." Read more...