Inclusive Conservation: Key for Advancing Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion in the Global South

29 October 2024
2:00-2:45 PM 
COP16 Green Zone
Auditorio principal de Cali
Centro cultural de Cali
Carrera 5 con calle 7

Context: Protected Areas (PAs), marine and terrestrial, are crucial for biodiversity conservation and offer natural solutions to climate change, health, and well-being. After peace agreements, challenges and opportunities for environmental protection and peacebuilding arise. The event will discuss the role of territorial and marine PAs and OMECs (other effective area-based conservation and measures), where ethnic and local communities play an active role, in maintaining ecological stability and supporting peaceful, inclusive societies.

Hosts: Environmental Peacebuilding Association, adelphi, Community of Practice on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) / Peace@CBD

Event Objectives: This event aims to foster a rich dialogue on the critical intersection of biodiversity conservation and peacebuilding. It will provide valuable insights and actionable strategies to be discussed and implemented after COP 16 on Biodiversity in Colombia to strengthen a global coalition of peace with nature. 

Among others the event aims to explore the potential for coordinated biodiversity policies and strategies that promote inclusive conservation to foster peacebuilding and social cohesion. It will highlight how nature and biodiversity are utilized as platforms for peace and reconciliation in the Global South, focusing on case studies from Colombia, Ethiopia, South Africa and others.

Speakers:

  • Dr. Julia Gorricho (Blue Action Fund) - South Africa

  • Héctor Morales Muñoz (adelphi) – Colombia

  • Mitiku Haile (Tropenbos) –  Ethiopia

  • Moderator: Tim Stork (Tilburg University)

Please note that this event will be held in person and in English.

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