Upcoming webinar on the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

You are invited to an exceptionally timely webinar…

The New Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

How the global community negotiated an ambitious plan to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030

Friday March 10, 2023,10:00 EST / 11:00 AST / 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET / 22:00 ICT

Featured speaker: Basile van Havre, Co-chair to the Open-Ended Working Group tasked with development of the GBF

Mr. Basile van Havre was Co-Chair for the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Open-Ended Working Group tasked with the development of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. He has over 30 years of experience working in Canada’s Environment Department. In addition to being Canada’s CBD focal point, his roles over the years included both Director General of the Biodiversity Policy and Partnerships and Director of Population Conservation and Management at the Canadian Wildlife Service, Chair of the CITES Elephant working group and CBD Discussions on Indigenous Knowledge and Repatriation, Co-Chair of the International Joint Commission on Great Lakes Water Quality Board, and Director at the Meteorological Service of Canada.

Register in advance for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

This webinar is hosted by the School of the Environment and the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Canada) and the Community Conservation Research Network.

For further information, please contact CCRN@SMU.CA.