I have a background in environmental sciences, agriculture, and rural development, focusing on land use dynamics, socio-economic systems, and biodiversity conservation. I have developed experience and ...
IUCN COMMISSION GROUP
IUCN CEM Young Professionals Network
Overview and description
Description:
The Young Professionals Network of CEM is a voluntary group of young professionals associated with ecosystem management. All members of the YPN are members of CEM and are under 35 years of age.
Group leadership
Dr Michael RUGGERI
Lead
I have a background in environmental sciences, agriculture, and rural development, focusing on land use dynamics, socio-economic systems, and biodiversity conservation. I have developed experience and grown a strong interest in scenario building and analysis, identifying pathways for socio-economic development, biodiversity restoration, and climate action. I am also passionate about participatory approaches, creating roadmaps that integrate diverse perspectives, including those of farmers, youth, and early-career researchers. Currently, I work as a researcher at Oxford University, contributing to conservation efforts compatible with sustainable resource use. Additionally, I co-coordinate GYBN Europe, mobilising young people and promoting biodiversity literacy.
CEM YPN Activities
The CEM YPN already has a blog and a Facebook page in addition to a place within the Intergenerational partnership. All CEM YPN members are welcome to submit articles for the blog post and encouraged to not only share relevant events with the network, but furthermore to actively organise CEM relevant events (i.e. panels and symposia) as part of appropriate conferences under a CEM endorsement (prior to submission as a CEM endorsed event listings should be submitted via this link for approval by CEM network members).
In addition, we have created an online forum - 'Young Professionals Forum' on the CEM YPN website. We invite all YP to participate in the discussion. The details on how the forum works can be seen in the page on the above link.
We use digital media to promote periodic events, in addition to regional and thematic meetings. You can connect with us on Twitter and Facebook.
Task Force on Intergenerational Partnership
Inspired by IUCN Resolution 4.098 on Intergenerational Partnership, members of young professionals groups across Commissions joined together with several senior colleagues to form the Task Force in September 2011 to promote youth engagement and intergenerational partnership in support of the IUCN’s vision of a "just world that values and conserves biodiversity."
A year later, it had grown to over 100 diverse members from more than 40 countries around the world, representing all parts of the IUCN family and partners. Since the Congress in Jeju, South Korea, much of the Task Force's work is based on Resolution 008 on Increasing Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnership across and through the Union as a platform. For more information visit our blog.