About IUCN World Conservation Congress:
- It is the largest gathering of nature conservation experts, leaders and decision-makers in the world.
- It will help shape global priorities for nature conservation and climate change for the coming decade and beyond.
- It is held once-every-four-years.
- It has three components
- Forum: It is the largest knowledge marketplace for conservation and sustainable development science, practice and innovation.
- Exhibition: In the Exhibition, IUCN Members and Commissions, businesses, partners, and academia host pavilions, booths and events.
- Member’s Assembly: It is IUCN’s highest decision-making body. During the Assembly, IUCN’s Member organisations vote on pressing conservation and sustainable development issues.
- Theme of IUCN Congress 2025: Under the theme “Powering transformative conservation”, the IUCN Congress 2025 will tackle five critical themes, each driving the bold, transformative change needed to secure a sustainable future for both nature and humanity.
What is IUCN?
- IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is a membership Union of government and civil society organisations.
- It was created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources.
- Governance of IUCN
- President and Council: The council is IUCN’s principal governing body in between sessions of the World Conservation Congress. The IUCN President presides over the IUCN Council.
- IUCN World Conservation Congress: The Members’ Assembly of the IUCN World Conservation Congress is IUCN’s highest governing body. IUCN Members discuss strategic topics, adopt motions defining IUCN’s general policy, approve the IUCN programme, amend IUCN’s statutes and elect the IUCN Council.
- IUCN Statutes: It lays out the governance of IUCN.
