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SPECIAL EVENT: Non-State Actor Action Forum on OECMs


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Global Environmental Institute and a conglomerate of partners presents the OECM Forum at COP16. A Whole of Society Approach Accelerates the Implementation of the GBF: 30x30 Target, OECMs and Local Community Cooperation Action Come and share your experience!

Don’t miss this full afternoon of presentations and discussions around OECM implementation.

High level opening remarks will precede the following sessions:

Session 1: Keynote speeches (14:20-15:00) Moderator: Mr. PENG Kui (GEI)

IUCN-OECM, Mr. Harry Jonas
High Ambition Coalition, Ms. Odile Conchou
PEW, Ms. Masha Kalinina
UNESCO-MAB, San José, Mr. Juan Criado

Session 2: Governance of states and non-state actors tackle 30 × 30 targets and OECMs (15:00-15:50) Moderator: Ms. WANG Qian (GEI)

China’s biodiversity strategy and ecological Redline System, Mr. GAO Jixi
Development Path of OECMs in Japan: Process, Evaluation Standards, Certification, and Incentive Mechanisms, International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) (Ms. Maiko NISHI)
Development Path of OECMs in South Africa: Process, Evaluation Standards, Certification, and Incentive Mechanisms, South Africa (Mr. Pedro Menezes)
OECMs system and marine conservation in Indonesia, RARE in Indonesia(Hari Hkushardanto)
China’s OECM system: roadmap and strategies, GEI (Mr. PENG Kui)
Application of OECM framework in Colombia, TICCA-OECM, Colombia, (Ms. Ana Beatriz Barona)
Session 3: Implementing and upscaling of OECM governance by multiple actors (16:40-17:30) Moderator: Mr. Yemi Katerere (ACBA)
Voluntary contributions and Actions on OECMs by China’s Non-State Actors, SEE Foundation (Mr. YANG Biao)
Latin America’s OECM Collaborative Agenda 2025-2030. WWF (Lucía Ruiz)
ICCAs and 30×30 target, ICCA Consortium, (Mr. Giovanni Reyes)
How trails benefit OECMs: cases from Pan-America, IUCN WCPA Trails and Conservation Working Group and World Trails Network,(Mr. Pedro Menezes)
Barriers and roadmaps for biodiversity conservation by civil societies, Chinese Academy of Science and GEI (Ms. WANG Qian)

Roundtable discussion (17:30-17:55) Moderator: Ms. LU Zhi (Peking Unv.)