Under this event, the Minister of the Environment Pentus-Rosimannus will deliver an opening presentation of discussion panels on two days. On September 9, the Estonian Minister of the Environment will deliver an opening presentation in a panel that will discuss concordance between economic growth and nature-friendly development. On Tuesday, September 11, the Minister of the Environment will deliver an opening presentation in a panel on cross-border nature conservation work. Other important topics of the conference are preservation and restoration of habitats, eco system services and amenities, and sea protection issues. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is the world’s largest nature and environmental protection organisation that shapes the face of the world’s nature conservation and determines the most important problems. In cooperation of scientists and practitioners, the Union also helps to develop measures for solving them. The Union consists of more than thousand members. The republic of Estonia has been a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources since 2007. In addition, the Estonian Fund for Nature also belongs to the Union. All world’s nature conservation agreements have grown out of the IUCN, for example, conventions on biodiversity, trading in endangered species, and wetlands. One of the most well-known activity of the Union is undoubtedly issuing the red books of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, renewed every year. The Estonian delegation also includes Hanno Zingel, Adviser on Nature Conservation, Taimo Aasma, Head of the Nature Conservation Department, and Annikky Lamp, Adviser of the Minister. |
