Partnering with experts from around the globe, the BioBiz Exchange webinars are an opportunity to share inspiring stories, lessons and ideas that can be replicated by civil society actors working to influence business and biodiversity outcomes.
Each webinar addresses timely questions raised by IUCN Members and civil society partners, who are engaging with business to make a difference for conservation.
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Creating effective multi-stakeholder partnerships for conservation (December 10, 2020) En, Fr, Sp How to establish multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) was the top need that emerged from a recent IUCN survey on the conservation community’s readiness and willingness to engage with business. MSPs are an effective means to understand different perspectives and identify a common agenda for scaling up action to improve outcomes for people and nature. The final IUCN BioBiz Exchange webinar of the current series on 10 Dec at 14:00 CET (En, Fr, and Sp.) featured Herman Brouwer, Senior advisor on Multi-stakeholder Processes in Food Security at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, who presented the MSP Guide and resources (available in En, Fr and Sp). We also heard two successful case studies of MSPs from Jaime Nalvarte Armas, Director of Peruvian NGO AIDER, and Carla Danelutti, Ecosystem Resilience and Spatial Planning Manager from the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, followed by participants' discussions in break out rooms to discuss lessons in their context. Listen to the webinar; View slides; Read the webinar summary |
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Engaging business at a landscape level - lessons from the Shared Resources, Joint Solutions Programme (September 24, 2020) In this 8th PANORAMA webinar, be inspired by inspiring stories from Uganda and Benin, on successful business engagement with support from the Shared Resources, Joint Solutions Programme. We also provided an overview of the results of the recent IUCN survey on influencing business in the conservation community, to which we received nearly 400 responses. Listen to the webinar; View Slides; Read the webinar summary |
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Advancing action on nature through business platforms (June 25, 2020) In this 7th IUCN BioBiz webinar, we will find out how civil society can use multi-stakeholder platforms as a tool to raise awareness and promote action by business on nature. We will first hear about success factors for establishing business platforms from former IUCN colleague Hélène Marre, who undertook a study of eight such platforms in the IUCN network, before hearing about three successful platforms from Sri Lanka, South Africa, and France. Read the webinar summary; Listen to the webinar ; View Slides |
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Using policy to influence business practices (March 03, 2020) In this 6th Panorama webinar on business engagement, we highlight the ways in which civil society organisations can use policy, both directly and indirectly to influence business practices. Command-and-control policies enacted by the State are commonly used to prevent environmental and social impacts of business on nature; however, this webinar explores other policy tools and pathways that civil society can actively use to motivate business to change its practices. The IUCN Environmental Law Centre will provide an introduction of these various policy concepts and resources, and Tropenbos International Ghana present an engaging case study. Read the webinar summary; Listen to the webinar ; View Slides |
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Mobilizing finance for conservation (December 12, 2019) Out of $400B USD estimated for environmental finance, only $52B USD flows in conservation projects mostly from governments. Countries are facing increasing socio-economic and political pressures, while conservation urgently requires further support; we need to understand how to better mobilize finance for conservation. For example, if we agree that it is not enough for businesses to solely restore landscapes to address their impact on biodiversity loss, then how can we incentivize them to do more for biodiversity net gain, such as making business case for financing protected areas? Overall, the necessity to gather all pertinent actors, to ask the important questions, address the issues, but most importantly share solutions that have proven successful, is an imperative. Read the webinar summary; Listen to the webinar ; View Slides |
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Working with the agricultural sector to enhance nature (September 26, 2019) In this 4th PANORAMA webinar on business engagement, we focus on engaging the agricultural sector to enhance nature and livelihoods. After a short overview on the successful change approaches from IUCN member Rare, two PANORAMA solutions are showcased. This interactive webinar gives you the opportunity to hear directly from those who have successfully transformed agricultural practices. Read the webinar summary; Listen to the webinar ; View Slides |
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How to engage business on nature-based solutions (June 27, 2019) In this 3rd PANORAMA webinar on business engagement, we focus on engaging business on nature-based solutions. Following a short overview on nature based solutions and their links to business, two PANORAMA solutions are showcased. This interactive webinar gives you the opportunity to hear directly from those who have engaged business on nature-based solutions and allows plenty of time to ask your own questions. Read the webinar summary; Listen to the webinar ; View Slides |
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How to engage the extractives sector - inspirational stories from civil society (March 28, 2019) In this 2nd PANORAMA Solutions webinar on business engagement, we will focus on engaging the extractives sector. Samir Whitaker from ZSL shares a resource guide for CSOs on engaging the extractives sector, which is now available for comment. Afterwards, two inspirational case studies are shared: on engaging artisanal miners in Mongolia (with the Asia Foundation) and developing an industry biodiversity protocol with Rio Tinto (with IUCN's Business & Biodiversity Programme). You get the opportunity to hear directly from those who have successfully engaged the extractives sector and plenty of time to ask your own questions. |
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How to engage business - inspirational stories from civil society (December 13, 2018) In this PANORAMA Solutions webinar, be inspired by three examples of civil society engaging and changing business practices. Hosted by IUCN's Global Business and Biodiversity Programme, this interactive webinar gives you the opportunity to hear directly from those who have successfully engaged the private sector, as well as learn how you can also share your own solutions to business engagement through the PANORAMA Solutions platform. |
Learn more
To learn more or share your own experience with engaging business in conservation, please visit the Business Engagement thematic community on the PANORAMA website. For more tips and tools on engaging business, visit the new BioBiz Exchange Resource Guide.
