Last Thursday, thousands of representatives from world governments, civil society, Indigenous peoples’ groups, academia, the scientific community, and businesses came together for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress. This year’s Congress, held in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, focused on transformative conservation and innovation.
The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the leading international forum for nature conservation, with more than 10,000 attendees and 1,400 member organizations this year alone. Resolutions, which are democratically passed by the Member Assembly, have a global impact, especially as 139 draft resolutions, many of which were preliminarily accepted online, are expected to pass by electronic vote or live discussion.
Thursday’s Opening Ceremony, aimed to “revitalize[e] global governance for nature and people,” highlighting the need for multilateral cooperation in an increasingly polarized world. This mission, to create stronger governance through international structures, is one that the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) strongly endorses. Healthy whistleblower protections and incentives are essential to combat transnational environmental crimes.
Scott Hajost, NWC’s Senior Environmental Policy Adviser, led NWC’s efforts in the Congress to promote whistleblowers.
Whistleblowers are key to calling out corporations and governments that engage in illegal fishing, illegal logging, wildlife trafficking,...
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