International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
(asked on 20th April 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make representations to his international counterparts on establishing the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020 as an online conference.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has taken the decision to postpone its World Conservation Congress to January 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There are no plans for it to be held online.
The UK supports IUCN in its planning and preparation for the Congress and will continue to work alongside the organisation to ensure the success of the event.