A symposium to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2021 will be held online on 20 May 2021, with the theme “We’re part of the solution #ForNature”. This is co-organised by UNU-IAS, host of the IPSI Secretariat, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, and the Global Environment Outreach Centre (GEOC), with the support of the Japan Committee for United Nations Decade on Biodiversity. It will feature the latest updates on developing the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and initiatives undertaken in Japan. In the panel discussion, the IPSI Secretariat’s Dr. Maiko Nishi will provide insights on ways to “be a part of the solution #ForNature.”

For more information, please see the UNU-IAS website here.

The registration to obtain the Zoom link can be done through the link here.

The brief report of this symposium including presentation materials is available here.