Key Theme: Nature-based solutions

2025 International Symposium on Conservation Impact

The 6th Salazar Center International Symposium on Conservation Impact will take place May 5 through May 7, 2025, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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In 2022, over 100 nations signed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), committing to protecting 30 percent of the world’s biodiversity by 2030 and to restoring the integrity, resilience, and connectivity of natural ecosystems globally by 2050. Our challenge is critical and urgent with only five years left to meet our 2030 targets. What are we getting right? How do we scale and adapt these solutions across North America to meet the seriousness of the moment?  What gaps must we fill, and what barriers must we overcome? In addition to focusing on science to meet our climate and biodiversity targets, can we repurpose our economic system to enable dramatically better, faster, and more conservation for the benefit of our communities now and for generations to come?

The 2025 Symposium will explore how we can track our progress toward our collective biodiversity goals and how we might evolve the structures and dynamics of our social and economic systems to ensure long-term natural security and socioeconomic stability. We will invite speakers to tackle the difficult questions we must grapple with to build a future that’s fair for everyone on a finite planet.

Location

University of British Columbia, The Nest

6133 University Blvd Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Key Themes

  • Biodiversity
  • Climate change
  • Nature-based solutions

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2023 Symposium on Conservation Impact

Registration is open! The Salazar Center’s fifth annual International Symposium will be held October 11– 12, 2023. 

Register by Friday, July 28 to receive special early-bird pricing!

Across the globe, biodiversity is rapidly deteriorating—faster than any other time in human history—and North America is no exception: over 30% of its biodiversity has declined since 1970. This devastating trend threatens species, ecosystems, and the services they provide, which in turn form the foundation for human well-being and livelihoods. 

Experts and leaders from around the world have acknowledged that the climate and biodiversity crises are inseparable and must ‘be addressed urgently and holistically’ for the benefit of both people and the planet. In this response to this crucial moment, the Salazar Center’s fifth annual International Symposium on Conservation Impact will focus on nature-positive solutions and how they can catalyze better outcomes for climate, biodiversity, and human well-being.

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Dates

Date Start Time End Time
Oct. 11, 2023

Travel Information

CSU Spur is located northeast of I-25 and I-70 in Denver, between the Washington Street and Brighton Boulevard exits. Free parking is available in Lot N (map).

Driving directions 
from the north

  • Take I-25 south to 58th Ave. (exit 215)
  • Travel east on 58th Ave.
  • Turn south onto Franklin St.
  • Continue onto National Western Drive

from the south

  • Take I-25 north to I-70 east
  • Travel east on I-70 to Washington St. (exit 206)
  • Turn north onto Washington St.
  • Turn east onto E. 47th Ave.
  • E. 47th Ave. turns into E. 46th Ave.
  • Turn north onto National Western Drive

Location

CSU Spur, Hydro Building

4777 National Western Drive, Denver, CO 80216

Key Themes

  • Biodiversity
  • Climate change
  • conservation
  • Nature-based solutions

2023 Symposium

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