In light of the postponement of the World Conservation Congress, an electronic vote held last months of 2020 allowed IUCN Members to approve 109 motions on urgent issues affecting the current loss of biodiversity. In the Mediterranean region, Nature-based Solutions, water spring ecosystems and invasive alien species were some of the main topics of the motions, which now enter in force as resolutions and recommendations.

The Mediterranean IUCN Membres were very active and they promoted 32 motions. All were approved electronically and 5 motions are still pending of the final vote during the celebration of the IUCN World Conservation Congress now scheduled for 3 - 11 September 2021 in Marseille.

Motions are the mechanism by which IUCN Members influence third parties and guide the policy and Programme of IUCN. As the only international conservation forum that brings governments, civil society and indigenous peoples’ organisations to the same table, the IUCN Members’ Assembly carries a powerful mandate.

For further details on IUCN’s last approved motions, please visit the website of the World Conservation Congress: https://www.iucncongress2020.org/assembly/motions 

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