日本国内活動報告（ IUCN - J ） - インターシップレポート／Activity Report in Japan（ IUCN - J ） - Internship Report
2025年3月24日 12時01分国際自然保護連合日本委員会（ IUCN - J ）
Graduate School of Science and Technology Master's Program in Geosciences M2
Jara Orrego Oyuki Gissel
【 IYCB conference in Yokohama 2024 】
The conference IYCB conference was held in August 2024 in Yokohama City, Japan, in collaboration with GYBN, the Ministry of Environment of Japan, the City of Yokohama, the Secretariat of the CBD, and the Japan Biodiversity Fund. This conference was held with the objective of giving the young people the opportunity to develop bonds and networks with other national and regional participants from diverse sectors and create a movement to
drive transformative change for the success of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity
Framework.
It was my first time attending such a big conference with people worldwide, some of them had never been abroad. That made the conference more interesting and inclusive. I was able to be on the front side of how the organization is and how many things should be done for this to happen.
Each day was very well designed to take one topic, there were four main topics: 1) understanding where we are, why, and where to go; 2) reflecting on our actions and learning from our experiences and; 3) making way for transformation and weaving a new story and the last one planting seeds of hope.
I was impressed by how they approached all this content through discussions, lectures, art sessions, and cultural nights. I was also able to participate in many discussions and hear the amazing session of Melina Sakiyama, co-founder of GYBN, her talks are always very inspirational for me.
This conference opened my mind to different aspects of how many young people from all over the world are taking part in doing what they can do on their side to protect biodiversity. It inspired me to be more active and involved in protecting nature.
We are different young people from all over the world who were split, but we are now together working for the same aim “Protect our home, the nature”.
International Youth Conference on Biodiversity closing ceremony