Measuring the Pulse of European Biodiversity: Scaling-Up Red List Applications to Guide Policy and Action

12/10/2025
17:30 - 18:30
IDEA Campaign & IUCN ENCA

Por qué asistir

Discover how IUCN and partners are advancing Europe’s largest biodiversity reassessment, spanning 10,000+ species across 11 groups. Learn how Red List data and the Red List Index inform EU policies, track extinction risks, provide practical conservation recommendations and inform global strategies—equipping participants to apply insights within their own contexts.

Descripción de la sesión

This session will showcase how IUCN and more than 40 expert institutions are reassessing the conservation status of over 10,000 species across 11 taxonomic groups in Europe, with support from the European Commission. These updated Red List assessments contribute to a more comprehensive Red List Index (RLI), helping track biodiversity trends at EU and Pan-European scales. In addition, selected results feed into Assess to Plan reports, developed by species experts in collaboration with the Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG), which translate science into practical conservation planning recommendations on the ground. The presentation will highlight the scale of collaboration, approaches used, and how this work provides essential evidence for policy development, conservation action, and monitoring progress under the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Participants will also gain insights into how similar approaches can be applied in national or global contexts.
Organised by
Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office
Asociaciones
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European Regional Office
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Species Survival Commission

Speaker

Speaker Mahboobeh SHIRKHORSHIDI

Measuring the Pulse of European Biodiversity: Scaling-Up Red List Applications to Guide Policy and Action

Speaker Ann-Katrine GARN

Director of Conservation

Measuring the Pulse of European Biodiversity: Scaling-Up Red List Applications to Guide Policy and Action