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26th-27th November

Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

26th-27th November 2022

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Saturday 25th

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From 8 a.m. Registration, coffee

8:45 a.m. Members introduce themselves at their roundtables

9.00 a.m. Introduction by the Chairperson, Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin

Industry and Biodiversity

9:05 a.m. What is the value of Biodiversity? – Prof. Jenny McElwaine, TCD

9:10 a.m. What is industry doing and how can they engage with biodiversity? Lucy Gaffney – Platform Development Manager, Business for Biodiversity

9:25 a.m. Voices from Industry

– Stephen Nolan, Managing Director, UNDP Financial Services for Sustainability

– Deirdre Ryan, Director of Origin Green, Bord Bia

– Shane Dineen, Environment and Planning Manager, Fáilte Ireland

– Ian Talbot, Chief Executive, Chambers Ireland

9:45 am Discussion

10:05am Q&A

10:25 a.m. Biodiversity in the Education System (current status and potential) – Codie Preston,Irish Schools Sustainability Network

10:45 a.m. Q&A

11 a.m. Dame Dr Jane Goodall

11:15 a.m. Coffee

11:30 a.m. Draft recommendations and ballot papers – the process

– Chairperson, Dr. Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin

11.35 a.m. Roundtable Discussion – draft recommendations on which there is broad agreement

12.35 p.m. Lunch

1.35 p.m. Plenary session – draft recommendations on which there is broad agreement

2.35 p.m Roundtable Discussion – Ballot Papers 1A & 1B and 2A & 2B (Agriculture, Freshwater, Marine/Coastal)

3.35 p.m. Coffee

3.50 p.m. Plenary session – Ballot Papers 1A & 1B and 2A & 2B (Agriculture, Freshwater, Marine/Coastal)

4.50 p.m. Roundtable discussion – Ballot Papers 3 – 6 (Peatlands, Protected sites and species, Forestry, Invasive species, Funding, Urban landscape, Community)

5.50 p.m. Voting on Ballot papers 1A & 1B and 2A & 2B (Agriculture, Freshwater, Marine/Coastal)

6 p.m. Conclusion