"This year's Congress will take place in the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB) at Barcelona, Spain.

The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the world’s largest and most important conservation event. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development.

More than 8,000 of the world’s leading decision makers in sustainable development -- from government, the public sector, non-governmental organizations, business, UN agencies, social organizations and academia -- will discuss, debate and decide solutions for the world’s most pressing environment and development issues.

The Congress starts with the four-day Forum run by IUCN members and partners discussing cutting edge ideas, thinking and practice. The Forum leads into the four-day IUCN Members’ Assembly, a unique global environmental parliament of governments and NGOs."