From October 9 – 15 this year, IUCN Members, Commissions and partners will gather in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 (WCC) to address global environmental challenges and discuss conservation priorities for the next decade.

As Canada’s State member representative to IUCN, Parks Canada is coordinating the federal government’s participation in Congress and a Canada Pavilion to showcase Canadian leadership, collaborative work and priorities in nature conservation.

This pavilion will serve as a hub of innovation, collaboration and knowledge sharing, helping people connect on conservation needs, honouring and learning from Indigenous stewards, and inspiring the next generation of environmental leaders. 

We invite Canadian organisations planning on attending the congress to submit proposals for programming and/or to use the space for networking at Congress. 

We hope to see a strong and diverse Canadian presence at the Congress. While IUCN has shared a Provisional Congress Agenda, the detailed schedule is currently under development. With many details about the Congress still to come, flexibility and collaboration over the coming months will be important. Parks Canada is looking forward to collaborating with Canadian attendees over the next few months on this significant conservation gathering.

Proposal review and selection will be conducted by Canada’s WCC Intergovernmental Working Group.