Side Event

Wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and Welfare as an essential wildlife conservation tool

Organizer
IFAW - the International Fund for Animal Welfare WTI - Wildlife Trust of India

Date and Time
12 October 2012 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11)

The value of rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing individual wild animals back into their ecosystem is often undervalued in the conservation debate. At the side event some outstanding examples contributing to the conservation of biodiversity will be presented and participants are invited to discuss this conservation tool and its benefits to the CBD strategy 2020 implementation process.