Here with Andrew Gonzalez | La Science de la Biodiversité au Service de l’Economie Circulaire
On December 5, the lunch break will be an opportunity to discuss the links between the circular economy and biodiversity. Please note that this webinar will be held in French; audience questions may be asked in English.
In this webinar, Professor Andrew Gonzalez will discuss the key ways in which knowledge from biodiversity science can be combined with the circular economy model. He will present our current understanding of biodiversity evolution and the risks that arise from the unsustainable loss of biodiversity. Professor Gonzalez will show how monitoring and indicators can be used to assess our progress, integrate knowledge across all sectors and guide actions away from a linear economy. Ecosystem restoration and protection must be combined within the framework of the circular economy if we are to achieve the societal transformation needed to meet the goals and targets of the UN CBD Global Biodiversity Framework.
About the speaker
Andrew Gonzalez is a professor at McGill University and founding director of the Centre de la Science de la Biodiversité du Quebec. He holds the Liber Ero Research Chair in Biodiversity Conservation in the Department of Biology at McGill University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is co-chair of the Group on Earth Observations – Biodiversity Observation Networks (GEO BON), an international network of experts dedicated to supporting biodiversity monitoring. He is also co-chair of the IPBES assessment on biodiversity monitoring. In 2018, he co-founded Habitat, a biodiversity and ecosystems consultancy.
