The Ministry for Environment of the Spanish Government, the Department of Environment and Housing of Catalonia, the City Council of Barcelona and the Provincial Government de Barcelona are kindly hosting the IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2008. IUCN thanks all of them for their generous support in the preparation for the Congress.
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Traditionally, a World Conservation Congress is hosted by one of IUCN’s State members.
Preference is given to countries and regions where Congresses have not been held in recent years.
In 2005, 11 State members of IUCN expressed their interest to host the IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2008. Following a review of these proposals and site visits to short-listed cities, IUCN’s Council, at its 65 th meeting in May 2005, decided to accept the offer by the Spanish government, with the Catalan government, to host the Congress in Barcelona.
