Overview

• The IUCN World Conservation Congress runs October 9–15 in Abu Dhabi under the theme “Power of Transformative Change.”
• Samaddar is slated to participate in commission thematic sessions and country pavilions during the gathering.
• He plans to engage policymakers and activists to draw attention to encroachment threatening Assam’s wetlands.
• The Congress convenes conservation experts and decision-makers every four years to advance biodiversity and climate goals.
• The Rangia-born Delhi University undergraduate is a Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar recipient and serves on IUCN’s CEESP.