Zafer Kızılkaya, Chair of the Board of the Mediterranean Conservation Society, will participate as a speaker in a roundtable discussion at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 6 to 15 March 2026.
Held in parallel with the annual session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the festival stands out as an international platform that brings together cinema, human rights, and environmental issues. As part of this year’s programme, a forum dedicated to rewilding will explore the sixth mass extinction driven by human activities and discuss how degraded ecosystems can be restored.
The roundtable session will open with a video message from Kris Tompkins, who leads one of the world’s largest nature restoration initiatives in Argentina and Chile. Journalists Fabrice Delaye and Serge Michel will also share field experiences from rewilding and biodiversity conservation efforts around the world.
During the forum, Zafer Kızılkaya will present marine conservation and restoration efforts in the Mediterranean, focusing particularly on the community-based marine conservation model developed in Gökova Bay. The discussion will also address the role of ecosystem restoration and rewilding approaches in recovering biodiversity, as well as examples from different regions of the world.
Other speakers participating in the roundtable include Marta Calix from Rewilding Portugal, Lionel Cavin from the Geneva Museum of Natural History, and Camila Chebez from Rewilding Argentina.
This international forum in Geneva is expected to serve as an important meeting point for global discussions on nature restoration and biodiversity conservation.
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