At IUCN’s World Conservation Congress which took place a year ago, the Members adopted Resolution 8.081 on Advancing the sustainable management, use, and trade of wild species. This resolution recognises
The mission of IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is clear and longstanding: Influence, encourage and assist societies to conserve the integrity and diversity of
When resources are scarce, biodiversity conservation usually loses the funding battle. This was one of the clearest messages to come out of both the meetings of the CBD’s Subsidiary Bodies
UNCCD COP17 is taking place in Ulaanbaatar during the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026). It marks a pivotal moment for global land‑use policy. While the Convention has
UNEP promotes its Global Environment Outlook 7 (GEO-7) report as “the most comprehensive scientific assessment of the global environment,” one “that compares the current trajectory of the global environment —
The 28th meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 28) convened in Nairobi from 27 July to 1 August 2026. While much of the
Though sustainable use is always directly or at least indirectly on the agendas of multilateral processes relevant to biodiversity, there are currently some interesting and mutually supportive developments. These developments
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) has largely settled the debate over whether sustainable use belongs within biodiversity conservation. The challenge now is far more practical: can governments create the
Discussions around CITES listings often focus on whether a species meets the biological criteria for inclusion in one of the Convention’s Appendices. Those criteria, set out in Resolution Conf. 9.24
At the current meetings of the CITES Animals and Plants Committees (AC 34 and PC28), there is a most interesting document tabled by South Africa and Switzerland on the Inclusion
