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
A look at the 28th meeting of the CITES Plants Committee (Geneva, 17–23 July 2026) through the lens of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s Target 5. GBF Target 5 Target
A look at the 34th meeting of the CITES Animals Committee (Geneva, 13–17 July 2026) through the lens of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s Target 5. GBF Target 5 Target
Sustainable use has a central role in the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) adopted at the recent 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15). This includes a
Targets 5 (sustainable, safe, legal use, harvesting, and trade of wild species) and 9 (sustainable management and use of wild species for economic, social, environmental benefits) of the Kunming–Montreal Global
Biodiversity conservation, including the sustainable use of wild species, is embedded in a complex system of legal, economic, cultural, and livelihood dimensions. It relates directly to many multilateral processes, both
Despite the long-term recognition of the importance of sustainable use for both conservation and development, however, many multilateral processes undermine or even block sustainable use as a pathway for development
