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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

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