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SUMMARY:IWC70
DESCRIPTION:70th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC70) \n\n\n\n27 Sep – 02 Oct 2026 \n\n\n\nGrand Chancellor Hotel\, Hobart\, Australia \n\n\n\nProposed resultions \n\n\n\n\nResolution on the Global Trade in Fish Maw and Incidental Catches of Threatened Cetaceans\n\n\n\nResolution on Vessel Strikes\n\n\n\nResolution on Small Cetacean Directed Takes Linked to Commercial Fisherie\n\n\n\nResolution on Cetacean Strandings as a Cross-Cutting Priority of the IWC\n\n\n\nHobart Declaration on the Eightieth Anniversary of the Signing of the International Convention\n\n\n\non the Regulation of Whaling\, 1946\n\n\n\nResolution for the Implementation of a Conservation and Management Program for Whale Stocks aimed towards the Sustainable Use of Whale Resources\n\n\n\n\nOther agenda items include: \n\n\n\n\nABORIGINAL SUBSISTENCE WHALING (ASW)\n\n\n\nWHALE KILLING METHODS AND WELFARE ISSUES (WKM&WI)\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nIWC70 | Biennial Commission Meeting
URL:https://earthmind.org/event/iwc70/
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SUMMARY:The Kunming Dialogue 
DESCRIPTION:07-09 Sep 2026 \n\n\n\nYunnan Haigeng Convention Center\, Kunming\, China \n\n\n\nHosted by the Government of the People’s Republic of China\, the Kunming Dialogue on collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in support of the global review. \n\n\n\n\nan informal technical dialogue among Parties\, indigenous peoples and local communities\, women and youth representatives\, academia\, the private and financial sectors\, experts and other stakeholders \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nKunming Dialogue – Convention on Biological Diversity \n\n\n\nInformation on associated webinars \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://earthmind.org/event/the-kunming-dialogue/
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SUMMARY:Advancing Science-Policy Dialogue for System Transformations Based on the GEO-7 Report
DESCRIPTION:This event aims at fostering a high‑level\, inclusive science-policy dialogue on the findings of the 7th edition of the Global Environment Outlook\, known as GEO-7\, with a focus on translating global evidence into actionable insights and policy‑relevant pathways. \n\n\n\nOrganised by UNEP and partners at the Campus Biotech in Geneva. \n\n\n\nClick here for the GEN event page and registration \n\n\n\nSee an Earthmind comment here: GEO-7 and the Sustainable Use of Wild Species
URL:https://earthmind.org/event/advancing-science-policy-dialogue-for-system-transformations-based-on-the-geo-7-report/
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SUMMARY:UNCCD COP17
DESCRIPTION:The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) \n\n\n\nUlaanbaatar\, Mongolia \n\n\n\nRestoring Land. Restoring Hope\n\n\n\n\nCOP17 is taking place during the United Nations International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026(\, declared by the United Nations General Assembly and championed by Mongolia. This presents a major opportunity to accelerate action on the sustainable management\, restoration and conservation of rangelands\, while spotlighting the needs of pastoralist communities who depend directly on these ecosystems for their livelihoods. \n\n\n\nRangelands cover more than half of the Earth’s land surface\, support the direct livelihoods of around 500 million people and provide one-sixth of the world’s nutrition needs\, yet remain among the planet’s most overlooked and increasingly degraded ecosystems. \n\n\n\n\nUNCCD 17th session of the Conference of the Parties | UNCCD \n\n\n\nMongolian host website for UNCCD COP17 \n\n\n\nEarthmind article: Rangelands\, wild species & the GBF: How UNCCD COP17 can accelerate sustainable use
URL:https://earthmind.org/event/unccd-cop17/
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SUMMARY:CBD SBSTTA 28
DESCRIPTION:Twenty-eighth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific\, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 28)Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nItem 6 of the agenda is on Sustainable wildlife management\n\n\n\n\nIn its decision 16/15\, the Conference of the Parties recognized that the sustainable use and management of wild species contributed to the achievement of relevant goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and to the Sustainable Development Goals.In the same decision\, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary\, subject to the availability of resources\, in collaboration with the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management\, in particular the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora\, and with inputs from Parties\, other Governments\, indigenous peoples and local communities\, and women\, youth and relevant organizations\, to prepare draft global guidance on the sustainable management of wildlife applicable to multiple species and multiple practices\, with a focus on: (a) inclusive and participatory decision-making; (b) the inclusion of multiple systems of knowledge and the recognition of rights; and (c) the equitable distribution of  costs and benefits.Also in the same decision\, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to compile and synthesize information on best practices for sustainable wildlife management submitted by Parties\, other Governments\, subnational governments at all levels\, indigenous people and local communities\, women and relevant organizations\, for consideration by the Subsidiary Body.The Subsidiary Body will have before it a note by the Secretariat containing the synthesis of best practices for sustainable wildlife management and an executive summary of the draft global guidance for the sustainable management of wildlife.9 The draft global guidance itself will beprovided in an information document.The Subsidiary Body will be invited to consider the information contained in the note by the Secretariat and to prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its seventeenth meeting. \n\n\n\n\nCBD/SBSTTA/28/5/Rev.1 Sustainable wildlife mangement \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Subsidiary Body will have before it a note by the Secretariat containing the synthesis ofbest practices for sustainable wildlife management and an executive summary of the draft globalguidance for the sustainable management of wildlife.9 The draft global guidance itself will beprovided in an information document. \n\n\n\nCBD/SBSTTA/28/5/Rev.1  \n\n\n\nSustainable wildlife management
URL:https://earthmind.org/event/cbd-sbstta-28/
LOCATION:United Nations Office at Nairobi\, Nairobi\, Kenya
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SUMMARY:CITES AC34 & PC28
DESCRIPTION:Thirty-fourth meeting of the Animals Committee &Twenty-eighth meeting of the Plants CommitteeThe Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) \n\n\n\n\n\nSee these short articles from Earthmind: \n\n\n\n\nIs CITES AC34 supporting GBF Target 5?\n\n\n\nIs CITES PC28 supporting GBF Target 5?\n\n\n\nCan CITES benefit from integrating standard trade-policy analysis?\n\n\n\n\nAbout the committees \n\n\n\n“These committees of experts were established at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Ottawa\, 1987) to fill gaps in biological and other specialized knowledge regarding species of animals and plants that are (or might become) subject to CITES trade controls. Their role is to provide technical support to decision-making about these species. These two Committees have similar terms of reference\, detailed in Resolution Conf. 18.2 (Rev. CoP20)\, Annex 2\, which include inter alia \n\n\n\n\nproviding scientific advice and guidance to the Conference of the Parties\, the other committees\, working groups and the Secretariat;\n\n\n\ndealing with nomenclatural issues;\n\n\n\nundertaking periodic reviews of species\, in order to ensure appropriate categorization in the CITES Appendices;\n\n\n\nadvising when certain species are subject to unsustainable trade and recommending remedial action (through a process known as the ’Review of Significant Trade’); and\n\n\n\ndrafting resolutions on animal and plant matters for consideration by the Conference of the Parties.”
URL:https://earthmind.org/event/cites-ac34/
LOCATION:Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG)\, Geneva\, Switzerland
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