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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: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: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:African Wildlife Consultative Forum 2026
DESCRIPTION:16-20 Nov 2026 \n\n\n\nGran Melia Hotel\, Arusha\, Tanzania \n\n\n\n\nThe AWCF is one of Africa’s largest and most significant annual wildlife forums\, that brings together senior Government officials and Wildlife management authorities\, private hunting industry\, community stakeholders\, researchers and conservation partners to advance dialogue and action on sustainable use-based wildlife conservation practices across Africa. \n\n\n\nParticipants typically include Director level Government delegates from the SADC region and beyond\, leadership of Operators and Professional Hunting Associations of Africa\, International professional hunting associations\, community representatives and CBNRM support organization as well as expert from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service\, IUCN\, conservation NGOs\, international experts\, and wildlife biologists. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAWCF – The African Wildlife Consultative Forum
URL:https://earthmind.org/event/african-wildlife-consultative-forum-2026/
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