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IISD/ENB Summary Meeting Reports

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Topics

  • Environmental Governance
  • Biological diversity
  • Land and Agriculture

MEAs

  • CITES
  • ITPGRFA

Keywords

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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2019

8th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Parties to the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture met to address a range of policy, implementation, cooperation, and administrative matters of relevance to the Treaty and its Multilateral System (MLS) of access and benefit-sharing, but they

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Biological diversity
Keywords:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Resolution, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Sustainable use, Implementation, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, In situ, Multi-Year Programme of Work, Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Indigenous peoples, Capacity building, Standing Committee, Voluntary Contribution
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2019

18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP18)

COP18 highlighted the increasing pressures on CITES as an instrument to counter the rising scale of biodiversity loss, as parties struggled to address stresses other than trade on wildlife populations, including habitat loss, disease outbreaks, and human-wildlife conflict. These are

MEAs:
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Environmental Governance
Keywords:
Resolution, Sustainable use, European Union, Habitat, Amendment, Amendment, Indigenous peoples, Ecosystem services, Listing, Secret ballot, Enforcement, Ecosystem, Working group, Standing Committee, Open-ended Working Group
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2017

7th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA GB 7)

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Environmental Governance,
Land and Agriculture
Keywords:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Sustainable use, Resolution, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Subsidiary body, Multi-Year Programme of Work, Working group, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Voluntary Contribution, Implementation, Compliance Committee, Financial rules, In situ, Intellectual property rights, World Intellectual Property Organization
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2016

17th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP17)

Delegates considered 90 agenda items and 62 species-listing proposals submitted by 64 countries. Some of the resolutions and decisions adopted concern: actions to combat wildlife trafficking; demand reduction strategies to combat illegal trade in CITES-listed species; provisions on international trade

MEAs:
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Environmental Governance
Keywords:
European Union, Resolution, Enforcement, Secret ballot, Standing Committee, Working group, Sustainable use, Amendment, Amendment, Ecosystem services, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Meetings, Capacity building, Memorandum of Understanding, Listing, Regional Fisheries Management Organization, International Tropical Timber Council, Non-governmental organizations