At #CITES #COP20 in Samarkand, new biodiversity indicators were adopted to measure species survival, illegal trade reduction, and compliance. Despite challenges across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, real-time solutions like blockchain, community monitoring, climate finance, and EU hubs aim to transform treaty promises into measurable #SDG14 #SDG15 #SDG16 progress.
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#CITES #COP20 #BiodiversityFramework #GlobalGovernance #SDG14 #SDG15 #SDG16 #SDG17 #Agenda2030

CITES CoP20 , Samarkand 2025 : Reshaping Life on Earth

At the 20th Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to CITES in Samarkand, governments took a decisive step forward. Beyond species listings and trade debates, they adopted new indicators to align the CITES Strategic Vision 2021–2030 with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

RT @CBD_COP15: The #COP15HighLevelSegment is starting tomorrow at 10:00AM🌿

This segment of #COP15 will be at a ministerial level & will allow ministers to support the final stages of negotiations on the #post2020 global #biodiversityframework

Live updates: https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2021-2022

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1603191124943785984

You realise when you call for a shift to plant-based diets and rewilding just how far COP15 is from this. They're proposing setting aside 30%.

We're free to damage 70%.

#COP15 #BiodiversityLoss #extinction #ExtinctionRebellion #Science #BiodiversityFramework