At a time of unprecedented biodiversity loss, TRAFFIC is scaling up evidence, solutions and influence to ensure that trade in wild species is legal and sustainable, for the benefit of people and the planet.
To assist with negotiations at the upcoming Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) CoP in Cali, Colombia, TRAFFIC has produced a short Policy Briefing and stands ready to support governments and partners to accelerate implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
We are primarily focusing on Targets 5&9, urging world leaders to take urgent action on trade and wild species, which sits at the heart of a nature positive future.
On this page you will find various resources linked to TRAFFIC and CoP16, including:
- Policy Briefing
- Priority calls to action on the GBF
- Series of short films: real-life stories of Targets 5&9 - "Making It Real"
- Who's Who of TRAFFIC staff attending CoP16
TARGET 5
Ensure Sustainable, Safe and Legal Harvesting and Trade of Wild Species
Ensure that the use, harvesting and trade of wild species is sustainable, safe and legal, preventing overexploitation, minimizing impacts on non-target species and ecosystems, and reducing the risk of pathogen spill-over, applying the ecosystem approach, while respecting and protecting customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities.
TARGET 9
Manage Wild Species Sustainably To Benefit People
Ensure that the management and use of wild species are sustainable, thereby providing social, economic and environmental benefits for people, especially those in vulnerable situations and those most dependent on biodiversity, including through sustainable biodiversity-based activities, products and services that enhance biodiversity, and protecting and encouraging customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities.
useful information for partners and media
TRAFFIC is calling for top priority action on:
- Measuring global progress on implementation of the KMGBF, via monitoring and indicators
- Rapid development and roll-out of national-level strategies (NBSAPs) for tackling biodiversity loss
- Sustainable wildlife management to promote sustainable use and conservation
Urgent progress is also needed on the following:
- Adequate data capture on trade of marine resources to support conservation
- Strengthened focus on interlinkages between biodiversity and human health
- Addressing the ‘hidden harvest’ of wild plants and fungi, used commercially, survival of which is threatened by over-harvesting
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WHAT MAKING TARGETS 5 & 9 REAL LOOKS LIKE
people, plants, and prosperity
Target 9: In Nepal's high-altitude Himalayas, thousands of households rely on wild plants and fungi for subsistence, livelihoods and traditional medicine.
Indigenous people are putting Targets 5 and 9 into action to tackle threats from climate change, unsustainable harvesting, and illegal trade facing their mountain communities and the unique species that grow there.
SUSTAINABlE TIMBER TRADE using 'timber tracker'
Targets 5&9: Tanzania's forestry sector has revolutionised its timber trade through the development of new traceability technology.
Tanzania's "Timber Tracker" tracks consignments of timber throughout checkpoints across the country, bolstering adherence to harvest management quotas, legal export limits, and sustainable trade, while protecting rainforests and the species they're home to from overexploitation.
PROTECTING SHARKS AND RAYS FROM ILLEGAL TRADE
Target 5: Millions of people across the world have been relying on sharks and rays for hundreds of years.
But the current pressure on these ancient predators from illegal fin trade is pushing them to extinction. But there are solutions, that are benefitting both people and the survival of sharks in the wild.
REFORMED POACHERS GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
Target 5: Reformed poachers in Tanzania are using their experiences to change attitudes and behaviour towards safe, sustainable, and legal consumption and trade in wild meat.
community marine conservation in zanzibar
Target 9: Unsustainable, illegal, and unreported fishing in Zanzibar's waters are pushing many species towards extinction, affecting marine ecosystems and those who rely on them.
Community management of marine protected areas is contributing to conservation and sustainable human development.
TRAFFIC STAFF ATTENDING CoP16 IN CALI
