Policy Priorities - Treaties and Conventions

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Treaties and Conventions

Treaties and Conventions News:

• UNEP’s TEEB -- Among the Most Ambitious Surveys of The Value of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
• United Nations Environment Program Asked to Take Next Steps Toward an International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity -- France to Continue Financial Support
  Click here to read the IMoSEB ISC Final Statement (english version; 119kb pdf) or IMoSEB CPI_déclaration(French version; 143kb pdf)
  
  
• International Bio-Diversity Body Put on Hold
  
  
• The first major update and compilation of regulations implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) since 1977 is being published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Read about from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's website