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Investing in Biodiversity: Unlocking Greater Returns
The Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), a long-standing network uniting the executive heads of the eight biodiversity-related conventions, met on 21 February 2025 at FAO Headquarters in Rome ahead of the resumed sessions of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16). The group reaffirmed their collective support to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).
Male African lion © Clara Nobbe, UNEP/CMS
Lion Range State Meeting - Joint Statement by CITES and CMS
On the occasion of the CITES-CMS Lion Range State meeting being held today and tomorrow in Entebbe at the kind invitation of the Government of Uganda, John E. Scanlon, Secretary General of CITES and Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of CMS have issued a joint statement