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#Environment: What's Up in #GENeva from 9–15 Nov?
✅ #GHF2026
✅ #GFC #IC1
✅ #COP31Türkiye
✅ Conflict, Humanity & Environment
✅ #PlasticsTreaty
✅ @CITES #SC81 Outcomes
✅ #GreenAutumn
✅ & more
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✅ #GHF2026
✅ #GFC #IC1
✅ #COP31Türkiye
✅ Conflict, Humanity & Environment
✅ #PlasticsTreaty
✅ @CITES #SC81 Outcomes
✅ #GreenAutumn
✅ & more
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It's Day 5⃣ of @CITES #SC81!
On the last day of negotiations, discussions are drawing to a close as the Committee reviews progress across a broad range of conservation, compliance, enforcement and trade-related matters.
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On the last day of negotiations, discussions are drawing to a close as the Committee reviews progress across a broad range of conservation, compliance, enforcement and trade-related matters.
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📺 youtube.com/watch?v=4Jqo6-…
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"I look forward to seeing you all to do this again."
Thanking the Committee for the constructive approach and willingness to compromise, Chair Kristopher Blake gavels the meeting to a close at 17:34 #GENeva time.
Thanking the Committee for the constructive approach and willingness to compromise, Chair Kristopher Blake gavels the meeting to a close at 17:34 #GENeva time.
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This concludes the coverage by @GENetwork of the 81st meeting of the @CITES Standing Committee #SC81.
Thank you for following!
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Thank you for following!
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The @GENetwork is at the @CITES #SC81 side event “Livelihoods Overstated", which will present three case studies of CITES-listed wildlife trade that highlight heightened animal welfare risks and limited job creation or financial benefits for local communities.
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Highlighting how the last vulnerability assessment for taricaya (yellow-spotted river turtle) was in 1996, and listed it as 'vulnerable', panellists question if new, wild ranching programs truly contributes to improving population health, or if missing data is obscuring risks.
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"Without this Convention, we are stuck!"
Panellists underscore the importance of @CITES in ensuring the conservation of species. Much work remains to be done to address outdated data, poor and dangerous working conditions, and the marginal economic benefits to local communities.
Panellists underscore the importance of @CITES in ensuring the conservation of species. Much work remains to be done to address outdated data, poor and dangerous working conditions, and the marginal economic benefits to local communities.
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6 November is the Intl. Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflict.
From polluted soils & waters to devastated forests, conflict's toll on the environment can last for generations.
Learn how #GENeva raises awareness ▶️ tiny.cc/GENEnvConflict
From polluted soils & waters to devastated forests, conflict's toll on the environment can last for generations.
Learn how #GENeva raises awareness ▶️ tiny.cc/GENEnvConflict
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It's Day 4️⃣ at @CITES #SC81!
Resuming plenary to advance on upstanding agenda items, experts continue discussing before going into working groups on Finance and Budget Sub-Committee & Agenda item 63.
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Resuming plenary to advance on upstanding agenda items, experts continue discussing before going into working groups on Finance and Budget Sub-Committee & Agenda item 63.
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📺 youtube.com/watch?v=gkxUPp…
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Consult highlights of the #SC81 side event discussing voluntary surrenders. x.com/GENetwork/stat…
The @GENetwork is at the @CITES #SC81 side event discussing voluntary surrenders, a potentially overlooked legal mechanism that may affect the implementation of the Convention's legal measures enabling confiscation & penalization of illegally traded/ possessed specimens.
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Consult highlights of the #SC81 side event on CITES Shark Compliance. x.com/GENetwork/stat…
The @GENetwork is at the @CITES #SC81 side event on CITES Shark Compliance, providing an analysis of significant compliance concerns for listed sharks and raise, including a presentation of new global and regional scientific paper findings.
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Consult highlights of the #SC81 side event "Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants through Sustainable Use and Trade". x.com/GENetwork/stat…
The @GENetwork is at the @CITES #SC81 side event "Conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants through Sustainable Use and Trade", highlighting through three short films how communities in Nepal, Mexico and South Africa are engaging in community based conservation of #MAPs.
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