The sidelining of indigenous peoples and local communities in CITES media coverage DISCLAIMER: This article has been commissioned by Polar Research and Policy Initiative as part of a series of fact-checked articles about the Arctic, climate and the environment, and Indigenous issues, supported by the EMIF managed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Its original version can …
CITES does not seem to value concerns for livelihoods and food security In a document brought forth by Botswana, Cambodia, Eswatini and Zimbabwe, the proponents aimed to include livelihoods and food security into the criteria for amending the CITES Appendices. At present, the criteria, which are set in Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP17), it is …
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Undelivered intervention on Agenda item 15, Participatory mechanisms for rural communities in CITES As the meeting drags on, Committee II has reached the night session (19:00-22:00) of 16 November, discussing CITES, and indigenous peoples and rural communities. Given the split view on the matter amongst Parties, the three agenda items (13-15) triggered long discussions. Respecting …
CITES Parties opt for national inclusion of indigenous peoples and not for international inclusion Committee II of the 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP19) discussed the renewal of decisions that concerned the sharing of experiences of engaging indigenous peoples and local communities in the CITES decision-making and implementation processes. While, in principle, the Committee accepted …
Towards IWC68 and CITES CoP19 Introduction The IWC will, for example, discuss the establishment of a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary, marine pollution or the lifting of the moratorium on commercial whaling (for the full agenda, please click here). CITES, on the other hand, will deal with 52 proposals to amend its Appendices (meaning, it might …
A deadly brew for the world: The effects of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine on the livelihoods of the poor Introduction The ruthless attack on Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin is now in its fourth month. More than 7 million Ukrainians - mostly women, children, the sick and elderly - have left the …
A reform of CITES: Integrating the voices of indigenous peoples and local communities? CITES listings, indigenous peoples and local communities In a contribution to the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Cooney et al. (2021) argue for the consideration of socio-economic factors when Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild …
Introduction The ongoing crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has very quickly reached global proportions. Virtually every country in the world is affected by the virus. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at this point, more than 274 million cases of infection have been reported with almost 5,4 …
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(This is a translated version of a forthcoming paper in Natur & Recht) ABSTRACT. On 17 December 2018 the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNROP). This paper traces the history of the Declaration and analyses the rights enshrined in it. It is argued …
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The 19th of November 2018 marked an important step forward towards an instrument protecting rural people and their livelihoods: in a rather overwhelming vote of 119 in favour, 49 against and 7 abstentions the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, Cultural) of the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution A/C.3/73/L.30 which endorses the draft of the UN Declaration …
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