Negotiations on a Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - Updating the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity
World Animal Net (WAN)’s Janice Cox attended the first meeting of the Open Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in Nairobi. The current Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is expiring in 2020. The next meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) is expected to adopt a new post-2020 global biodiversity framework, which is a global strategic plan to protect biological diversity (animals, plants and ecosystems). Particularly encouraging in this first meeting was recognition of the need for transformative change, the inclusion of root causes and drivers of biodiversity loss, and a new focus on implementation.
We will need to ensure that these aspects stay embedded in future negotiations. Read more...
UN Global Sustainable Development Report Identifies Animal Welfare as Issue Missing from the Sustainable Development Agenda
We’re thrilled to share the good news that the United Nations Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) has identified animal welfare as an issue missing from the Sustainable Development Goals! The GSDR is a quadrennial report produced to guide the Sustainable Development Agenda. In 2017, WAN spread the word to leading scientists working in the fields of animal welfare science, animal behavior and animal cognition, including Marc Bekoff and Lori Marino, and encouraged them to submit inputs to the GSDR. We are thrilled that the report appears to have taken theirs and others’ expertise into account. Read more...
The Science is Clear - Reducing Meat Consumption to Help Reverse the Climate Crisis
The recent report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounded the alarm to policymakers around the world about the state of the climate crisis, explored some of its root causes and shed light on the devastating impacts it will have on food security. The IPCC report stresses the need for a transformation of food systems by transitioning from destructive food production practices as well as altering the growing negative consumption patterns that are fueling those practices (Think meat and dairy reduction). Read more...
From the WAN Blog
- 3rd Africa Animal Welfare Conference - Animal Welfare Front and Center. Read more… - WAN Submits Comments on Committee for Food Security and Nutrition Voluntary Guidelines on Food Security and Nutrition. Read more.... -How we can feed more people with what we currently have. Read more…
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Upcoming Events
8-10 October: International Companion Animal Welfare Conference (Malta) 14-16 October: Second International One Welfare Conference (Australia) 18-21 October: Asia for Animals Conference 2019 (China) 25-27 October: The 27th Annual Animal Law Conference (USA) 8-10 November: VeggieWorld & Future Food Forum (China)
- EU imposes hen welfare standards on egg imports for first time. Read more...
-Big win for African Elephants! A near-total ban has been imposed by CITES on sending wild African elephants to zoos. Read more... - Lawmakers in Germany are considering raising the tax on meat.Read more... - California becomes first state to ban fur trapping. Read more... - Global food producers 'failing to face up to role' in climate crisis. Read more... - TripAdvisor ends ticket sales to attractions that breed captive whales and dolphins.Read more...
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