Blog, Convention on Biological Diversity, News
20 December 2022 Following over three years of negotiations for a new Global Biodiversity Framework, the world has finally committed a collective path to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. Ministers from around the world gathered at the 15th Conference of the...
Blog, Convention on Biological Diversity
In its preamble, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recognises the need to conserve biodiversity for its intrinsic value and contributions to human well-being and sustainable development. We concur. All living organisms, including all animals, play an...
Blog, Trade, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Carolina Maciel, International Trade Law & Policy – WFA Senior Advisor Date: 6 November 2022 A major legal challenge over an animal protection law in the United States Supreme Court hit the headlines worldwide a few weeks ago. The case, brought by the...
Blog, One Health, World Health Organization (WHO)
Nina Jamal, FOUR PAWS Date: 15 October 2022 For the past 2.5 years, COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of virtually every country, community, family, and business around the world. And while we crave stability and a return to normalcy, we are faced with a truth we...
Blog, Trade, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Carolina Maciel, International Trade Law & Policy – WFA Senior Advisor Date: 14 September International trade law is often depicted as an obstacle to animal protection. This is because trade agreements place an obligation upon countries to lower their...
