Wild meat and the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: highlights from the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme

FAO, WCS, CIFOR, CIRAD

Wild meat and the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: highlights from the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

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Author FAO, WCS, CIFOR, CIRAD

Publisher FAO ;

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Synopsis (short abstract) In this exciting side-event, the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme will present how the Decision 14/7 on sustainable wildlife management and the Voluntary Guidance for a sustainable wild meat sector adopted by CoP14 can be implemented in different contexts. The SWM Programme is an initiative of the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) funded by the European Union and co-financed by the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD). This 7-year programme (2017–2024) is being implemented in 15 OACPS member countries by a consortium of partners including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Centre for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS

Language English

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