NatureNeedsMore

54 African nations are signatories to the CITES. Only 2 have implemented an electronic permit system. 6 African countries have electronic permit system in the planning stage. The remaining 46 African nations use the 1970s paper-based permit system. natureneedsmore.org/for-the-price-…

The coverage of CITES CoP19 in the mainstream media has been thin on the ground, but one decision which did get attention was to list 54 sharks on CITES Appendix II. Is this historic decision just a protection on paper? #Biodiversity #Collapse #Regulation natureneedsmore.org/sharks-worth-m…

A record number of species were added to the list for CITES trade restrictions at CoP19. But how does this help with their conservation if it doesn't come with additional funding for a regulator already impoverished to the point of being meaningless? natureneedsmore.org/fix-the-cites-…

Youth from Sweden @auroramalet are suing the Swedish State for insufficient climate action!

In recent years the importance of demand reduction campaigns has come to the fore. But the demand reduction strategy cannot succeed without an equally important sister campaign aimed at driving down the desire to supply. #Biodiversity #Collapse #Regulation natureneedsmore.org/the-desire-to-…

From the article: We need laws with teeth. Successive governments have avoided accountability for losing species. They release strategies which strangely omit the part about who is responsible when a species dies out. theconversation.com/labors-plan-to…

Large companies with global supply chains have no real idea about HOW their supply chains actually work. This is driving the unsustainable use of legally traded wild species and the extinction crisis. #Biodiversity #Collapse #Regulation lynnjohnson.news/2022/08/23/the…

Book review in the @washingtonpost highlights why we should be concerned that the global consulting brands are getting more involved in the legal trade of wild species. #biodiversity #Collapse #Regulation washingtonpost.com/books/2022/09/…

The legal & illegal trade in endangered and exotic species are so intertwined that they are functionally inseparable. Is there just too big an overlap between transnational organised crime and white-collar/corporate crime for any great progress to be made? lynnjohnson.news/2022/10/05/bro…

Seeing too many climate activists ignoring the growing legitimacy of cryptocurrencies and worse still, some conservation agencies actively asking for crypto donations is truly shocking and saddening. natureneedsmore.org/why-would-cons…

Yet global wildlife charities accept cryptocurrency donations! Siloed thinking. theguardian.com/technology/202…

The conservation sector needs to stop calling what are effectively ‘guesstimations’ an evidence-based approach. And here we go again, this time for hippos. #Biodiversity #Collapse #Regulation #CITES #Hippos natureneedsmore.org/guesstimations…

"We’ve torn down the old gods and replaced them with an idolatry of innovators. And this religion is most deeply embedded in the culture of technology," @profgalloway writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Destructive consumption is baked into our ideology about progress. Ever-increasing consumption means ever-increasing growth and progress. This is the belief system we hold, and our politicians, media and business leaders parrot it back to us constantly. lynnjohnson.news/2022/09/07/why…

The presumption of sovereignty, of rulership, over nature is now so deeply embedded in our assumptions of ‘being human’ that we no longer notice its origins and we have only just begun to question its usefulness to securing our continued existence. lynnjohnson.news/2022/09/07/why…

Looking at our relentless overexploitation of nature, we have to ask the question: “How did we get here?”. Why do so few people care about protecting nature? Why has this not changed in 60 years since the beginning of the conservation movement? lynnjohnson.news/2022/09/07/why…

Forty years ago today, Bhopali journalist Rajkumar Keswani wrote his first article warning of the dangers posed by safety lapses at the Union Carbide plant in the city. The journalist who foretold one industrial disaster is killed by another. lynnjohnson.news/2022/09/25/raj…

New Nature Needs More Report published 30th June: Modernising CITES – A Blueprint for Better Trade Regulation. The report outlines a comprehensive strategy for regulating the trade in all species of wild flora and fauna. Download via: natureneedsmore.org/wp-content/upl…

New Nature Needs More Report: Debunking Sustainable Use. The story of ‘sustainable use’ starts from a fundamentally flawed assumption – that there can be a win-win-win scenario between economic, ecological and social benefits. natureneedsmore.org/wp-content/upl…

After seafood the two biggest industries, by far, to benefit from the legal trade in wild species are fashion and furniture. Nearly 50 years ago, CITES came into force to protect endangered species from overexploitation through trade; it has failed. lynnjohnson.news/2022/08/23/50-…