CITES showdown looms on elephant ivory and rhino horn trade bans
The global wildlife treaty is charged with regulating trade in 40,920 species, including 6,610 animals and 34,310 plants.
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
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Minamata Convention mandates global phase-out of dental amalgam
The decision on dental amalgam was counterbalanced by the greater challenge of artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
U.N. treaty's new Indigenous panel bolsters 'environmental democracy'
A new subsidiary of the Convention on Biological Diversity ended its inaugural session deciding how to be integrated.
Mercury treaty shifts strategy to aim at dental fillings, illegal cosmetics
In the shadow of a decades-long toxic legacy, nations have been cracking down on mercury pollution with mixed results.
A lifeline for the ocean: U.N. High Seas Treaty secures ratification
A global treaty that took almost two decades to create will become law early next year, enabling conservation areas.