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Goal 3

Parties (individually and collectively) have the tools, resources and capacity to effectively implement and enforce the Convention, contributing to the conservation, sustainable use and the reduction of illegal trade in CITES-listed wildlife species.
CITES Strategic Vision: 2021-2030

Targets

Parties have in place administrative procedures that are transparent, practical, coherent and user-friendly, and reduce unnecessary administrative burdens.
Parties and the Secretariat develop, adopt and implement adequate capacity-building programmes.
Sufficient resources are available at the national and international levels to support necessary capacity-building programmes and ensure compliance with and full implementation and enforcement of the Convention.
Parties recognize illegal trade in wildlife as serious crime and have adequate systems in place to detect and deter it.
Parties work collaboratively across range, transit and destination states, to address entire illegal trade chains, including through strategies to reduce both the supply of and demand for illegal products, in order for trade to be legal and sustainable.
Parties take measures to prohibit, prevent, detect and sanction corruption.
Investments in building capacity of CITES are prioritized, coordinated, and their success monitored to ensure stepwise improvement through time.
Parties take full advantage of emerging technological developments to improve the effective implementation and enforcement of the Convention.
Alignments and linkages
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Goal 15: Life on land:
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions:
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals:
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.
Target 16: Enable Sustainable Consumption Choices To Reduce Waste and Overconsumption:
Ensure that people are encouraged and enabled to make sustainable consumption choices, including by establishing supportive policy, legislative or regulatory frameworks, improving education and access to relevant and accurate information and alternatives, and by 2030, reduce the global footprint of consumption in an equitable manner, including through halving global food waste, significantly reducing overconsumption and substantially reducing waste generation, in order for all people to live well in harmony with Mother Earth.