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Goal 4
Goal 4
CITES policy development also contributes to and learns from international efforts to achieve sustainable development.
Targets
Parties support sustainable wildlife trade policies, especially those that increase the capacity of Indigenous peoples and local communities to pursue livelihoods.
The importance of achieving CITES’ aim as a contribution to achieving the relevant Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, is recognized.
Awareness of the role, purpose and achievements of CITES is increased globally.
CITES Parties are informed of international actions for sustainable development that may have a bearing on achieving the goal of CITES.
Alignments and linkages
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Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth:
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production:
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Goal 14: Life below water:
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
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 17: Partnerships for the goals:
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.
Target 21: Ensure That Knowledge Is Available and Accessible To Guide Biodiversity Action:
Ensure that the best available data, information and knowledge are accessible to decision makers, practitioners and the public to guide effective and equitable governance, integrated and participatory management of biodiversity, and to strengthen communication, awareness-raising, education, monitoring, research and knowledge management and, also in this context, traditional knowledge, innovations, practices and technologies of indigenous peoples and local communities should only be accessed with their free, prior and informed consent, in accordance with national legislation.