Sustainable use of wild species: Target 5 of the global biodiversity framework

This is a presentation by Anastasiya Timoshyna, of TRAFFIC, outlining the five-dimensional sustainability assessment framework in the context of the global biodiversity framework targets 5 and 9.

More details: https://www.iied.org/assessing-sustainability-wild-species-use

1. Sustainable Use of Wild Species: Target 5 of the global biodiversity framework Anastasiya Timoshyna

2. Global biodiversity loss – drivers IPBES ‘Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ , 2019

3. Knowledge base scale and impacts of trade in wild species

4. The annual revenue generated by the global legal trade in wildlife (CITES and non-CITES) in total has been estimated at USD 220 billion/year IPBES (2022): one in five people rely on wild plants, algae, and fungi for their food and income World Wildlife Trade Report (2022)

5. global biodiversity framework Target 5. Ensure Sustainable, Safe and Legal Harvesting and Trade of Wild Species Ensure that the use, harvesting and trade of wild species is sustainable, safe and legal, preventing overexploitation, minimizing impacts on non-target species and ecosystems, and reducing the risk of pathogen spillover, applying the ecosystem approach, while respecting and protecting customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities

6. Status of Elements to strengthen Sustainable Use (IPBES 2022) Gathering Fishing General Hunting Logging Wildlife watching ELEMENTS

7. implementation: Regulatory and non-regulatory proxy measures Wildlife harvest, use and trade targets Wildcheck.info

8. Five-dimensional sustainability assessment framework Example of a 5DSAF assessment outcome for a hypothetical wild species use, 5DSAF open for testing 8

9. Improving knowledge and understanding of how wild species are used, where they are used, if that use is sustainable or unsustainable, and what impacts that use is having Species Use Database speciesusedatabase.com

10. Piloting and scaling-up Wild plant resources from Nepal Himalayas Resource inventory of medicinal plants, Bajhang, Nepal / Credit: ANSAB

11. Headline indicators : 5.1 Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels Component indicators: Red List Index for used species Living Planet Index for used species Sustainable use of wild species What gets measured gets managed

12. Sustainable use and trade in wild species provides an important contribution to conservation of species and ecosystems, as well multiple socio-economic co-benefits Global commitment in GBF to addressing the drivers of unsustainable and illegal use/trade, and ensuring sustainable, legal and traceable use and trade A range of regulatory and non-regulatory measures can support implementation at national and aggregation at global levels Benefits and costs of sustainable use/trade along the value chains: for people living with wildlife, for other 'users’ Integrating wild species use and trade in the wider narratives (nature-positive, green economy, natural capital, sustainable consumption and production) Indicators for the measurement and adaptive management of use and trade need to be further developed, rooted in the national-level metrics Towards sustainable use and trade in wild species for health and biodiversity co-benefits

13. Thank you! Please stay in touch [email protected] TRAFFIC: wildlife trade specialists

14. Complementary indicators: Sustainable watershed and inland fisheries index Red List Index (for internationally traded species and for migratory species) Marine Stewardship Council Fish catch Total catch of cetaceans under International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling Bycatch of vulnerable and non-target species Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing Proportion of legal and illegal wildlife trade consisting of species threatened with extinction Illegal trade by CITES species classification Number of countries incorporating trade in their national biodiversity policy Proportion of terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecological regions that are conserved by protected areas or other effective area-based conservation measures Implementation of measures designed to minimize the impacts of fisheries and hunting on migratory species and their habitats Number of MSC Chain of Custody Certification holders by distribution country Trends of trade and commercialization in biodiversity-based products that is sustainable and legal (in line with BioTrade Principles and/or CITES requirements) Complimentary indicators