As the CITESCoP18 closes, there have been 57 listing proposals decided on. Predicating the impact of trade controls is difficult, and Amy Hinsley, EJ Milner-Gulland and Dan Challender call for deeper evaluation of likely impacts. Contact the authors for a copy.  Link here

The event will be taking place next week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

The full programme can be found here. We will be streaming the plenary sessions, so stay tuned to the Conservation Optimism Facebook page to watch live.

Making progress on Sustainable Development Goal 14 – life below water – is a complex and increasingly urgent challenge. A new handbook offers practical guidance on monitoring, evaluation and learning for SDG14, and emphasises the importance of using systems thinking.

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Understanding costs and designing creative economic instruments for shark conservation in Indonesia

“We roll on three, because ‘go’ sounds like ‘no’... 1, 2, 3...”