📅 Mark your calendars: The annual UKBI update goes live this Tuesday, 2 December!

A huge thank you to everyone who contributes – especially the thousands of volunteers recording wildlife sightings 🦋🌿

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Since 2007, JNCC & Defra have published the UK Biodiversity Indicators (UKBI) – a suite of official statistics tracking changes in biodiversity and related environmental factors across the UK.

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This collaborative effort marks an important step towards strengthening Senegal’s #MarineEcosystems and safeguarding #OceanHealth for future generations 💙

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This workshop is a key step in:

🌍Protecting Senegal’s marine biodiversity

🐟Supporting sustainable fisheries

🤝Ensuring inclusive management of natural resources

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This milestone event brought together stakeholders from government, research institutions & local communities to:

✅Review & finalise the offshore MPA framework

✅Develop roadmaps with clear objectives & actions

✅Discuss governance, monitoring & stakeholder engagement

This interactive event sparked great discussion on how CITES Authorities & the zoological community can work together to support international conservation breeding programmes for endangered species 🐾

Thank you to the Animal and Plant Health Agency & BIAZA for collaborating on this important work!

The session, “Wildlife Trade Regulation and How It Applies to the Zoo Industry”, covered:

✅ How CITES is implemented in the UK
✅ Permit application processes
✅ Legal requirements for marking live animals

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