Summary

Post background The International Advice Team (IAT) leads on providing advice to governments across the UK on a range of biodiversity-related Multi-lateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) to which the UK is Party and meeting reporting obligations under these. These include the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), African Eurasian Migratory Birds Agreement (AEWA) and Ramsar Convention on wetlands of international importance, amongst others. A major focus at present is supporting government on the negotiation of a new post-2020 Global Biodiversity framework to replace the, now exp