Humane Society International and Humane Society of the US cite IPBES while urging world leaders to take action ahead of CITES CoP 18

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) During the lead up to the 18th CITES Conference of the Parties, the Humane Society International and the Humane Society of the United States urged world leaders to act on species extinction, citing the IPBES Global Assessment. Together, these societies compose the largest global animal protection charity in the world. In a statement, the president of Humane Society International, Jeffrey Flocken, said “With UN experts warning that one million of the world’s estimated 8 million species are threatened with extinction, the time for timid policy making is over.”