Thread by @ciel_tweets

#Forests are a common good, and they benefit everyone.

Healthy, intact forests are essential for #Biodiversity, the climate, and Indigenous Peoples and forest-dependent communities around the world who rely on them for their lives, livelihoods, and cultural survival.

Protecting forests is essential if governments and institutions want to truly address the triple planetary crisis — #ClimateChange, #Biodiversity loss, & #Pollution — and achieve their global climate & environmental goals.

The onslaught of illegal logging, together with agricultural deforestation and climate-fueled wildfires, is destroying forests, affecting biodiversity, and turning forests from carbon sinks into carbon bombs.

CIEL has been active in the movement to prevent deforestation for nearly three decades. A critical avenue for this work is @CITES: a multilateral environmental agreement that addresses a gap in how countries verify the legality of their exports of endangered species.

This week we are at the 19th Conference of the Parties of @CITES, #CITESCoP19, which is deciding on the future of 6 listing proposals for trees:
🌳Trumpet tree, Ipê
🌳 Cumaru or shihuahuaco
🌳 Brazilwood
🌳 African rosewood
🌳 African mahogany, acajou
🌳 Pod mahogany

We are highlighting the need for protection of shihuahuaco or cumaru trees because the Peruvian government has been delaying action as a result of industry influence. Read our blog post with @EIAEnvironment to learn more. 👇 ciel.org/perus-logging-…

During #ForestLegalityWeek, we explained why it's critical to protect all of these trees & avoid overexploitation through intl. #Trade.
Check out our thread to learn more about these trees and why it’s critical that Parties at #CITESCoP19 protect them. ⬇️

https://twitter.com/ciel_tweets/status/1581948107449040896