Implementing decisions taken by the

Implementing decisions taken by the CITES Convention requires ensuring links to other relevant biodiversity conventions. The link with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is particularly strong. CITES helps to protect wild animals and plants threatened by global trade and safeguard their natural environments, which helps to fulfill the objectives of the CBD: conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources. The work of CITES is therefore essential to support achievement of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. In turn, the activities of the CBD also complement the work of CITES.