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<p>The UK plays a leading role in driving the global response to eradicate illegal
wildlife trade and regularly holds discussions with its international counterparts.</p><p>
</p><p>In 2018, the UK convened the largest ever global Illegal Wildlife Trade conference
at which 65 countries signed up to the London Declaration, committing to take urgent,
coordinated action against illegal wildlife trade.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, the UK
has raised the importance of tackling illegal wildlife trade to protect biodiversity
and endangered species with other countries during regular bilaterals and during meetings
under international agreements such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD).</p>
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