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• The debut of the "Get Out of My Head" commercial, as part of its "Mascot Masterminds" advertising campaign, takes direct aim at the insurance companies and their friendly mascots.
• Onder announces a fight to take on the big insurance companies and the mascots show paranoia in the face of their challenger.
• In coordination with the release of two other Super Bowl weekend commercials – "Tricks of the Trade" and "Party's Over" – the "Mascot Masterminds" advertisements show insurance companies like never before and spill go-to plays from their playbook.
• With each advertisement educating viewers, OnderLaw promises to be the mascots' worst enemy and hold insurance companies accountable.

• GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Wanglaoji unveiled its international overseas brand "WALOVI" globally at the 2024 Milan-Guangzhou Business Environment Promotion Conference and China-Italy Economic and Trade Cooperation and Exchange Meeting on February 26th.
• Wanglaoji introduced its international overseas brand to overseas markets, and established the first European herbal tea museum, aiming to win over global consumers with this natural plant-based drink from China, and to share the eastern health philosophy with the world.
• Currently, Wanglaoji has entered overseas platforms such as Yamibuy, Amazon and Costco.
• Today, Wanglaoji's sales network covers 150 countries and regions on five continents, including dozens of countries in Europe.

• They bring a necessary perspective to the discussion about foreign interference in Canadian democracy, and their input and participation is essential to our work.
• I invite other diaspora members and groups to also contribute to the important work of the Commission.
• Some members of diaspora communities have told us that they fear reprisals if they provide information to the Commission.
• Some are also worried that all the information they provide to the Commission will be shared with Participants in the Commission.

• Recognised threats to biodiversity include habitat loss and overexploitation but new analyses suggest that migratory species are faring particularly badly.
• The global extinction risk is increasing for all migratory species.
• I’m writing this in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species.

Status update

• Worse still, they suggest that the extinction risk is increasing for all migratory species, including those not included under the convention.
• Populations of fish included under the convention have declined on average by 90% since 1970.
• Many species under the convention that need or would significantly benefit from international cooperation, are identified as high priorities for further conservation action based on their conservation status and biological vulnerability.
• Understanding the scope and severity of these threats where they occur is therefore essential to informing conservation action, especially in the context of the triple planetary crises.

Effective action

• There are various reasons why such agreements are not always as effective as they could be.
• This has proven key to catalysing concerted conservation action for the saiga.
• In the last 15 years, new knowledge of the saiga antelope’s ecology, migration and trade has been generated and effective anti-poaching measures have been implemented.
• These include evaluating management approaches, sustainable use of the species, stockpile management, building the saiga conservation network and identifying key research needs along international supply chains.

Catalysing cross-border conservation

• This landmark meeting has been positive and I’ve noticed a renewed sense of commitment to improve the conservation of migratory species.
• Conservation measures should be context-specific, applied at relevant scales, and socially legitimate among local communities and Indigenous peoples if they are to be successful.
• Renewed commitment to conservation solutions identified in this report could build political will to act together.

Dan Challender receives funding from the UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund (UKRI GCRF) through the Trade, Development, and the Environment Hub and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, and has previously received funding from the National Geographic Society. He is CITES Focal Point for the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group and is a member of the IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group.