Jaguar Range States and other Parties, as relevant, are encouraged to:
a) actively implement the Regional Action Plan for Jaguar Conservation agreed at the second Jaguar Range States Meeting (Mexico, September 2025), with a focus on the following areas:
i. identify and prioritize important conservation areas, habitats and ecological corridors for jaguar (Priority Landscapes for Jaguar Conservation) and its wild prey species (including transboundary), and define respective conservation measures, including infrastructure mitigation;
ii. recover populations and reintroduce jaguars and wild prey species in key/priority areas within the historical range;
iii. understand, prevent and mitigate negative human–jaguar interactions and promote coexistence, and prevent, combat and reduce illegal killing of jaguars and illegal domestic and international trade;
iv. strengthen national legal frameworks for jaguar conservation, its habitats and migration routes, including by participating in the CMS National Legislation Programme;
v. establish innovative, sustainable and long-lasting finance mechanisms, including by mobilizing funding from relevant international financial institutions, public and private funding sources;
b) participate in and support the work of the intersessional working group under the CITES Standing Committee as established by CITES Decision 20.188;
c) taking into consideration the discussions in the CITES Standing Committee, finalize and operationalize an intergovernmental platform for jaguars, as well as a monitoring system for the illegal killing and illicit trade of jaguars;
d) identify areas for support from the Secretariat in the implementation of the Regional Action Plan for Jaguar Conservation.
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