News Turkmenistan Joins CITES, Strengthening Wildlife Trade Regulation and Conservation in Central Asia News Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet for World Wildlife Day 2025 News Uzbekistan to host CITES CoP20 in historic city of Samarkand in 2025 Spotlight on What is CITES? Trade suspensions CITES Virtual College CITES and Forests What is CITES? An international agreement between governments... Read more Trade suspensions Countries currently subject to a recommendation to suspend trade Read more CITES Virtual College Visit the site to find out more CITES and Forests Click here to visit the new CITES and Forests webpage Notifications to the Parties Subscribe to Notification alerts PANAMA - Consultation with range States on a proposal to transfer the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) from Appendix II to Appendix I04 December 2024 ECUADOR - Consultation with range States on a proposal to transfer Mobula rays and any other species of the family Mobulidae from Appendix II to Appendix I04 December 2024 Universal tagging system for the identification of crocodilian skins - Implementation of Resolution Conf. 11.12 (Rev. CoP15)02 December 2024 See more SG statements CBD CoP16 Forest and Water Day: Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero News Eight African rangers represent CITES MIKE Programme at the 10th World Ranger Congress in France News Solomon Islands moves to improve Legal Acquisition Findings for international wildlife trade Upcoming events Seventy-eighth meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, Switzerland03 - 08 February 2025 Twentieth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Samarkand, Uzbekistan24 November - 05 December 2025 Vacancy announcements & Call for proposals Non-Detriment Findings Specialist (1 Post) - Deadline: 04 Dec 2024 Stay connected CITES Twitter timeline Initiatives The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants Supporting sustainable management of endangered tree species Resources InforMEA E-learning CITES Virtual College CITES Checklist CITES Wildlife TradeView