- Scanlon, John E. and Fedotov, Yury. (2015), Corruption as an enabler of wildlife and forest crime - Joint Statement of the Executive Director of UNODC and the Secretary-General of CITES
- Scanlon, John E. (2015), CITES - 40 Years of International Cooperation and National Action. Natural Resources Policy and Practice, Guest article no. 48 (IISD)
- Scanlon, John E. (2015), Keynote Address by CITES Secretary-General John E. Scanlon at the Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
- Scanlon, John E. and Samper, Cristián. (2015), The New Sustainable Development Goals: a Vision for Living in Harmony with Nature National Geographic, Posted by Wildlife Conservation Society on September 25, 2015.
- Scanlon, John E. (2015), "Wildlife advocate," Interview by Maria Ivanova. Global Leadership Dialogues. V.2:3.
- Scanlon, John E. (2014), CITES and confiscated elephant ivory and rhino horn – to destroy or not destroy? National Geographic, Posted on October 20, 2014.
- Scanlon, John E. (2014). Strengthening Front-Line Action to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crimes. UN Chronicle: The Magazine of the United Nations, v. 51(2).
- Scanlon, John E. (2013) CITES at 40 Marks a Major Decision Point for Sharks, Trees, Snakes, Turtles and other Wildlife Species. Biodiversity policy and practice. Guest Article #18. International Institute for Sustainable development. Also available at IISD
- Scanlon, John E. (2013) CITES at Its Best: CoP16 as a Watershed Moment for the World’s Wildlife. Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law. V 22(3): 222-227. Also available at RECIEL
- Scanlon, John E. (2013). The CITES Virtual College: Providing life-long learning 24 hours a day seven days a week. Gland, Switzerland: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, [see page 5).
- Scanlon, John E. (2012), CITES: From Stockholm in ‘72 to Rio+20 - Back to the future, Guest article no. 13 (IISD)
- Scanlon, John E. (2012). Brief 5: Enhancing Environmental Governance for Sustainable Development: Function-Oriented Options. Governance and Sustainability Issue Brief Series., paper 3. Boston, University of Massachussets, Boston.
- Scanlon, John E. (2015). World Forestry Conference 2015, Durban Tree Talk with John Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General. Youtube.