Press releases

31 May 2019: CITES Secretary-General in Mexico to address the Vaquita and Totoaba crisis fueled by illegal international trade
10 May 2019: New report highlights continued threat to African elephants from poaching
15 Apr 2019: Uganda boosts efforts to strengthen wildlife management capacity and protect elephants
01 Mar 2019: Winner of World Wildlife Day 2019 International Youth Art Contest announced at UN Headquarters
01 Mar 2019: CITES, UNDP and FAO bring global representatives together at UN headquarters to celebrate World Wildlife Day and “Life below Water”
01 Mar 2019: UN celebrates marine species for World Wildlife Day with moving pictures
14 Feb 2019: Finalists Announced for World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Living Oceans
12 Feb 2019: 100 days to go before CITES CoP18 kicks off in Sri Lanka
16 Jan 2019: Global art contest in celebration of World Wildlife Day 2019
04 Jan 2019: Proposals to change protection levels of species under international trade at the next World Wildlife Conference available online
20 Nov 2018: World Wildlife Day Living Oceans Film Showcase announced
19 Nov 2018: Focusing on marine species for the first time, the next World Wildlife Day is bound to make a splash
17 Oct 2018: Ivonne Higuero named as new CITES Secretary-General
12 Oct 2018: CITES Secretariat welcomes 2018 London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade
05 Oct 2018: CITES annual meeting sees States stepping up action against the over exploitation of precious timber and other species
01 Oct 2018: Rosewood, elephants, eels and tigers among many issues to be addressed by CITES annual meeting
27 Jul 2018: 500 experts meet to review sustainable trade in wild animals and plants before the next World Wildlife Conference
16 Jul 2018: Global experts meet to review international trade in wildlife before the next major CITES conference
20 Jun 2018: Month-long transcontinental operation hit wildlife criminals hard
16 May 2018: Boost for CITES’ effort to halt elephant poaching in Zimbabwe