Press releases

16 Nov 2020: CITES MIKE Programme reports continued downward trends in elephant poaching in parts of Africa
11 Nov 2020: FAO publishes new sourcebook to facilitate the implementation of CITES for marine species and fisheries
09 Nov 2020: Wildlife and forestry crime: Worldwide seizures in global WCO-INTERPOL operation (external link)
30 Oct 2020: IPBES publishes workshop report on biodiversity and pandemics
30 Oct 2020: New ICCWC page: learn more about the services, tools and support available through ICCWC and impacts and successes of its work in the fight against wildlife crime
28 Oct 2020: CITES Secretariat welcomes UNTOC resolution on combatting crimes that affect the environment
23 Oct 2020: CITES Secretariat joins CPF’s global call for forest solutions to be placed at the heart of COVID-19 recovery strategies
16 Oct 2020: CITES Secretariat welcomes CPW statement urging a science-based approach to wildlife management in the context of COVID-19
15 Oct 2020: CITES and WAZA: the role of zoos and aquariums in keeping wildlife trade legal and sustainable, a keynote presentation by CITES S-G Ivonne Higuero
15 Oct 2020: TRAFFIC launches Elephant Trade Information System Online
10 Jul 2020: UNODC launch the World Wildlife Crime Report 2020
03 Mar 2020: World Wildlife Day highlights importance of sustainable use of wildlife for people, planet and prosperity in “biodiversity super year”
03 Mar 2020: UN World Wildlife Day highlights wild fauna, flora and biodiversity in film competition
03 Mar 2020: 15-Year-old Named Winner of World Wildlife Day 2020 International Youth Art Contest
28 Feb 2020: Empire State Building to be lit in celebration of World Wildlife Day
19 Feb 2020: Finalists Announced for World Wildlife Day Film Showcase
17 Feb 2020: UN issues stamps celebrating CITES-listed migratory species
06 Jan 2020: In support of World Wildlife Day 2020: IFAW joins CITES and UNDP to sponsor Global Youth Art Contest
26 Nov 2019: Wildlife films to animate the “biodiversity super year”
19 Nov 2019: “Sustaining all life on Earth” announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2020