Press releases

03 Mar 2021: UN World Wildlife Day highlights role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ livelihoods and knowledge in the conservation of forests species and ecosystems
03 Mar 2021: 2021 UN World Wildlife Day Film Showcase Winners announced
02 Mar 2021: International Youth Art Contest Announces Ka Yi Siu of Hong Kong SAR, China as 2021 Winner
26 Feb 2021: Watch the first-ever virtual World Wildlife Day event, on 3 March
17 Feb 2021: Closing remarks by CITES Secretary-General I. Higuero for the 2020 Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards ceremony
16 Feb 2021: Finalists Announced for the 2021 World Wildlife Day Film Showcase
18 Dec 2020: In Celebration of World Wildlife Day 2021, IFAW Unites with CITES and UNDP for an International Youth Art Contest
18 Dec 2020: WCO-CITES joint Online Workshop on Modern Customs Procedures for Improved Control of Trade in CITES-listed Species
07 Dec 2020: CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero's opening remarks for the CITES-WCO virtual workshop on modern customs procedures
23 Nov 2020: World Wildlife Day Film Showcase to explore humanity’s essential relationship with forests
23 Nov 2020: Secretary-General I. Higuero's remarks at UNECE's 3rd Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue
23 Nov 2020: "Forests and livelihoods: sustaining people and planet" announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2021
23 Nov 2020: The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime: Celebrating 10 years of supporting countries to combat wildlife crime
17 Nov 2020: CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero's opening remarks for the launch of the Revised Principles and Criteria of the BioTrade Initiative
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